T4 BS5_blank - Template Overrides (actual code like in T3)

aka-ra1

I used to use T3 and know how to edit the blocks of the template as overrides to change various elements.

In T4 however I'm struggling to see where I can do this or even to find any documentation on the matter.

I don't want to use the 'add custom code' in the template back end. That only allows you to add code to the head - I want to edit the head itself (as well as other blocks).

Largely this is so I can fix errors the template throws and improve accessibility.

Examples

Fix viewport scalability
Buttons, links and menu items to not have accessible names

saguaros

aka-ra1

Both T3 & T4 supports place so you can add custom code.

About the blocks in template, T4 provides more flexible to edit where you don't need to work with code but you can add block / section via Layout settings of template. You can check out this documentation for more info: https://www.joomlart.com/documentation/t4-framework/layout-builder

Regards

aka-ra1

No. This is not the answer to my question - at all. I already mentioned I don't want to 'add custom code' but to 'modify existing code' to improve accessibility.

I don't want to add custom code. I want to edit (improve) the existing code to improve accessibility.

For instance;

This metatag in the head is throwing an error in lighthouse.

I want to change the maximum-scale to 5.

I have found where to do this in //plugins/system/t4/themes/base/html/layouts/t4/index.php

But of course this is editing the core and not an override.

How do I make the override so that the customisation is not overwritten on future updates?

The layout builder does not give access to the <head> as far as I can see.

saguaros

aka-ra1 You can override by copy above core file to associated folder in template:

/templates/t4_template/html/layouts/t4/

Create this path if it doesn't exist now.

aka-ra1

Perfect - thank you!