I’m trying to override site-header.hbs in my custom theme. The path in Discourse to that file is plugins/styleguide/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/sections/organisms/site-header.hbs. I tried to add in my theme’s head_tag.html file: <script type="text/x-handlebars" data-template-name="java…

That is not supported. Did you read my link I shared with you after your prior (duplicate?) post? [image] How to override a template.hbs from a plugin Development

[image] Aslan : I’m trying to override site-header.hbs in my custom theme You’re trying to do something else for which you think overriding the template is the solution. Overriding templates is fragile and likely to cause issues down the road. What is it that you’re trying to do to the header…

@pfaffman thanks for your answer. The main issue is that I need to keep all customizations in the theme and not in plugins. Is there another safer way to achieve this using the custom theme?

Plugin outlets are updated in themes. See Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin [image] Aslan : Is there another safer way to achieve this using the custom theme? Yes. What are you trying to do?

You shouldn’t need to override the hbs to do any of that. Maybe have a look at Custom Header Links You can hide the logo with css. New Topic Header Button adds a button See also (deprecated) Plugin outlet locations theme component

@pfaffman thanks you. I totally understand your suggestions. However, I would like to know if there is a way to customize files, such as site-header.hbs through a custom theme. Does it make sense?

@merefield Yes, I read your article. I just wanted to ensure. Okay, thanks a lot.

This might help (and ensure your customisations stand the test of time) [image] Upcoming Header Changes - Preparing Themes and Plugins Development We’ve recently been working on updating Discourse’s header from the legacy ‘widget’ rendering system to mode…

[image] Aslan : And above the header I want to display dynamic links which will come from a custom component. This Customization > Theme component might also be a consideration if your looking for header menu with dropdown submenu [image] Header Submenus Theme co…

How to override the site-header.hbs file from custom theme?

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aslangm (Aslan ) July 24, 2024, 12:12pm 5

@pfaffman I want to remove the logo display, add a custom button. And above the header I want to display dynamic links which will come from a custom component.

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How to override the site-header.hbs file from custom theme?

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