Modifying an existing handler

When you install the website module, the /website/info path displays some information about your Odoo instance. In this recipe, we will override this in order to change this information page’s layout, as well as to change what is displayed.

Getting ready

Install the website module and inspect the /website/info path. In this recipe, we will update the /website/info route to provide more information.

How to do it...

We’ll have to adapt the existing template and override the existing handler. We can do this as follows:

1. Override the qweb template in a file called views/templates.xml, as follows:

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <odoo>
     <template id="show_website_info"
               inherit_id="website.show_website_info">
      <xpath expr="//dl[@t-foreach='apps']" position="replace...