How to edit 'Howdy Stranger' Sign up message?
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Hello all,
I tried looking for the file in /local & in modules but can't seem to find the file anywhere. Any idea's where it's located?? ('Howdy Stranger' sign up message.)
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Quick way is jquery
http://jsfiddle.net/2EvGF/
Thanks theme, but i'd like to do it via local files.
Anyone?
You can do so by adding or editing the locale file
https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/26597/tutorial-how-to-change-wording-how-to-change-text-how-to-change-language-how-to-change-locale#latest
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Thank you very much, all sorted now.
since you are new to the forum, you may be interested in the other questions besides this one.
https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/218972/#Comment_218972
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I tried making a locale.php file and uploaded it to conf/ folder but it displayed php code above my header. Any help? Trying to change the "Howdy Stranger: and text underneath without messing with core files.
@snooty Sounds like a typo. Did you include the opening php tag? Checked for all your quotes and braces matched up? Escaped any use of quotes in your translations?
Download the language you want to use.
Add these lines in your language file.
vrijvlinder already linked to a very detailed tutorial. Changing an existing file should never be done, @kopna
From time to time the official language files get updated. As soon as you want to benefit from that updated language file, you will overwrite your customizations if you have done them in the original file.
It might not be much work to do to port your customizations on every update, but it is much safer to do the initial step to simply do it right. All that is needed is one file only. That is not much work and will potentially safe you a lot of trouble afterwards.