How to create a new page using module front controller

So you want to create a new page. It’s really easy, you just need to write a few lines of code.

This tutorial is for PrestaShop 1.6. Other versions are similar but can slightly differ.

Let’s say we want to create a “Test” controller for a module “MyModule“. Change “Test” and “MyModule” to your actual values.

1. First you need to navigate to your module’s directory.
2. Create there a new directory “controllers“. And inside it create a directory “front“.
   So the file structure should be “mymodule/controllers/front/”
3. In that “front” directory create a new PHP file: test.php
4. Paste the following code into that file:

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   class MyModuleTestModuleFrontController extends ModuleFrontController { }

   As you can see, controller’s class extends ModuleFrontController and should be called like <module_name><controller_name>ModuleFrontController.

All done!

You can view your new page by the following url:
your_site/index.php?fc=module&module=mymodule&controller=test
OR
your_site/module/mymodule/test
Go to your Back Office to the tab Preferences > SEO & URLs. There you can click “Add a new page” and set a custom friendly url for your page.

Now, you can customize the new page

For example, use the display_column_left variable to control left column displaying.

Let’s add some content to the new page

Create a new template file: “mymodule/views/templates/front/test.tpl” and place there some text.
Use that template: