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I would like to override app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/page.phtml

i'm currently using an extension that overrides app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/page/header.phtml with a file in app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/extname/page/header.phtml

i have recently made changes to the page.phtml file, but i would like to override it in the right way, but i'm not sure how. i was going through the codes to see how the extension developers override header.phtml but i cant figure it out.

can anyone tell me how to override this specific file?

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Go to your extension's admin layout file or create one if you don't have yet.

default/default/layout/your_xml.xml

and add this in default section:

<layout> <default> <reference name="root"> <action method="setTemplate"> <template>your_path/page.phtml</template> </action> </reference> </default> </layout>

I haven't tested but should work. Good luck.

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  • Why do we need an extension to override adminhtml, but we don't need one for frontend theme? Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 16:01
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You can declare a new primary theme for your admin area by customizing config (e.g. app/etc/local.xml) with the following: 

<config> <stores> <admin> <design> <theme> <default>your_theme</default> </theme> </design> </admin> </stores> </config>

This will just set another level of fallback, and you can copy this and other custom templates/layout/etc under the right path in app/design/adminhtml/default/your_theme/

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    Thank you for this, this should be the accepted answer in my opinion as it allows for much easier modification of ALL adminhtml template files without having to explicitly configure a new view script for each file. Commented Mar 9, 2016 at 21:29
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    It should be "<template>your_theme</template>". Commented Sep 29, 2017 at 11:38
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First of all I'm not believe this is the correct way of overriding adminhtml templates. But I try this approach and it works, So just wanna share.

Add this to your custom Module config.xml

<stores> <admin> <design> <theme> <default>default</default> <template>mycustom</template> </theme> </design> </admin> </stores>

Now You can just override by copying templates from default to mycustom app\design\adminhtml\default\default\template\sales\order\view\history.phtml app\design\adminhtml\default\mycustom\template\sales\order\view\history.phtml

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