Footer can't be overridden

[aronquiray]

• Laravel Version: 8.83.7
• Nova Version: 4.0.5
• PHP Version: 8.0.11
• Database Driver & Version: MySQL
• Operating System and Version: Windows 11
• Browser type and version: Chrome 100.0.4896.75

Description:

Footer can't be overridden

Detailed steps to reproduce the issue on a fresh Nova installation:

Nova assets have been published, but seems like it doesn't work.
optimize:clear , still no effect.

before, it can be overrided via vendor/nova/partials/footer , right now it doesn't.

[amanpatel]

Thanks for posting this. I am having a related issue. In Nova 3, we customized the login page to use OAuth server. But since Nova 4 uses vue components for rendering UI, it is not as simple as publishing the views and updating them. I bet the Nova team is probably already aware of this and might have a solution in the next point release.

[ThaDaVos]

26 days later and no answer or workaround for this - have you found one? We have the same issue as we are also using a OAuth server (Laravel Passport based)

[RhysLees]

26 days later and no answer or workaround for this - have you found one? We have the same issue as we are also using a OAuth server (Laravel Passport based)

You can pass your own routes for auth, I use the follow so i can use jetstream auth with 2FA

[ThaDaVos]

Oh haven't noticed you could - probably not in the documentation

[RhysLees]

Oh haven't noticed you could - probably not in the documentation

It's not in the docs, it's an undocumented feature, I found it when I was digging through the source that I could set it

[aronquiray]

Thanks for posting this. I am having a related issue. In Nova 3, we customized the login page to use OAuth server. But since Nova 4 uses vue components for rendering UI, it is not as simple as publishing the views and updating them. I bet the Nova team is probably already aware of this and might have a solution in the next point release.

it's not really a critical bug. however, we don't want our clients to know we're using this haha! anyway, hope it'll resolved be soon.

[seabasss]

+1 for wanting to change the footer/header. Thanks!

[pcorrick]

I haven't tried it yet but this might help:
https://github.com/Muetze42/nova-assets-changer

[potsky]

You can tweak the footer by publishing the (only) layout.blade.php view and add something like this in the head section:

<!-- Footer -→
<style>
    .mt-8.leading-normal.text-xs.text-gray-500.space-y-1:last-child > p:nth-child(2) {
        display: none;
    }
    .mt-8.leading-normal.text-xs.text-gray-500.space-y-1:last-child > p > a {
        visibility: hidden;
        position: relative;
    }
    .mt-8.leading-normal.text-xs.text-gray-500.space-y-1:last-child > p > a:after {
        visibility: visible;
        position: absolute;
        left:0;
        content: "Whatever";
    }
</style>

Not fully useful but it is just an idea...

[gcg]

Yeah, this was pretty useful for us as well. We push multiple versions per day and admins knowing the version they use while giving feedback is pretty good so we were keeping our api, laravel and nova versions in the footer for easy access like this:

[davidhemphill]

We will probably reintroduce those customization features in the future, once everything settles down a bit.

[fragkp]

For a quickfix, it would be cool if you add a custom class/id/attribute to the footer element or something so that we can select these elements easier.

[michaelhume]

Or even better to each of the main layout sections - header, sidebar, footer

[ThaDaVos]

Any eta on this @davidhemphill ? It's currently stopping a lot of people from upgrading, including us - sadly we only found out about this issue after we bought the unlimited license

[moroneyio]

Yes I was disappointed to see this removed from v4 I have a "sensitive" client base and I'm sure the Nova link branding there will cause confusion.

[aronquiray]

same, thats why I cannot push this update yet on my clients.

[clementmas]

I can't change the favicon anymore on my end. Probably related to the same issue.

Removing these customization features is a deal breaker. I can't upgrade at the moment.

[aronquiray]

same! haha.

[AlexCatch]

In the meantime, I've had to copy the laravel/nova folder from the vendor directory and symlink it like v3.0 which allows me to edit the .vue files directly, it's not ideal but a simple enough workaround for the time being.

[wdelfuego]

I've created a workaround that reintroduces footer content customization to Nova 4.

Installation and usage: wdelfuego/nova4-customizable-footer

Let me know if you run into any problems using that package.

[bbs-smuller]

Hello,

The same for us ; we bought the unlimited licence and we cannot upgrade all our existing code base because our customer are French and doesn't want to have English wording and un-desired copyrights OR vendors trivia version

Do you have any dates for "reintroduce those customization features" ?

[leecolarelli]

Same issue here... our company keeps 99% of the Nova design, but we had changed the sidebar (background, link colors, hover etc) to match our brand, and now won't be using Nova 4 until this is possible.

[ThaDaVos]

Like everyone else, running into the same issue regarding customization of Nova 4.x - we have our custom theme for 3.x packaged up and a separate package to allow us to use our OAUTH 2.0 service for logging into our Nova instances - sadly due to the migration to InertiaJs and thus the removal of the Blade files, re-implementing and customizing stuff like this feels like a no-go in Nova 4.x and stops us from upgrading too... wish we knew this before buying the new license

[RhysLees]

#3892 (reply in thread)

[davidhemphill]

The footer can now be overridden by using the Nova::footer method in your App\Providers\NovaServiceProvider::boot method: https://nova.laravel.com/docs/4.0/installation.html#customizing-nova-s-footer

You could return a simple string, HTML, or even the output of Blade::compile().

We're working on a clean way to allow even more customization of some theme elements, but we'd like to find a way to do it without creating a bunch of issues for folks when they do customize these elements (We got a lot of people who borked their layout and couldn't receive updates in the previous series). In the end, Nova is opinionated, so it may not ever be 1:1 with the previous Blade layout implementation.

[michaelhume]

From my point of view it would make sence to be able to customize the link on the Logo. Using lova to administer a site it would be cool to link the logo on the frontend ...

This is also something that I had implemented by modifying the user dropdown - adding a "back to app" link.

Can I ask you to be even more specific? Really trying to grasp what people are trying to do that they can't already.

Specifically:

• modify the user drop down, ability to add/remove items.
• modify they logo - ability to 100% control that element, including link, responsive behaviour, alt-text

In reality, I stopped digging into v4 in depth after hitting these initial issues, so this is a pretty cursory list

Thanks for tuning into this issue.

[davidhemphill]

You can modify the user menu programmatically: https://nova.laravel.com/docs/4.0/customization/menus.html#appending-prepending-to-the-menu

I use this for a "Visit Website" link.

[seabasss]

Thanks! I'd prefer to have the logo link or a link in the header or the side menu rather than hidden in a user menu with an extra click.

I tried to add this to my side menu, but it just opens the app in a modal:

MenuSection::make('Back to App')->path('../')->icon('external-link'),

Any way to add an externalLink method to MenuSection or add ability to have icons on MenuItem so they can be on the top level and without indentation? Even just removing the indentation if a MenuItem is on the top level would help, icon is a plus.

Thanks!

[michaelhume]

@michaelhume Thanks for bringing the lack of main nav scroll ability to our attention. We'll be pushing a fix for that today!

What do you find you're unable to do with the current user menu customization abilities? What are the "etc" features you're looking for?

@davidhemphill - just wanted to ask if this did get implemented, or was still pending? I just tested out the most recent (4.5.1) and in mobile mode the sidebar nav is scrollable, but not with larger displays.

Thanks,

[davidhemphill]

I just pushed a fix today will come out in a little bit

[seabasss]

Also, I personally don’t need confirm windows on the log out and stop impersonating buttons. They’re just annoying. Remove or option to remove is my vote.

[RhysLees]

Also, I personally don’t need confirm windows on the log out and stop impersonating buttons. They’re just annoying. Remove or option to remove is my vote.

I was gonna make a request to have confirm logout optional i don't mind it on impersonation button

[seabasss]

Also, I personally don’t need confirm windows on the log out and stop impersonating buttons. They’re just annoying. Remove or option to remove is my vote.

I was gonna make a request to have confirm logout optional i don't mind it on impersonation button

Is there an official channel for requests, or are threads like this it? Never mind. Found the request tag in discussions.

[davidhemphill]

Would be good to add new feature requests in a new discussion so it doesn't get buried here. 🙂