Add a static block through xml to a specific cms_page?

Question

From a previous question I learned how to add some static blocks to the CMS homepage like this: how to achieve this 2 columns page layout?

The xml is created in:

app/design/frontend/<Vendor>/<theme>/Magento_Cms/layout/cms_index_index.xml

Now if I want to have the same for other new created CMS page how to achieve that?

What would be the name for the xml file? I have tried things like cms_contact_contact.xml but that did not work?

Any suggestions?

• Suresh Chikani: You can add layout xml code to particular cms pages from admin. open cms page which you want to update, you can add.
• mr_typo3: I know that way but as referred to, I would like to achieve that trough a xml file such as cms_index_index.xml
• Suresh Chikani: Which page you need to it ?
• mr_typo3: That does not matter so much. Just a (new created) cms page. See the example I referred to in my above question.
• Suresh Chikani: Then you have to include on every page and display it conditionally if page is cms, block is display other wise not display.

Answer 1

You can directly add static block to cms page.

In backend, go to

Content -> CMS Page

Click on specific CMS page,

inside page,

go to Design Tab,

Set Layout Update XML code,

<referenceContainer name="content">
 <block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="block_identifier">
 <arguments>
 <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">static_block_id</argument>
 </arguments>
 </block>
</referenceContainer>

In above xml code, Replace static_block_id with your block id. Remove cache and check for specific page.

Your Block content are display only specific page.

• mr_typo3: I understand but its not an question to my answer. I would like to know how to get that through a xml file similar as cms_index_index.xml which is only applied to the cms homepage ? So how to get a similar xml.file which will be used by a specific named cms-page?