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The Template Override System in JEM allows you to use your own custom templates for any part of the site, except the admin area.

By using the template override system, you can upload the custom templates inside the current theme that you are using, and JEM will automatically use those templates instead of the ones in the  /system/application/views folder

By doing this, you won't overwrite any custom templates should you update JEM.

Creating Template Overrides

To create a template override for a specific template, follow these steps:

1. Go to /system/application/views/main folder.  Copy the template that you want to override from there.  For example, tpl_header.php
2. Copy that template to /themes/main/THEME_NAME/custom_templates folder where THEME_NAME is the name of the theme you are using for your site.
3. Start editing your template.
   
4. Once you are done, save it to the custom_templates folder again.
5. JEM will now use that template and override the default template in /system/application/views folder