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**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-embed-a-script-block-to-openondemand-html/3016 "2023-10-12T22:25:52Z")\
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**Author:**  [@Kenny](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/Kenny)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-embed-a-script-block-to-openondemand-html/3016/1 "2023-10-12T22:25:52Z")
Hello team, I am using the OpenOndemand ansible role to deploy our OpenOndemand portal, now we have a request that need to embed a script block to the bottom of the html body, so that we can change the status of the web portal, I am just wondering, what is the best practice to do this. thanks.
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**Author:**  [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-embed-a-script-block-to-openondemand-html/3016/2 "2023-10-13T16:59:34Z")
You can either create a widget and have it display there. Looks like `custom_javascript_paths` is coming in 3.1.
OR - you can override or hack the `application.html.erb` to include it.
We distribute the file `application.html.erb` in `/var/www/ood/apps/sys/dashboard/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb`. You can edit this file directory (after backing it up!) or possibly supply an override at `/etc/ood/config/apps/dashboard/views/layouts/application.html.erb` that has your edits.
I believe the override is the better option.
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**Author:**  [@Kenny](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/Kenny)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-embed-a-script-block-to-openondemand-html/3016/3 "2023-10-13T20:57:09Z")
Thank you Jeff, I will check it out.
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**Author:**  [@Kenny](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/Kenny)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-embed-a-script-block-to-openondemand-html/3016/4 "2023-10-16T20:19:27Z")
Create override the file in /etc/ood/config/apps/dashboard/views/layouts/application.html.erb works great as expected, thanks Jeff.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-embed-a-script-block-to-openondemand-html/3016/5 "2024-04-13T20:20:24Z")
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