Footer does not appear correctly

Question

I have several footer and several header for different pages and I insert them through XML as follows in my local.xml:

<checkout_cart_index>
    <reference name="header">
        <action method="setTemplate">
             <template>page/html/header_checkout.phtml</template>
        </action>
     </reference>
     <reference name="footer">
        <action method="setTemplate">
             <template>page/html/footer_checkout.phtml</template>
        </action>
     </reference>
</checkout_cart_index>

The header is working perfectly, but the footer is not. For example, I load the home with a footer and I go to the page of the cart, even adding it by XML, it finishes that the footer of the home continues to appear in the cart. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I solved this problem by changing the way in which I insert the phtml of the footer contained in the page from the following code through XML:

<reference name="root">
    <block type="page/html" name="footer" as="footer" template="page/html/footer_checkout.phtml" />
</reference>

Complete Code:

<checkout_cart_index>
    <reference name="header">
        <action method="setTemplate">
             <template>page/html/header_checkout.phtml</template>
        </action>
     </reference>
     <reference name="root">
        <block type="page/html" name="footer" as="footer" template="page/html/footer_checkout.phtml" />
     </reference>
</checkout_cart_index>

Answer 2

You have set the footer of the homepage for all pages, this is why you find it also in cart.

1. Try to find if you have some theme config in admin (Theme settings)
2. find in your local.xml inside <default></default> some footer setting and move it in the the correct layout handle instead of <default>

3. app/design/frontend/{package}/{theme}/layout/local.xml

   <checkout_cart_index>
       <reference name="footer">
           <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/html/footer_checkout.phtml</template></action>
       </reference>
   </checkout_cart_index>
   

4. Clear the caches and it should work.