Add some block to product view page through module xml file Magento

Question

Hi i am developing a simple extension in which

i need to insert a new block on product page through xml file. Below is the xml file of my module

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Answer 1

I assume you have file and folder in your design like this

/template/total/prototal.phtml

In your local.xml you can add like below

<catalog_product_view>
     <reference name="product.info">
           <block type="core/template" name="total_prototal" template="total/prototal.phtml" after="product.info.addtocart"/>
      </reference>
</catalog_product_view>

Now in your catalog/product/view.phtml, call your custom block

Before

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('addtocart') ?>

Add

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('total_prototal') ?>

Answer 2

try this:

<catalog_product_view>
        <reference name="alert.urls"> 
            <block type="total/prototal"  name="total_prototal" template="total.phtml" />  
        </reference>
</catalog_product_view>

make sure this line must be exist in view.phtml file:

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('alert_urls') ?>

Hope this helps!