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Replacing default Sign in, New ticket links with custom links

Sometimes you don’t need the default Zendesk functionality and just want to redirect the user to another website when the logo/Sign in/ Submit a ticket links are clicked. In this case, the header template should be edited.

  1. In Guide, click on the Customize design icon in the sidebar. The Theming center page opens.
  2. Click the theme you want to edit to open it.
  3. Click the Edit code button.
  4. In your theme code configuration page under the templates directory, click the header.hbs file.

Changing the logo link

By default, we use link helper:

{{#link 'help_center'}}
  <img class="lt-topbar__logo lt-flex-shrink-0" src="{{settings.logo}}" alt="{{t 'logo'}}">
{{/link}}

This helper wraps the logo. So if the user clicks on it, the Help Center homepage will open. You can link the logo to any other website by replacing a helper with an HTML link code:

<a href="YOU_CUSTOM_URL_HERE">
  <img class="lt-topbar__logo lt-flex-shrink-0" src="{{settings.logo}}" alt="{{t 'logo'}}">
</a>

Now the logo will redirect the user to another page. It also works with Sign in/Submit a ticket links.

Changing Submit a ticket link

Replace the existing line:

{{link 'new_request' class='lt-btn lt-btn--topbar'}}

With the following:

<a href="YOU_CUSTOM_URL_HERE" class="lt-btn lt-btn--topbar">Submit a ticket</a>

Changing Sign in link

Replace the existing line:

{{#link "sign_in" class='lt-btn lt-btn--topbar'}}
  {{t 'sign_in'}}
{{/link}}

With the following:

<a href="YOU_CUSTOM_URL_HERE" class='lt-btn lt-btn--topbar'>
  {{t 'sign_in'}}
</a>

You can find another Submit a ticket link in the home_page.hbs template. Keep the CSS classes, but edit the helper to create a link. Replace the existing line:

{{link 'new_request' class='lt-btn lt-btn--primary lt-footer-submit-ticket__btn'}}

With the following:

<a href="YOU_CUSTOM_URL_HERE" class='lt-btn lt-btn--primary lt-footer-submit-ticket__btn'>Submit a ticket</a>
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