title: Magento CMS Page as Category Landing Page
body: <p>I have a problem deciding how to implement my category/cms page structure in Magento. It seems so over rigid in its design, even to the extent of adding custom fields to categories, I had to access phpmyadmin and hack it manually.</p>
  
  <p>Ok, so consider this basic sitemap, with page types.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Home                          CMS PAGE
      Shop                      Category
          Just In               Category      
          Clothes               Category
          Shoes                 Category
          Accessories           Category
          Sale                  Category
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So Home will be a CMS page, that is ok. Just In, Clothes and all other 3rd level categories will display a list or grid of products. Easy peasy.</p>
  
  <p>My issue is with Shop. I need this to contain static blocks or widgets (cannot yet see the difference), and other elements such as a daily featured product, links to promotions etc. This page will not display a list/grid of products, that is not what I need.</p>
  
  <p>If I create a CMS page called Shop, there is a conflict between breadcrumbing, url titles, and a bunch of other stuff.</p>
  
  <p>My question is: how do I create a category called 'Shop' and make it behave like a CMS page with blocks of manageable widgets?</p>