diff --git a/deploy/gitea/install-hop-native.sh b/deploy/gitea/install-hop-native.sh
index 6cae2ea..af36a66 100755
--- a/deploy/gitea/install-hop-native.sh
+++ b/deploy/gitea/install-hop-native.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ fi
docker compose --env-file "$env_file" up -d gitea
docker compose --env-file "$env_file" exec -T -u root gitea \
- mkdir -p /data/gitea/templates/custom /data/gitea/public/assets/js /data/gitea/public/assets/css /data/gitea/public/assets/img
+ mkdir -p /data/gitea/templates/base /data/gitea/templates/custom /data/gitea/public/assets/js /data/gitea/public/assets/css /data/gitea/public/assets/img
docker compose --env-file "$env_file" cp \
- deploy/gitea/templates/home.tmpl \
- gitea:/data/gitea/templates/home.tmpl
+ deploy/gitea/templates/home.tmpl \
+ gitea:/data/gitea/templates/home.tmpl
+docker compose --env-file "$env_file" cp \
+ deploy/gitea/templates/base/head.tmpl \
+ gitea:/data/gitea/templates/base/head.tmpl
docker compose --env-file "$env_file" cp \
deploy/gitea/templates/custom/header.tmpl \
gitea:/data/gitea/templates/custom/header.tmpl
diff --git a/deploy/gitea/templates/base/head.tmpl b/deploy/gitea/templates/base/head.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9990ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/gitea/templates/base/head.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+
+
+
+ {{if .Title}}{{.Title}} - {{end}}{{.PageTitleCommon}}
+ {{if .ManifestData}}{{end}}
+
+
+
+ {{/* required by: 1. "redirect_to" cookie; 2. cross-origin protection */}}
+{{if .GoGetImport}}
+
+
+{{end}}
+{{if and .EnableFeed .FeedURL}}
+
+
+{{end}}
+
+
+ {{template "base/head_opengraph" .}}
+ {{template "base/head_style" .}}
+ {{template "base/head_script" .}}
+ {{template "custom/header" .}}
+
+
+ {{template "custom/body_outer_pre" .}}
+
+
+
+
+ {{template "custom/body_inner_pre" .}}
+
+ {{if not .PageIsInstall}}
+ {{template "base/head_navbar" .}}
+ {{end}}
+
+{{if false}}
+ {{/* to make html structure "likely" complete to prevent IDE warnings */}}
+
+
+
+{{end}}
diff --git a/deploy/gitea/templates/custom/footer.tmpl b/deploy/gitea/templates/custom/footer.tmpl
index 4bd740b..c93999a 100644
--- a/deploy/gitea/templates/custom/footer.tmpl
+++ b/deploy/gitea/templates/custom/footer.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-
-