Trying to override templates in FOSUserBundle, but having no effect - symfony

I'm trying to modify the skin of the register.html.twig template found in FOSUserBundle/Resources/views/Registration/register.html.twig.
I've basically followed the instructions in the documentation down to a T.
Like it told to do so, I created /app/Resources/views/FOSUserBundle/views/Registration/register.html.twig.
Cleared the cache (and browser cache just to be sure)
NO effect! I've put a blank file in register.html.twig, but no matter what I put there, when I go to /register/, I still see the default template.

Yep, these things happen all the time.
It should be:
/app/Resources/FOSUserBundle/views/Registration/register.html.twig
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Why is the ploneCustom.css Stylesheet not loaded?

I am new to Plone and I'm just learning how to change stylesheets.
I successfully changed the ploneCustom.css in /Plone/portal_skins/custom/ and saved it.
But when I tried to take a look at the site, I realised that the ploneCustom.css stylesheet isn't even loaded.
According to my research a template is broken...
But what do I do with that information?
Where do I fix it and how?
Thanks for your help in advance!
50 ways of styling Plone, four of them explained:
1.) Customize ploneCustom.css
A relict of the skin-folder-times, by now it is recommended to use browser-based resources, instead.
The reason is, when you have a lot of resources registered, it's hard to keep a correct order of the skin-layers and that can lead to unwanted overrides. Nevertheless, if you don't have a complex setup, or for quick testing, it is feasible to use skin-layers and ploneCustom.css, the exact steps are:
Go to "http://yourhost.net:8080/yourPloneSiteId/portal_skins/sunburst_styles/ploneCustom.css/manage_main".
Click on "customize".
Enter some style for testing, e.g. "body { background: red }", save.
Make sure, CSS-debug-mode is on at "http://yourhost.net:8080/yourPloneSiteId/portal_css/manage_cssForm" also make sure that ploneCustom.css is actually on the list and enabled, meaning the checkbox on the left is checked. It should be the last entry in order to override all other stylesheets.
2.) Use a site's page as style-source
Alternatively you can have a look at "adi.ttw_styles" (disclaimer: I'm the author), which provides you with a stylesheet living in the site as an ordinary item of type "Page" and is registered as a browser-based resource, so naming-conflicts are impossible. Still, the stylesheet lives in the site then, which wouldn't be suitable for cases, where you want to have a reproducable theme.
3.) Include browser-based resources in your addon (f.k.a. "Product")
Well documented.
An addon-generator, which allows you to create an addon holding a browser-based stylesheet and javascript, is "adi.devgen" (disclaiming again: I'm the author), after installation simply execute devgen addBrowserSkel your.addonname of the commandline.
4.) Diazo
The widely promoted state-of-the-art-way-of-theming. Well documented, have fun learning XLST :-)

Load resources in gadgets in Jira

I've made an Add-on which is a custom field.
The style of the text in the field changes depending on the properties of an issue.
I check which style should the text have in the .java file and I pass the html class in a variable called $indicator to the velocity template:
#if( ${value} )
<span class="$indicator">${value}</span>
#end
It works perfect everywhere but in gadgets. When I add this field to a table showing issues in a dashboard, the html code is correct, but it doesn't find the css resource. This is because gadgets are inside an iframe.
How can I make the iframe have a reference to the stylesheet?
You did not say exactly which gadget you were using, but try adding the following context within your <web-resource> module:
<context>jira.webresources:issue-table</context>
The above should work for at least Assigned to Me, Filter Results, In Progress, Voted, and Watched in JIRA 6.1+.
If that does not work, you might also try:
<context>com.atlassian.jira.gadgets:common-lite</context>
If that general context doesn't work, you can look for which exact contexts are #requireContext'ed by the specific gadget you are trying to use, and then make sure that your web-resource is listed in that context. You can figure this out by looking at the gadget's XML and then searching for the #requireContext. (You can find the gadget XMLs inside $JIRA_DATA/plugins/.osgi-plugins/transformed-plugins/jira-gadgets-plugin-*.jar)
Starting with JIRA 7 the Answer of Scott Dudley is no longer working. #requireContext was replaced with a #requireResource within the Atlassian sources of this gadget.
As it affects our plugin, I created a Improvement Request to make that possible again

How to make sure changes to a Wordpress plugin won't be lost on plugin update?

I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that you can actually move the main plugin *.php file to somewhere else (I assume under your theme directory) to have it safe in case you made changes to it and your plugin updates. I tried Google but I can't find anything. Google page with good results will suffice.
I've just experienced a situation where my 2 plugins which had its layout changed and accommodated my needs and I want to make sure it doesn't happen again. Apart from having the main file in another location, is there a way to move along any CSS and JS files as well?
In Concrete5 CMS there is a nice way of doing this, by creating a new folder inside a block of an addon (may be regarded as a WP plugin), inside of which you can create copies of main file, any CSS and JS files and then you can simply edit them and choose that template for a page location you are using that block in.
I assume there is no such thing in Wordpress but how close can I get?
UPDATE: I found where I applied that advice on creating a new instance of the file then moving it to the theme directory.
The plugin in question was HL-Twitter. These are the plugin files:
admin.php
archive.php
functions.php
hl_twitter.php
hl_twitter_archive.php
hl_twitter_widget.php
import.php
widget.php
Now, this is the top contents (commented out) of the hl_twitter_widget.php:
Widget Theme for HL Twitter
To change this theme, copy hl_twitter_widget.php
to your current theme folder, do not edit this
file directly.
Available Properties:
$before_widget
$after_widget
$before_title
$after_title
$widget_title
$show_avatars
$show_powered_by
$num_tweets: how many tweets to show
$tweets: array of $tweet
$tweet: object representing a tweet
$tweet->twitter_tweet_id
$tweet->tweet
$tweet->lat
$tweet->lon
$tweet->created
$tweet->reply_tweet_id
$tweet->reply_screen_name
$tweet->source
$tweet->screen_name
$tweet->name
$tweet->avatar
$user: represents the Twitter user (ONLY SET IF SHOWING A SINGLE USERS TWEETS!)
$user->twitter_user_id
$user->screen_name
$user->name
$user->num_friends
$user->num_followers
$user->num_tweets
$user->registered
$user->url
$user->description
$user->location
$user->avatar
So I was wrong about copying the main file (in this case hl_twitter.php), but still - this enabled me to edit the file outside the plugin directory and the system somehow checks for its existence and picks it up if exists.
If this behavior something that is natively supported by Wordpress or it has been integrated in the plugin itself?
With themes, Wordpress has a concept of "child themes" which allows exactly that: to keep changes separate from main theme, in case it changes.
I haven't yet found a way to do this with plugins.
I'm using a few tactics myself:
I bump plugin version to a very high number like 99.9. This way Wordpress won't ever update the plugin.
Store my plugins in version control (i use git, but it doesnt matter), this allows you to update the plugin, run the 'diff' tool and see what changes happend. If you don't like you just revert like it would be a bad code you've written. But this approach requires a bit of skill.
Are you talking about running parts of a modified 3rd party plugin, and an updated version, at the same time?
That's not going to be possible. There is no magical method of "preserve my changes and transfer them into the new version automatically". The way to go here is doing a diff between the edited version and the update, and integrating the changes in the actual source files.
The bottom line is, if you manually edit a third party plugin, you're in for manual review (and possibly rework) once an update takes place. That's why it's usually not a good idea to extensively modify third party plugins.
Well in fact, yes! There is some kind of way.
You have to remove the to be modificated plugin's original actions/filters and then add your altereted actions/filters.
If the desired plugin is even coded in OOP you can just inherit the whole class and rewrite the wanted functions (oh sorry: "methods". we're talking about OOP ;) ). Instantiate your inherited class and rest as above.
Maybe there are better ways! I already search for a method so that the original class won't even get loaded but our altered one instead but I'm no John Carmack.

Template files not being discovered

I was experiencing an odd problem where blocks were not showing up on a site. After a lot of spelunking I have found that block.tpl.php is not getting called/discovered.
Looking at the suggestions that the theme engine is trying to find it looks like the most general template it will look for is block-MODULE.tpl.php - ie if I set up symlinks for block-block.tpl.php, block-views.tpl.php etc then the content will show.
It just won't find block.tpl.php
So I can kind of make the problem go away, but I'd feel a lot better if I could fix it properly.
Anyone know why (or where) this would happen?
This is drupal 6, with a zen subtheme. zen is in sites/all/themes/ the subtheme is in sites/example.com/themes/.
(it does seem to be finding page.tpl)
PHPTemplate will find the more general templates (e.g. block.tpl.php): you can confirm this behavior by looking in the themes/garland folder which has its own block.tpl.php.
The most common reason for the template engine ignoring your template overrides is because the theme registry has not been reset. You can reset it by going to Site Configuration -> Performance and clicking Clear cached data at the bottom of the page.
Also make sure you've gone through and followed the instructions for sub-theming exactly: missing a step can produce unexpected results:
How to build your own sub-theme (6.x-2.x)
How to build your own sub-theme (6.x-1.x)
Turns out I had added a to the hook_theme() function in template.php for blocks that was pointing to a different location and confusing everyone.
Why I did that is lost to history, but it seems to server no useful purpose.
there should be a version of block.tpl.php in both the theme and subtheme directories.

Where are WordPress default widget files or functions located?

I'm trying to slightly modify the default WordPress tag cloud widget. I don't want to create my own widget because I literally want to adjust one small thing. I've looked through my WordPress installation but can't find the PHP file that contains the basic widgets.
Even though I assume that they are defined in each theme, I still looked in the core directories but came up empty handed.
So if any of you happen to have already figured this out, please make my life easier and let me know where I can find the default widgets...most importantly the tag cloud widget.
Thanks
Those are located in the default widget class:
/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
For more detail:
http://phpdoc.wordpress.org/trunk/WordPress/Widgets/WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud.html
The widget invokes a function deeper though that generates the actual output. You'll want to take a look at the wp_tag_cloud and wp_generate_tag_cloud functions in:
/wp-includes/category-template.php
do take into account however that you'll lose your change when you upgrade wordpress (which is why I eventually did create my own shabby category-cloud widget instead of changing the default tag-cloud code).
The tag cloud widget is defined near the bottom of the default-widgets.php file in the wp-includes folder.

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