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Override header_required.php not working

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I'm currently learning to use Concrete5. I have Concrete5 set up and working on a local LAMP server, and I've successfully built/edited a basic theme.

My next challenge was to try overriding header_required.php, because I wanted to customise the page title.

I've copied the file up to my elements/ dir, but Concrete5 is ignoring this copy and still using the concrete/elements/ version of the file.

I know this is supposed to be really straightforward, so what am I missing? I've read every thread on the forum and every page of the documentation that I can find, and this is just supposed to work, so why isn't it?

I realise I'm asking you to do the impossible, but any pointers that might get me going in the right direction would be REALLY appreciated.

Thank you :)

Nikki
yawarra
 
adajad replied on at Permalink Reply
adajad
What you are looking for is not to override the header_required (which should be left alone unless you really know what you are doing).

To update the page title you just need to edit the properties for the page in question - either from the page itself or from dashboard/sitemap.
yawarra replied on at Permalink Reply
yawarra
Hi adajad,

Thanks for your reply. I should have made myself clearer.

I do want to edit header_required.php and I do know my way around PHP very well.

What I want to do is change the code for the page title so that it displays the site name AND the meta title name. At the moment, if you add a meta title to a page, the page title loses the site name.

I have changed the code

if ($akt) { 
   $pageTitle = $akt; 
   ?><title><?php  echo htmlspecialchars($akt, ENT_COMPAT, APP_CHARSET)?></title>
<?php  } else { 
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars($pageTitle, ENT_COMPAT, APP_CHARSET);
   ?><title><?php  echo sprintf(PAGE_TITLE_FORMAT, SITE, $pageTitle)?></title>
<?php  }


to 

if ($akt) { 
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars($akt, ENT_COMPAT, APP_CHARSET);
   ?><title><?php  echo sprintf(PAGE_TITLE_FORMAT, SITE, $pageTitle)?></title>
<?php  } else { 
   $pageTitle = htmlspecialchars($pageTitle, ENT_COMPAT, APP_CHARSET);
   ?><title><?php  echo sprintf(PAGE_TITLE_FORMAT, SITE, $pageTitle)?></title>
<?php  }


so that the title display is consistent, without having to type the site name into the meta name field for every page.

What I still don't know is why my override is not working.

Thanks,

Nikki
adajad replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
adajad
Try renaming it to 'my_header_required.php' and call that file instead.

<?php Loader::element('my_header_required'); ?>


Also, make sure you have turned off Overrides Cache (in 'yourdomain.com/index.php/dashboard/system/optimization/cache/) when developing.
yawarra replied on at Permalink Reply
yawarra
Thank you!

The override cache was still on. I'd switched off the basic cache, but overlooked the override cache at the time.

All working correctly now :)