Modifying Contribution and Event Templates

Question

I am trying to modify the confirmation and final page (not sure of the name) for contributions and events. I want to modify the templates like described in this post - Why does the Contribution page amounts appear as a quanity?.

A few questions:

1. How do I find what template to modify?
2. How do I know where to put the custom template?
3. Is it best to just modify the template or to put this in an extension? I already have an extension with some simple JS.

I appreciate the help.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You're looking for the Confirm and ThankYou templates - they live here - for Contribution pages (and tree structure is very similar for Event):

Two options to override them:

1. add a custom_templates directory in the System Settings -> Directories - mimic this entire three.

2. or yes put it into your extension! I like that option better as I tend to forget about custom_php and custom_tpl when I upgrade sites. Same thing - in your extension -> copy the entire tree starting with templates - of course rename everything. Perhaps you already used civix to create your extension? Then you should already have a templates/ directory ready to be used!