Questions tagged [overrides]
An override is a file in the Joomla template directory that is loaded instead of the normal core Joomla file.
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Overwrite Site Model getListQuery
I have a System Plugin to filter Joomla 4 Category Blog Articles by Custom Fields. The Plugin basically overrides the core content ArticlesModel by loading it in the onAfterRoute Event like this:
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Force 404 error in J4 when php file called
this is related to my previous question regarding [native J4 redirects][1]. I'm looking at a workaround but my previous question is still valid.
I'm using [Jbusiness][2] and where previously we could ...
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Article slideshow
I wanted to use Bootstrap 5 carousel/sildeshow on my Joomla CMS v4.
I recently updated to Joomla 4 and the previous slideshow component isnt compatible so I am left with a load of articles which ...
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Setting template color scheme
I just want to create a new color scheme and replace the root primary colors with it, how do I proceed?
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Edit category list to show items from a category and its subcategories
I'm trying to modify the Category List of the com_content component via override, so that it shows both the articles of the selected category and its subcategories.
I tried to edit the ...
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Override login module to initiate SSO redirect
I have SSO working with an external IdP on my Joomla4 site.
However, to initiate a login by a user, they have to click a button/link to be directed to the IdP login form.
When I set the permissions ...
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override for /layouts/joomla/content/full_image.php // alt attributes for images in Joomla 4
I need to make some adjustments to
/layouts/joomla/content/full_image.php
in Joomla 4.1.5.
For all (full) article images without an alt attribute the alt attribute should be the title of the article.
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Adding a new view to built in component (com_tags)
What is the best way of adding a new view to an existing (built-in or 3rd party) component?
In the particular case I want to add a better tag view to com_tags. The view in com_tags just lists the ...
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Alternative switcher.css in Joomla 4
Example switcher radio field:
<field name="myradio" type="radio" default="0" label="Myradio" class="btn-group btn-group-yesno" layout="joomla....
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Is it possible to make it so that authors can edit their own published articles creating a new unpublished version of them?
Related: Is it possible to remove the "new article" button from all sections in a Joomla website?
Worflows in Joomla 4 are great, but there is a feature I'm not sure they have: letting ...
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Override a method of the Indexer class (com_finder) using a plugin
I'm trying to override a Joomla method (toggleTables in the Indexer class of the com_finder) using a plugin, but it doesn't work. Where am I going wrong?
use Joomla\CMS\Plugin\CMSPlugin;
use Joomla\...
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Change the default articles list ordering overriding the model
I need to change the default ordering of the articles list in the administrator Articles page. To do this I probably would have to edit the populateState() method in administrator/components/...
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What is the recommended way to reproducibly override an administrator layout?
I need to override an administrator layout, and the override needs to be easily reproducible in different Joomla installations. Currently, we are using extensions to achieve reproducibility. However, ...
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Custom layout path for fields
I have a central library \libraries\mylib\ containing some models, tables, helpers and stuff all of my components use.
I also have a folder there containing some custom fields i use.
It is simple to ...
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Has the way Joomla Overrides works changed?
When I create an overide in Joomla using the create override button it creates an override like this:
blog_item-29-09-2021
but then Joomla complains that it wants the _item at the end like this
blog-...
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How can I add height and width attributes to an image in a menu?
Google is complaining that there is no height and width set on the HTML properties of some images in a menu. It's worrying about cumulative layout shift.
The sizing is all done in CSS, but I want to ...
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Modify CSS class on specific pages
I would like to modify CSS styling to some of my pages, and override the default template styling.
By default, I have this class (.article-intro-image) on my template css with some parameters (for ...
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Reroute all emails to developer / debug address
I am trying to intercept outgoing emails from joomla and reroute them to my email address for development and testing. Ideally I could set up a toggle under Global Configuration > Server > Email ...
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Module title is not showing despite setting module title to yes
I've created and overridden a mod_feed targeting the Joomla! Security News Feed.
https://dev.joomlalondon.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=g5_hydrogen:blog-news--bbc&...
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Override 3d party extension plugin method
I found some errors in the code of a third-party system plugin,
it is assumed that the developer will release updates and fix them,
but for today I would like to fix them myself, for this I made my ...
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How do I add async attribute for scripts?
I would like to add async to script tags coming from here <jdoc:include type="head" />.
I have done some research and I found a few solutions, however those are for custom scripts.
I ...
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Language Override Include Site Details
I would like to create a language override for both site and administrator. The language constant I am changing is;
RSFP_REG_EMAIL_ACTIVATED_BY_ADMIN_ACTIVATION_BODY
The content of this is;
Hello ...
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Overriding RssRenderer via plugin
I have some issues with overriding the RssRenderer found in /libraries/Src/Document/Renderer/Feed/RssRenderer.php. In the past I have used a plugin to override a select html see topic here:
Override ...
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How to implement language-specific tags in select tags list from editing?
I have observed in Joomla (v3.9.16 and in older version too) a strange behavior (maybe it is right, but I don't understand it).
When we have fully installed and configured a multi-language site, if ...
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Override JHtml core function select.radiolist
I want to override the output of the select radiolist. I can hack the core, but I'm not really fond of doing that in relation to updates.
So i checked out a system plugin to override the JHTMLselect ...
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How do I sort articles in category blog using a custom field value?
I have created a custom field date and added content to the articles of a category.
How can I now sort the articles in the category blog overview by this field?
What should a blog.php and blog_item....
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DPCalendar custom field inside module
I am creating an override in DP calendar and would like to display a custom field created in DP Calendar inside the module. The field type is 'URL' thus I would like it to be a clickable link. I have ...
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Send email upon publish/unpublish of an item in custom component
I have created a hello world component based upon this documentation https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLanguage/J3.2:Developing_an_MVC_Component/
I want to send a notification to users if an item's ...
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Joomla Contact Component - can I change "Miscellaneous Information" to "Bio"?
I don't want my board members bio's to be called miscellaneous information. To avoid that I'm putting bio's in the address field! This is not a good permanent solution. I would like to know if there ...
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How to tell if the file can be overridden?
How do we alter the output of a Plugin that is installed in a Component (Example: "ABC" plugin installed in a Component "ABCD")? I understand that the core files can't be overridden. But how do we ...
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How to override a link's href attribute in mod_menu?
Better title might be 'How to set the menuItem object 'link' property?'
I've used menu overrides for a variety of purposes such as changing layout and styling etc but would now like to change the ...
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List every contact including the ones in subcategories
I need a phone book with all people of the organization, but also need a separated phone book for each department. We have a "Main" category, with a few subcategories. I cannot duplicate the personal ...
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Tagged blog layout with readmore
I implemented the solution that enables a blog layout for tagged items, as described here:
How to show tagged items in category blog layout
What I miss is the Read More button.
How do I implement ...
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Accented letters are printed in bold type
For some reason accented letters are printed in bold type. An image is worth in thousand words:
The page is available at: http://elacebron.dipucuenca.es/index.php/k2/contact
I've been trying for ...
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Override JHtml (HTMLHelper) class methods
I'm developing a custom Joomla template and have unset a lot of the core dependencies, such as jQuery and Bootstrap in the template's index.php.
The problem now is that the core extensions call some ...
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Why isn't my alternate layout override showing up for the menu item?
I have created an override for com_content for the category list.
It is stored in /templates/MYTEMPLATE/html/com_content/category
It is saved as a new name, copying the Joomla! override structure ...
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(Module override/PHP) Checking if a content-item has an image otherwise display a placeholder
I am customising a Joomla module (Override) and it does not seem to accommodate if an image is not selected (just shows a broken image symbol).
What I'd like to do is check if there is an image and ...
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How to override bootstrap css?
I would like to use the tooltip function of Bootstrap 3 on my website (www.fischer-club.ch). I tried to override the margin-top value in my custom.css to better place the tooltip:
.tooltip.top {
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Using Link A instead of the title link
I am using the module Articles - Newsflash to show a category of mine, which works just as intended.
Now I can see all intro images of the selected articles and also some corresponding text.
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How to change date format in JHTML::calendar to d-m-Y?
In a form I have a date/time-field. It works correctly, but the format of the date isn't right -- I require Dutch date notation (d-m-Y).
Instead of day-month-year it displays and saves it as year-...
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Display Article custom fields in table
I am trying to customise the way the article custom fields are displayed on the category blog page. At present they are displayed in a vertical list:
What I would like to do is display these in a ...
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How to adjust search keyword sanitization settings as language override?
I am working on some custom search plugins and I have a 2-part question regarding the file administrator/components/com_search/helpers/search.php.
I want to adjust the sanitization settings without ...
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How to create two different template overrides for the start page and featured articles?
I'm new to Joomla and currently creating a template for my website. Unfortunately I'm facing a problem which I did not found out how to solve.
I wanted a front page which is different from the rest ...
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Joomla pagebreak causing 404 error in custom pagebreak coding. Seeking a solution
I wrote a function in an article override to search a folder for images and create a pagebreak behavior per image in an article. All works fine except for a 404 error being returned for each ...
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How to override language filter plugin?
I'd like to tweak my language filter plugin a bit, and if possible, I'd like to do that as an override.
I know how to override some features in Joomla, but I'm not sure what to do in case of a system ...
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Override helper.php on mod_related_item
I want to get the related items of an article order by created and only show the related items that have the same catid.
To accomplish that i must change the helper.php code and add this code:
$...
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Export language overrides
I need to export the language overrides which i set in the joomla 3.8 admin.
I couldn't find any option at extensions->languages->overrides and i also couldn't find the overrides inside the database.
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How to get Google Analytics using user provided web id? [closed]
I am working on a project similar to filippa.com.
In the process of registering a website, the user will input her/his web id, something like XX-XXXX-X.
I need to implement a plugin in my item view ...
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How can you call custom fields in an override for com_contacts
In com_content I can call my fields one by one as follows
<?php echo $this->item->jcfields[3]->value; ?>
The same code does not work in com_contacts. How can I call the fields in a ...
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Override List of all tags
I'm working on a override for com_tags List of all Tags, i want to change when clicking on the tag title the list of items (articles) will slide (accordion) instead of open in a new page.
I create all ...
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