Help understanding TPL Hooking

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Hi, I’ve been trying to modify a bit of the Vendor Panel in CS-Cart.
There is this hook {hook name="index:finance_statistic_balance"} in the vendor panel, which I want to completely override, so I tried the following:
1.-Created a “TPL Hook” in my_changes:
(/design/backend/templates/addons/my_changes/hooks/index/finance_statistic_balance.override.tpl)
2.-Tried to replace the hook with a simple “Hello World”. No changes at all.

So far, I’ve also tried with dashboard/finance_statistic_balance.override.tpl but I got the same result.
Also tried to clear cache, same thing.
As a fun fact, I’ve tried to change the core code with plain HTML and still did not show up in my page.
The hook its located in /design/backend/templates/views/index/components/dashboard.tpl

Thanks in advance for the help!

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  • try to delete the var/cache directory manually
  • check new file permissions
  • another module with higher priority can override the same hook
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Hi, thanks for your reply.
·Already deleted cache.
·What do you mean checking new files permissions?
·I put my module the higher priority I could think of (9999999999) and still nothing.

If it matters, Im trying to override one of the Balance sections in the Vendor Panel.

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It is required to examine issue directly on your server in this case

5

Thanks for the reply, changing permissions on files did not help.
I still dont know what is happening because Im doing what I already did to add a logo to the Login Form and that works fine
The bit of code Im trying to replace is here

<div class="dashboard-card dashboard-card--balance">
                        <div class="dashboard-card-title">{__("vendor_payouts.current_balance_text")}</div>
                        <div class="dashboard-card-content">
                            <h3>
                               <!-- This Hook right here -->
                                {hook name="index:finance_statistic_balance"}
                                    <a href="{"companies.balance"|fn_url}"
                                    >{include file="common/price.tpl" value=$current_balance}</a>
                                {/hook}
                            </h3>
                            &nbsp;
                        </div>
                    </div>
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Ok, looks like it wasnt that file the one I wanted to edit, but I wanted to edit a specif div in a component

In: /design/backend/templates/views/index/components/analytics_section/analytics_section.tpl

<div class="analytics-section__column analytics-section__column--tertiary">
                    {foreach $analytics_data.tertiary as $analytics_card}
                        {include file="views/index/components/analytics_section/analytics_card/analytics_card.tpl"}
                    {/foreach}
                </div>

I just want to change the amount of balance to that of the vendor Stripe account.
Im guessing Im going to have to modify the core files then?

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So, I’m curious you said * another module with higher priority can override the same hook.

My question is, how do I make sure none of the other modules affect or override the same hook?
How do I block this other module from affecting my hooks?

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As I understand, you just have to set a higher priority in the addon.xml file.

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But please note that the module should be re-installed after this action since the priority value is stored in the database

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Thanks for that, I tried to reload the addon thinking it was the same as uninstalling and reinstalling.
It worked when I did it manually.
Thanks!

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