Overriding core templates in the theme?

Overriding core templates in the theme?

Samuli Karevaara -
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The Templates dev doc page says: "Templates can be overridden... create a sub-folder under your themes 'templates' ... copy the [mustache file] into the newly created [folder] and edit it. You should see your changes immediately if theme designer mode is on".

The core templates are not in a sub-folder, but they are in the templates folder. I created a "login.mustache" in the theme sub-folder "templates", but the changes in the template are not affecting the login page. My theme is a Boost "sub-theme".

Do I need to create the layout file ("login.php") in my theme also to enable the mustache templates?

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Re: Overriding core templates in the theme?

Samuli Karevaara -

Specifying a layout file override too, then changing the template call to match the theme templates gets the theme templates to be processed. The template dev doc doesn't directly mention this, though. If there is another way to override templates more directly, I'll switch to that. For now, maybe modifying the layout files is needed to override the templates also. Obviously (S)CSS goes a long way also.

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Re: Overriding core templates in the theme?

Gareth Barnard -
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RE: The core templates are not in a sub-folder

Yes they are 'templates' is a sub-folder of 'lib'.  In the case of 'login.mustache' the 'templates' folder is a sub-folder of '/theme/boost'.  That's what I call a 'sub-folder' because it is a folder within a folder.

What version of Moodle / Theme are you using?  Please do read the forum rules before posting.  Things change between Moodle versions, so there are more core templates in M3.5 than M3.4.

Sometimes I've found that the core templates will override without them being specified in PHP but theme ones like the Boost specific 'login.mustache' don't.  Not quite got my head around this yet, but trial and error processes help.

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Re: Overriding core templates in the theme?

Samuli Karevaara -

Using M3.5. About the sub-folder issue, I was just referring to the template dev doc which had some inconsistencies about the folder and sub-folders. Everything in Moodle is in a sub-folder begi-keinua

Trying to read more and trial-and-error more. Right now can't find any templates or layouts for the User Profile page and/or the profile fields. But learning...

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Re: Overriding core templates in the theme?

Gareth Barnard -
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Moodle is an evolving entity, some parts have not evolved yet, start with /user/profile.php and work things out from there.

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