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What is reference for in layout file?

Reference means you are going to using the already defined block. By default all pages has following blocks: Header, Left, Content, Right, Footer

quote = cart contents in Magento. Theoretically the quote is an offer and if the user accepts it (by checking out) it converts to order. You can control the lifetime yourself and they store metadata about the store, totals information , shipping and billing relations, relations to payment method and shipping method (that is quoted […]

Block – In Magento, a Block is a piece of your website works “alone”, you can insert just anywhere. In fact, a block is a kind of “mini controller” that you can add anywhere in your site. According to the page on your site, you can assign it different templates based on the view that […]