Where to translate the Guest Welcome message? guest.php

pixeline · September 2010

I would like to translate into French the default Welcome message once sees when not logged in.

I found the View in applications/dashboard/modules/guest.php

But it calls for


   echo T($this->MessageCode, $this->MessageDefault);

Where then can i set this MessageCode?

Thanks,

Alexandre

Tim · September 2010

I did a source code search. It revealed that $this->MessageCode is set in class.guestmodule.php like so:
public $MessageCode = 'GuestModule.Message';

Additionally, looking up the T() function, I found this:

   /**
     * Translates a code into the selected locale's definition.
     *
     * @param string $Code The code related to the language-specific definition.
    *   Codes thst begin with an '@' symbol are treated as literals and not translated.
     * @param string $Default The default value to be displayed if the translation code is not found.
     * @return string The translated string or $Code if there is no value in $Default.
     * @see Gdn::Translate()
     */
   function T($Code, $Default = '') {
      return Gdn::Translate($Code, $Default);
   }

Thus, 'GuestModule.Message' is the translation code and can be modified in the locale file for your forum, found here:
/applications/vanilla/locale/en-CA/definitions.php

To redefine that code in particular, something like this would work:

$Definition['GuestModule.Message'] = "Looks like you're new round these parts. Tie up your horse and sit yerself down fer a drink.";

Good luck.

pixeline · September 2010

Great, it works a treat! Thanks a lot also for the thorought explanation!

Where to translate the Guest Welcome message? guest.php

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