Moodle theme tutorial 3/4 - How to override a template in Moodle

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Here we override a template in our custom theme. We change the output behaviour of the core moodle course overview block.
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Templates vs renderers
Important to remember that this is different to overriding a renderer. For templates, in PHP we write code that calculates, queries the database, and provides data to a template (called template context). A template takes that data and outputs it within normal html. This means it's easy to override and change the display without changing or looking at php code.
A renderer does the same job as templates but the PHP code itself outputs the html as a big string. The disadvantage is that to change any part of the render even just a html tag it's usually necessary to override the whole rendering function including the PHP logic.
If you would like a video about overriding a renderer, let me know in a comment below.
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[@santoshk39]

Nice. Can you please make a video on front page customization. How to override footer and header?

[@benjaminschroder1627]

Maybe also add a custom build bootstrap slider into the template?

[@Paul-jx6vz]

Very clear and helpful. Thank you.

[@SanjayKumar001]

Excellent and very well explained.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Just curious to know which IDE are you using ? Is it sublime ?
I guess it is phpstorm as you mentioned in earlier tutorial.

[@moodletips]

It is phpstorm 👍 sublime is good too

[@Magistrado1914]

Excellent course
27/07/2020

[@varunkumarmachipeddi1978]

can you please tell me how to display boxes in moodle in which want to retrieve some data from database and put it there

[@moodletips]

You probably want to make a new block. They can be put in a course or on the dashboard. Check out my block tutorial for how to do this 👍

[@godwinfrance2156]

please where is 4/4 ?

[@moodletips]

ruclips.net/video/NvxtfdaxD4A/видео.html

[@godwinfrance2156]

@@moodletips thanks

[@mostafaibrahim2066]

Can I edit menu of moodle ?????

[@moodletips]

mostafa ibrahim
You can add Custom menu items in theme settings at Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme settings

[@mostafaibrahim2066]

@@moodletips But this customize the menu there is in navigation l want to add link for menu there is in left sidebar