I recently wanted to add a text area above a selection of products on a Magento site in order to advertise that they we on special offer.
The easiest way I found was to use Custom Layout Design in the product config | design area. Go to Catalog | Manage Products | Design
In the Custom Layout Update field add your XML… In my case I wanted to indicate the product was on special offer and to show the new prices with CSS line-through on the old prices – you can of course have whateven text or callout image you require:
Here is the code I used for to render the above image:
SPECIAL OFFER 10pcs £12.95 £5.95 50pcs £10.95 £4.95 100pcs £9.50 £4.45 250pcs £8.50 £3.95 ]]>
It is possible to have the area below the product by removing this code from the above:
before="-"
Enjoy!
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