title: Modifying Magento layout for specific pages or extensions without impacting other pages
body: <p>New to Magento here, looking for advice in making sure I modify the correct files to limit the scope of changes and not run into any issues when updating. I installed the following extension for FAQ function:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/flagbit-faq.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/flagbit-faq.html</a></p>
  
  <p>By default the front end FAQ page was displaying with 2 columns (1 left sidebar showing a product comparison block which was unnecessary on a FAQ page). I found the following file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/faq.xml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And changed:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;default&gt;
  &lt;reference name="root"&gt;
  &lt;action method="setTemplate"&gt;&lt;template&gt;page/page/2columns-left.phtml&lt;/template&gt;&lt;/action&gt;
  &lt;/reference&gt;
  &lt;/default&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>To:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;default&gt;
  &lt;reference name="root"&gt;
  &lt;action method="setTemplate"&gt;&lt;template&gt;page/1column.phtml&lt;/template&gt;&lt;/action&gt;
  &lt;/reference&gt;
  &lt;/default&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This had the desired result on the FAQ page, but also the undesired result of removing the compare box from the actual product list page. How would I best make the desired change to the FAQ page layout without impacting other pages?</p>