Custom Magento View.phtml file called via xml

What is the code to pull in a custom view.phtml file via custom layout update (in admin > catalog > manage products > specific product) with 开发者_如何学Cmagento? I would really like to do this in local.xml for specific products.

I found this:

<PRODUCT_ATTRIBUTE_SET_shirts>
<reference name="product.info">
  <action method="setTemplate"><template>my/custom/product/view.phtml</template></action>
</reference>

But this code is for attributes.

Well, I don't think you can do that in local.xml. But Custom Layout Updates were made for situation like that. Just write there your XML:

<reference name="product.info">
  <action method="setTemplate"><template>my/custom/product/view.phtml</template></action>
</reference>

Or if you need to apply the same view.phtml for several products, you can create a new theme containing just one catalog/prodcut/view.phtml and make it extend your current theme. Then apply this theme only for products you need.

I am not entirely sure what you are asking for, but I am guessing you want to use your own view.phtml file and don't know how to have the xml layout file point to that new file.

first look for the file:

app/design/frontend/YOUR_THEME/default/layout/catalog.xml

This file essentially controls what blocks will be called within the catalog of products. If you look for the line:

<reference name="content">
        <block type="catalog/category_view" name="category.products" template="catalog/category/view.phtml">

You can change the template= portion to point to your custom view.phtml file. Just remember that the file structure starts at the template file:

app/design/frontend/YOUR_THEME/default/template

So you will need to store your view file within that template file if you use this method.

I hope this helps!