Transferring Sidebar Module to Homepage in Magento

Hello All,

So I have a Daily Deal module that is installed on the sidebar of my website (http://www.outplaypoker.com/accessories.html). However I would like to make it appear on the homepage of my website, but I have no sidebar?

The file that calls the code for the sidebar widget is located on my server at /app/design/frontend/default/default/template/dailydeal.

I was thinking that I had to use a format like

{{block type="core/template" name="a-name" template="cms/home.phtml"}} 

Code (markup):

However I saw that I can call a block directly using:

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('mymodule/myblock')->setTemplate('mymodule/myblock.phtml')->toHtml(); ?>

PHP:

But I am editing the homepage in CMS > Pages in the admin panel so I do not think I can include PHP code.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Best Regards,
Nick

 

Ok, I tried using this:

{{block type=”dailydeal/dailydeal” template=”dailydeal/sidebar_left.phtml”}}

Code (markup):

Nothing

Best Regards,
Nick

 

Ok I have it appearing now, but it is not calling anything. My guess is because the code is in a different spot.

The code is:

<?php if (Mage::getStoreConfig('dailydeal/sidebar_configuration/display_name')): ?>
			<a href="<?php echo $this->getUrl('dailydeal'); ?>"><span class="product_name"><?php echo $_product->getName(); ?></span></a><br/>
		<div class="container">					
			<? if (!Mage::getStoreConfig('dailydeal/sidebar_configuration/display_price') && !Mage::getStoreConfig('dailydeal/sidebar_configuration/display_qty')): ?>
				<a href="<? echo $this->getUrl('dailydeal'); ?>"><img class="product_image_big" src="<?php echo Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'small_image')->resize(150,150);?>" alt="dailydeal_image" />
			<? else: ?>
				<a href="<? echo $this->getUrl('dailydeal'); ?>"><img class="product_image" src="<?php echo Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'small_image')->resize(70,70);?>" alt="dailydeal_image" />

PHP:

But for some reason I cannot find that location in my ftp.

Any ideas?

Best Regards,
Nick