Adjusting the component's look and feel through template overrides

RSFeedback!'s default frontend design (and functionality) may not be suitable for all of our customers, as each Joomla! template has it's own, custom arrangement when it comes to layouts (and some users might actually need some additional functionality which cannot be found in the downloadable version).

This does not only apply to our own components, but for any Joomla! extension. Joomla! was designed having this into consideration, by including the template overrides feature. What this feature does, is allow you to override a component's / module's layout without altering the original files (in order to keep changes after future updates).

How to create a template override

First you will need to navigate to System > Templates > Site Templates in Joomla! admin panel, then select the Cassiopeia Details and Files item.

Next you will need to switch to the "Create Overrides" tab and in the "Components" section select the component and section you want to create an override for.

• The Feedbacks listing - feedbacks
• The Feedback details page - feedback
• The Categories page - categories

After the selection, the correct folder tree will be created in your templates "html" folder and you can start editing the file through the "Editor" section. We will add a simple header to the general listing of feedbacks mentioning this is an override.

After adding the header and saving your changes, just access the feedback listing page in the front-end to see the modifications.