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This makes it easier for user who want to theme but don't have the ability to know how to customize templates all that is required is a change in a config option The reason why I chose the DEFAULT_THEME as variable, as perhaps in the future we will allow users to chose their theme whon logged in just like we do with languages
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date: "2017-04-15T14:56:00+02:00"
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title: "Customizing Gitea"
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slug: "customizing-gitea"
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name: "Customizing Gitea"
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---
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# Customizing Gitea
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Customizing Gitea is typically done using the `custom` folder. This is the central
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place to override configuration settings, templates, etc.
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If Gitea is deployed from binary, all default paths will be relative to the gitea
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binary. If installed from a distribution, these paths will likely be modified to
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the Linux Filesystem Standard. Gitea will create required folders, including `custom/`.
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Application settings are configured in `custom/conf/app.ini`. Distributions may
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provide a symlink for `custom` using `/etc/gitea/`.
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- [Quick Cheat Sheet](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/)
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- [Complete List](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/custom/conf/app.ini.sample)
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If the `custom` folder can't be found next to the binary, check the `GITEA_CUSTOM`
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environment variable; this can be used to override the default path to something else.
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`GITEA_CUSTOM` might, for example, be set by an init script.
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- [List of Environment Variables](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/specific-variables/)
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**Note:** Gitea must perform a full restart to see configuration changes.
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## Customizing /robots.txt
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To make Gitea serve a custom `/robots.txt` (default: empty 404), create a file called
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`robots.txt` in the `custom` folder with [expected contents](http://www.robotstxt.org/).
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## Serving custom public files
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To make Gitea serve custom public files (like pages and images), use the folder
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`custom/public/` as the webroot. Symbolic links will be followed.
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For example, a file `image.png` stored in `custom/public/`, can be accessed with
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the url `http://gitea.domain.tld/image.png`.
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## Changing the default avatar
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Place the png image at the following path: `custom/public/img/avatar\_default.png`
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## Customizing Gitea pages
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The `custom/templates` folder allows changing every single page of Gitea. Templates
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to override can be found in the `templates` directory of Gitea source. Override by
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making a copy of the file under `custom/templates` using a full path structure
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matching source.
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Any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's templete syntax and
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shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components.
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### Adding links and tabs
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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.
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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:
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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`.
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To match the current style, the link should have the class name "item", and you can use `{{AppSubUrl}}` to get the base URL:
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`<a class="item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/impressum.html">Impressum</a>`
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You can add new tabs in the same way, putting them in `extra_tabs.tmpl`.
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The exact HTML needed to match the style of other tabs is in the file
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`templates/repo/header.tmpl`
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([source in GitHub](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/templates/repo/header.tmpl))
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### Other additions to the page
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Apart from `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl`, there are other useful templates you can put in your `custom/templates/custom/` directory:
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- `header.tmpl`, just before the end of the `<head>` tag where you can add custom CSS files for instance.
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- `body_outer_pre.tmpl`, right after the start of `<body>`.
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- `body_inner_pre.tmpl`, before the top navigation bar, but already inside the main container `<div class="full height">`.
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- `body_inner_post.tmpl`, before the end of the main container.
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- `body_outer_post.tmpl`, before the bottom `<footer>` element.
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- `footer.tmpl`, right before the end of the `<body>` tag, a good place for additional Javascript.
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## Customizing gitignores, labels, licenses, locales, and readmes.
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Place custom files in corresponding sub-folder under `custom/options`.
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## Customizing the look of Gitea
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Gitea has two built-in themes, the default theme `gitea`, and a dark theme `arc-green`. To change the look of your Gitea install change the value of `DEFAULT_THEME` in the [ui](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/#ui-ui) section of `app.ini` to another one of the available options.
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