Joomla 3.6.2 -- Modify Registration Page and Plugin User Profile

Question

I wish to modify the Joomla! Registration Page. Specifically:

1. Modify the page title
2. Add a Banner across the top of the page
3. Move captcha to the bottom of "User Profile" above the "register" or "cancel" buttons.

I located the file: com_users\views\registration\temp\default.php and the line <?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_heading')); ?>.

Questions:

1. Where is the value "page_heading" obtained from?
2. Will removing (or modifying the above line) cause other issues?
3. What file or files(s) can I modify to perform point 3 above?

If these questions seem very elementary, they should be I am just a beginner in PHP and CSS.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

you shouldn't edit core files, but use the nice feature of template override within joomla. Help e.g from https://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Output_Overrides and many other documents. In your case: Copy the file com_users/views/registration/temp/default.php to templates/[your template_name]/html/com_users/default.php. Afterwards, you can edit this new file, and the joomla core will still work and any update of joomla does not touch this file.

ad 1: $this->params->get('page_heading'); the parameter "page_heading" is set through file com_users/views/registration/view.html.php (in line 87ff, Joomla 3.6.2) if ($menu) { $this->params->def('page_heading', $this->params->get('page_title', $menu->title)); } else { $this->params->def('page_heading', JText::_('COM_USERS_REGISTRATION')); }

ad 2: Removing which line? You may change the page heading in your file templates/[your template_name]/html/com_users/default.php - no problem.

ad 3: same as point 2.