D7 html.tpl.php override

By GarbageXAY1979 on 14 Nov 2010 at 17:42 UTC

I just downloaded the latest D7 and I am trying to get my old theme converted over.

First problem I encountered is the lack of HTML details in the page.tpl.php as I had in D6. What was the purpose of this? I can think of a few reasons, but none out-weigh the importance of having full control over the template from a developer stand point (or designer).

What if I want to hardcode some JS into the template and not bother installing a module or using a hook to accomplish this task? Is it possible to override the html.tpl.php on a theme by theme basis? There are many instances where I would much prefer to have kept all my HTML togather as one (despite many modules producing HTML), a design decision I do not really agree with, but as long as I can override this default template in modules/system/html.tpl.php - that should fine.

Any ideas???

Cheers,
Alex

Comments

This is the way to

paolomainardi commented 19 November 2010 at 16:08

This is the way to go:

http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--theme.inc/function/template_p...

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Just copy paste it to your theme

raj47i commented 20 November 2010 at 15:57

If all you want is to override that file, just copy paste it to the templates folder of your themes directory.
And modify the file as you want!
Always remember that you will have to rebuild the theme registry for Drupal to recognize the template.

I just got started with D7,

TapSkill commented 21 November 2010 at 01:04

I just got started with D7, as well, and the first thing I noticed was the html.tpl.php file in the Bartik theme. This is a great change, because now, we can have the same persistent layout across all pages, including the maintenance page and other pages which do not use the default page template. It definitely helps with my themes, but I can see how it might be an unwelcome change for others.

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