How to change category page layout in Magento?

Question

My problem is I want to change my category page layout similar as homepage I tried a lot but didn't get the answer.

Answer 1

However, the best way to do this is to not edit catalog.xml, but page.xml

under , edit the first block you see there:

<block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/3columns.phtml">

change this to:

<block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/2columns-right.phtml"> 

for further detail follow this link http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/16838/

Answer 2

Login to admin side

Catelog -> manage Categories -> Choose your category

Then on the tab section select Custom Design.

Change the Page Layout as what ever you want.