Customizing TOM Templates ------------------------- So you've got a TOM up and running, and your homepage looks something like this: ![](/_static/customize_templates_doc/tomhomepagenew.png) This is fine for starting out, but since you're running a TOM for a specific project, the homepage ought to reflect that. If you haven't already, please read through the [Getting Started](/introduction/getting_started) docs and return here when you have a project layout that looks something like this: ``` mytom ├── db.sqlite3 ├── manage.py └── mytom ├── __init__.py ├── settings.py ├── urls.py └── wsgi.py ``` We are going to override the html template included with the TOM Toolkit, `tom_common/index.html`, so that we can edit some text and change the image. Overriding and extending templates is [documented extensively](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/overriding-templates/) on Django's website and we highly recommend reading these docs if you plan on customizing your TOM further. Since the template we want to override is already part of the TOM Toolkit source code, we can use it as a starting point for our customized template. In fact, we'll copy and paste the entire thing from the [source code of TOM Toolkit](https://github.com/TOMToolkit/tom_base/blob/master/tom_common/templates/tom_common/index.html). and place it in our project. The template we are looking for is `tom_common/index.html` Let's download and copy that template into our `templates` folder (including the `tom_common` sub-directory) so that our directory structure now looks like this: ``` ├── db.sqlite3 ├── manage.py ├── templates │ └── tom_common │ └── index.html └── mytom ├── __init__.py ├── settings.py ├── urls.py └── wsgi.py ``` Now let's make a few changes to the `templates/tom_common/index.html` template: ```html {% extends 'tom_common/base.html' %} {% load static targets_extras observation_extras dataproduct_extras tom_common_extras %} {% block title %}Home{% endblock %} {% block content %}

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{% endblock %} ``` Look for the block of HTML we changed between the <\!-- BEGIN MODIFIED CONTENT --> and <\!-- END MODIFIED CONTENT --> comments. Everything else is the same as the base template. We've just changed a few lines of HTML, but basically left the template alone. Reload your homepage, and you should see something like this: ![](/_static/customize_templates_doc/tomhomepagemod.png) Thats it! You've just customized your TOM homepage. ### Using static files Instead of linking to an image hosted online already, we can display static files in our project directly. For this we will use [Django's static files](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/) capabilities. If you ran the tom_setup script, you should have a directory `static` at the top level of your project. Within this folder, make a directory `img`. In this folder, place an image you'd like to display on your homepage. For example, `mytom.jpg`. cp mytom.jpg static/img/ Now let's edit our template to use Django's `static` template tag to display the image: ```html {% raw %}

{% endraw %} ``` After reloading the page, you should now see `mytom.jpg` displayed instead of the remote cat image. ### Further Reading Any template included in the TOM Toolkit (or any other Django app) can be customized. Please see the [official Django docs](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/overriding-templates/) for more details.