# Customizing footer

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/customizing-footer/755>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/customizing-footer/755 "2020-02-25T18:46:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rotaugenlaubfrosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/rotaugenlaubfrosch/32/314_2.png) [@rotaugenlaubfrosch](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/rotaugenlaubfrosch)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/customizing-footer/755/1 "2020-02-25T18:46:03Z")

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Hi All,  
Is there a way to customize `/var/www/ood/apps/sys/dashboard/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.erb` in a permanent manner?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/1X/17c62a65a60f783304e25d3325545c00c816f081.png)  
We would like to replace the icon on the left hand side of the footer with a link pointing to an internal support page, since users will need to access the internal support page instead of the open ondemand home page for support.  
We noticed that after reboot, all changes to `/var/www/ood/apps/sys/dashboard/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.erb` are reverted.  
Is there a way to make permanent changes to that file?  
Thanks and best regards

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/customizing-footer/755/2 "2020-02-25T19:09:14Z")

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I think you’re looking for [these overrides](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/master/customization.html#add-urls-to-help-menu) if you want an easier way to specify a URL. Though, from the help menu at the top right.

I’m not quite sure why you’re unable to edit those files permanently. They’ll get wiped on _reinstall_, but system reboots or apache restarts shouldn’t affect them at all. I guess I’d say be sure you have sufficient privileges to modify them (root) and maybe `sync` to be sure edits get flushed?

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**Author:** ![rotaugenlaubfrosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/rotaugenlaubfrosch/32/314_2.png) [@rotaugenlaubfrosch](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/rotaugenlaubfrosch)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/customizing-footer/755/3 "2020-03-02T16:45:17Z")

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Thanks Jeff. I did some more testing - all worked fine.  
Best regards

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**Author:** ![westburg.2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@westburg.2](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/westburg.2)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/customizing-footer/755/4 "2022-05-26T15:35:21Z")

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Closed on May 26, 2022, 3:35pm UTC