diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/customizing-gitea.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/customizing-gitea.en-us.md index 55e47d020..9343b0636 100644 --- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/customizing-gitea.en-us.md +++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/customizing-gitea.en-us.md @@ -62,12 +62,32 @@ matching source. Any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's templete syntax and shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components. -To add custom HTML to the header or the footer of the page, in the `templates/custom` -directory there is `header.tmpl` and `footer.tmpl` that can be modified. This can be -a useful place to add custom CSS files or additional Javascript. +### Adding links and tabs If all you want is to add extra links to the top navigation bar, or extra tabs to the repository view, you can put them in `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl` inside your `custom/templates/custom/` directory. +For instance, let's say you are in Germany and must add the famously legally-required "Impressum"/about page, listing who is responsible for the site's content: +just place it under your "custom/public/" directory (for instance `custom/public/impressum.html`) and put a link to it in `custom/templates/custom/extra_links.tmpl`. + +To match the current style, the link should have the class name "item", and you can use `{{AppSubUrl}}` to get the base URL: +`Impressum` + +You can add new tabs in the same way, putting them in `extra_tabs.tmpl`. +The exact HTML needed to match the style of other tabs is in the file +`templates/repo/header.tmpl` +([source in GitHub](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/templates/repo/header.tmpl)) + +### Other additions to the page + +Apart from `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl`, there are other useful templates you can put in your `custom/templates/custom/` directory: + +- `header.tmpl`, just before the end of the `` tag where you can add custom CSS files for instance. +- `body_outer_pre.tmpl`, right after the start of ``. +- `body_inner_pre.tmpl`, before the top navigation bar, but already inside the main container `
`. +- `body_inner_post.tmpl`, before the end of the main container. +- `body_outer_post.tmpl`, before the bottom `