Creating a Page and Altering Templates

[chrismccoy]

Im using the custom page template, i created a about.tpl (the page is called about) also im modifying the categories.tpl.

Once I restart my nodebb install, the about.tpl is removed and categories.tpl is pushed back to its original.

Is this suppose to happen? Or Do i need to put the files somewhere else?

[rbeer]

Regarding the custom-pages plugin: I fixed that in a fork https://github.com/rbeer/nodebb-plugin-custom-pages/tree/tplCopyIssue.

For the categories.tpl: Do you edit it in the public/ folder? If so, then is the reset by design. The public folder holds - let's say - runtime files, that are compiled at startup, i.e. deleted and newly created.

To make your changes permanent, you'd have to locate the categories.tpl in your theme (e.g. node_modules/nodebb-theme-persona/templates/partials/categories).

[chrismccoy]

ya just figured that out, im also looking to remove the global header widget from the custom page, but cant seem to find out where that is

[rbeer]

That would be in the plugin's own templates folder. NodeBB takes those folders and compiles them into the mentioned public/ folder. In case of the header-widget in custom-pages, that would be https://github.com/rbeer/nodebb-plugin-custom-pages/blob/tplCopyIssue/templates/custom-page.tpl#L3 - I think. I'm not all too familiar with the widgets. In a nodeBB install, this also would be in node_modules/nodebb-plugin-custom-pages/templates.

[chrismccoy]

ya i got the custom page ok, just looking for a global widget template so it doesnt show the widget i have set for the rest of the site, and use some sort of if the page is a certain name dont show it

[chrismccoy]

i decidede to fork the recent cards plugin, and modify it to have the html markup i want only on the category page.