It appears that for products no matter what the layout->product layout setting is set to single product pages only display with layout "Standard Layout Using CSS" which is a massive limitation.
It appears that for products no matter what the layout->product layout setting is set to single product pages only display with layout "Standard Layout Using CSS" which is a massive limitation.
Is this a bug?
You can change the layout from the settings for the product page, I have just done a custom layout specifically for single product pages and it works fine.
This is the problem. Changing the Product Layout on the Product, it's parent section, or even the whole catalog has no effect. I'd imported a v10 snapshot and thought it was messing things up, so I created a brand new site with only the default content, and the same thing is happening.
Aha! No I wasn't. I was trying it in the obvious place in the Layout panel for a Product. I had spotted that setting before, don't know why I forgot about it. Nice of Actinic to keep us developers on our toes!
This was a slightly difficult decision from a usability pov. I elected to leave the original selector doing what it was before, ie setting the product layout in the section page, and create a new one for the product layout in the product page. Sorry if it caused any confusion.
This is the danger of heavy theme customisation. My Product List Layout I had created was doing its own thing and not using the Product Layout setting at all.
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