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# Creating and editing custom HTML templates

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Only users with the following permissions are able to add HTML to the registry header or footer:

* 'Allow user to manage and change templates'
* 'Allow user to manage and change the home pages'.

**Notes:**

* You will need intermediate web skills using HTML or CSS to add custom HTML to the registry header or footer
* See [here](/administrator-tasks/managing-user-accounts.md) for editing the above user permissions (Administrators only).
  {% endhint %}

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Overriding templates can have unexpected consequences - such as disabling actions, breaking layouts or preventing users from accessing your registry. Only make changes if you are confident in what you are doing.
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Users with the appropriate permissions can use custom HTML to personalize the registry's header and footer.

### How to create and edit custom HTML templates

1. Select 'Site page tools' from the dashboard side panel.

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2. Select 'Edit templates'.

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3. Select 'Create New Template'.

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4. From this page, the following options can be adjusted:

* 'Name': The template name that will be overridden

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**Note:** For example template names, see [Default customisation templates](#default-customization-templates) below.

* 'Is active': Whether or not the template being created will be currently active upon submission. Inactive templates are only visible to template editors when previewing templates

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* 'Description': A field to describe the template's purpose, location, etc.

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* 'Content': The HTML content to be used in the template upon submission.

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5. Select 'Submit'. The changes will be immediately visible.

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### Previewing or deleting a draft template

1. Select 'Site page tools' from the dashboard side panel.

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2. Select 'Edit templates'.

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3. **If you wish to delete a custom HTML template**, select the desired template's 'Delete' option. **If you wish to preview a custom HTML template**, select the desired template's 'Preview' option.

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**Notes:**

* Selecting 'Delete' will take you to the below page. Select 'Delete Template' to confirm deletion.

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* Previewing a template will alter the URL bar to send you to the homepage and view the selected template's changes using  the `preview_template_ids` query parameter and the id of the template being edited.

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### **Default customisation templates**

Options: Header, Neck, Body, Ankle, Footer, Sole

There are other customisations for the header and footer that can only be achieved by requesting the Aristotle Metadata team. See the screenshot below as an example:

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You can alter these sections of the page by making custom templates for the following sections:

* **Header:** `aristotle_cloud/custom/header.html`
* **Neck:** `aristotle_cloud/custom/neck.html`
* **Footer:** `aristotle_cloud/custom/footer.html`
* **Ankle:** `aristotle_cloud/custom/ankle.html`