Magento 1.9 - Create custom home page layout in magento

Create custom home page layout in magento

1.) First go to app/design/frontend/rwd/default/layout/page.xml and following code after one_page colamn structure

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<page_home translate="label">  <label>All home Layout Pages</label>  <reference name="root">   <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/home.phtml</template></action>   <!-- Mark root page block that template is applied -->   <action method="setIsHandle"><applied>1</applied></action>   <action method="setLayoutCode"><name>home</name></action>  </reference> </page_home>

2.) second open app/code/core/Mage/Page/etc/config.xml file and set following code after one_page colamn

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<home module="page" translate="label">  <label>Home page</label>  <template>page/home.phtml</template>  <layout_handle>page_home</layout_handle>  <is_default>1</is_default> </home>

3.) And last go to admin->cms->pages in content tab select your home page.