Is it possible to override templates?

[henrywright]

I'd like to make some minor changes to Persona's templates. Is there any guidance available on how best to go about this?

[yariplus]

Yep, simply creating a template with the same name in a plugin works.

In the plugin.json, tell it where your templates are located, e.g.

    "templates": "./templates"

And then if any file name in your plugin's 'templates' directory matches a template name in your theme's 'template' directory, yours will override it.

example,

if nodebb-plugin-yourplug/templates/categories.tpl exists,
it will override nodebb-theme-persona/templates/categories.tpl

You might need to clear your browser cache though, not sure how to fix that.

[henrywright]

@yariplus that sounds pretty straightforward. My only question is plugin.json, where would I find that file? Is it in /path/to/nodebb/ or must I create a new plugin?

[yariplus]

The way I did it is with a new plugin. I don't think there's any other way at the moment.

[henrywright]

@yariplus great, thanks for your help.

[julian]

Keep in mind that because you are overwriting the template provided by the selected theme, if there are updates to that template, you will not receive them.

Just a friendly warning

[henrywright]

@julian Got ya. Thanks for the heads up