One of our Shack Forms Pro customers asked us if it was possible to remove the Page title that appears at the bottom of an email sent by a form.

Yes, you can remove this. The safest way is to use a Joomla template override. This means you won't need to edit the Shack Forms core files, so your customization won't be overwritten when you update Shack Forms.

In this guide, we'll show you how to create this override manually.

Step #1. Find Your Joomla Template

• In your Joomla administrator dashboard, go to System.
• Under Templates, click Site Templates.
• Click on the name of the template your site is currently using.

Step #2. Create the Override Folders

You'll need to create the following folder structure inside your template:

html/layouts/com_shackforms/email/

• Click Manage Folders.
• If the html folder doesn't already contain a layouts folder, create one.
• Inside layouts, create:

com_shackforms

• Inside com_shackforms, create:

email

Your template should now have this structure:

html/
└── layouts/
    └── com_shackforms/
        └── email/

Step #3. Create the user.php Override File

• In the Joomla template editor, select the email folder you created in the previous step.
• Click New File.
• Enter user as the file name.
• Select php as the file type.
• Click Create.

You should now have the following file in your template:

/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE/html/layouts/com_shackforms/email/user.php

Next, we need to add the original Shack Forms email layout code to this new file.

• Open the original Shack Forms user.php file located at:

/components/com_shackforms/layouts/email/user.php

• Copy all of the code from this file.
• Return to the new user.php file you created in your template.
• Paste the code into the file.
• Click Save.

Step #4. Remove the Page Title

• Open the user.php file in your new template override.
• Find this line:

{lang:MOD_PWEBCONTACT_PAGE_TITLE}: <a href="/{url}">{title}</a><br>

• Remove the line and save the file.

That's all you need to do.

The Page title should no longer appear in the affected Shack Forms emails.

Why Use an Override?

You may be tempted to edit the original file:

/components/com_shackforms/layouts/email/user.php

We don't recommend doing this.

That file belongs to Shack Forms and may be replaced when you update the extension. Your customization could therefore disappear after an update.

A Joomla template override leaves the original Shack Forms file untouched. Joomla uses your customized copy from the active template instead.

This gives you the customization you need while keeping the Shack Forms core files intact.

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