Example – overriding the appearance of a single article

In this example, we will see overrides in action. We want to change the appearance of a single article, making our article titles rendered as an H2 header instead of H1.

Let’s start creating our override:

1. From System Dashboard, open Site Templates.
2. Since our website is using the Cassiopeia template, let’s click on Cassiopeia Details and Files.
3. Open the Create Overrides tab – as shown in Figure 13.1.
4. In the Components group, click on the com_content folder. The list of overridable items in the group opens, as shown in Figure 13.6.

Figure 13.6 – Overrides | Create Overrides | com_content

5. From the list of overridable items in com_content, let’s click on article. This represents the single article view in the frontend.
6. By clicking on article, the system confirms the creation of the override, displaying the path of the override...