Best way to replace "Discussion" with "Topic"?

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• R_J Admin

  November 2016

  Translation is still the recommended way to do so.

  Concerning the second part of the question, see here: https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/31488/how-to-make-short-discussion-urls-for-vanilla

  But that wouldn't be enough, since there are function like discussionUrl that would need to be overridden:

  if (!function_exists('discussionUrl')) {
      /**
       * Return a URL for a discussion. This function is in here and not functions.general so that plugins can override.
       *
       * @param object $Discussion
       * @return string
       */
      function discussionUrl($Discussion, $Page = '', $WithDomain = true) {
          $Discussion = (object)$Discussion;
          $Name = Gdn_Format::url($Discussion->Name);
          if (empty($Name)) {
              $Name = 'x';
          }
          $Result = '/discussion/'.$Discussion->DiscussionID.'/'.$Name;
          if ($Page) {
              if ($Page > 1 || Gdn::session()->UserID) {
                  $Result .= '/p'.$Page;
              }
          }
          return Url($Result, $WithDomain);
      }
  }
  

  The word "discussion" appears at so much places, that I would simply accept it instead of striving to translate each and every appearance.

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• River MVP

  November 2016

  r_j provided excellent ideas on the slug change.

  I've got some fine-tuning and better links for the translation.

  @Swennet said:
  For my forum, the term "Discussion" is slightly confusing, so I would like to do a sitewide replacement of the "Discussion" term and change it into "Topic".

  One solution I found in this thread is to manually make changes to a Locale file, but it is from a few years ago.

  Is doing it that way still the recommended way? Or is there a better/easier way to do this?

  Ideally, the /discussion/ slug in the URL would be replaced with /topic/ as well.

  have a look at this in general https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/28420/frequently-asked-questions

  https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/218972/#Comment_218972

  and here

  http://docs.vanillaforums.com/developer/locales/

  probably the best place to change definitions is in conf/locale.php

  definitions in conf/locale.php will be site wide.

  you can download translations for each language from the add-ons to use as a base or to find info.

  Changing locales that get shipped with the core installation is NOT the best way to go

  general tutorials here : https://vanillaforums.org/categories/tutorials

  you can also collect defintions with this https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/30993/tutorial-how-to-use-locale-developer-config-statement-to-identify-changeable-words-translations

  and then take the definitions and modify them and place them in conf/locale.php

  the link you referenced is old and en-Ca.php has been replaced and I would not follow that practice.

  but still not a good idea to modify the core locale files.

  Pragmatism is all I have to offer. Avoiding the sidelines and providing centerline pro-tips.

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• Swennet New

  November 2016

  @R_J @River
  Thank you for replying, this will definitely get me started!

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• vrijvlinder MVP

  November 2016

  https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26597/tutorial-how-to-change-wording-how-to-change-text-how-to-change-language-how-to-change-locale

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• Judy_Dressler New

  January 2017

  I had exactly the same confusion from users coming from phpBB forums expecting "topics". They simply did not see how to post in categories I made (and I guess the "Create New Discussion" button was intimidating new users or not even seen).

  In the category Forums Support I created, I added a subcategory named "Vanilla Forums Help Videos" and embedded this one:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNzO7JFW2YI

  They began to post soon after and I had nothing more to do. :-)

  Pictures and videos are many times mor help than text.
  I added more vids since. Such as the one on private messaging.
  They loved it. Give us more and not just for admins.

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• FBI ✭

  February 2019

  
  

  https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/comment/244175#Comment_244175

  
  

  Thank You for the Hints... I came from MyBB which is can replace any slug into pre-combine custom slug. So, I can easily modified or transform from Generic Forum/Discussion look like site into other look/purposes.. And glad Vanilla could do this from Dashboard via ROUTE features..

  Thats why, Theme, Function and Slug could be explainable and learn-able easily..

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