How to Change Text - Revision history

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 </div>
-A test purchase will have been made and it will be seen that the e-mail starts with '''Welcome to'''
+A test purchase should have been made and it will be seen that the e-mail to the customer starts with '''Welcome to'''
 So, search for '''Welcome to''' and click on the results for '''Search in this repository'''.

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-*Making a change to a Store side language file:
+Making a change to a Store side language file (presuming using English):
-**In your backup folder/directory go to the file '''includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
+*From the admin dashboard go to '''Tools > Language Explorer'''.
-**Using your host server control panel or FTP software, upload a copy to '''templates/override/includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/'''
+*Look in the list for '''english > modules > notifications''', click the drop down arrow and see the language files associated with the modules.
-**New folders might need to be created in the template folder/directory to create this folder structure.
+*See '''n_create_account.php''' which is the language file associated with the module.
-**Note that '''override''' is the default template. Ensure to upload to the template set in '''Configuration &rarr; My Store &rarr; Template Selection'''
+*Click it. This will copy the file to your template (which is override in a new install).
-**Open, edit and save the new file '''templates/override/includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
+*Now a copy of that file will be at /templates/override/includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php
-**Check and test the changes in the store. Remember to refresh/reload the page to see changes.
+*Open the new file '''/templates/override/includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
+*Change the text as required.
+*If you enter any more single quotes in your text, you must use a backslash before the single quote, for example, '''don\'t'''.

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 The value will be output wherever the constant is used.
-Note: Some language files might have the constants written slightly differently like:
+Note: Some language files might have the constants and values written slightly differently like:
 <div class="mainpage_box">

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 Open the language file to see the constants and their values:
 <div class="mainpage_box">
-[[File:change-text-1.jpg|link=1500px]]
+[[File:change-text-1.jpg|link=|1500px]]
 </div>
 The value will be output wherever the constant is used.
 Open the module's template file, '''includes/modules/notifications/templates/tpl_n_create_account.php'''

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 <div class="mainpage_box">
 [[File:change-text-1.jpg|link=1500px]]
 </div>
 <div class="mainpage_box">
 [[File:change-text-2.jpg|link=]]
 </div>
 Changes to any language file for the Store side are made to a copy which is saved in a new location in the override template.
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 **New folders might need to be created in the template folder/directory to create this folder structure.
 **Note that '''override''' is the default template. Ensure to upload to the template set in '''Configuration &rarr; My Store &rarr; Template Selection'''
 **Check and test the changes in the store. Remember to refresh/reload the page to see changes.
-*Open, edit and save the new file '''templates/override/includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''

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 *A quick look at the results shows an obvious file:
 ** '''includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
-*In a multi language store, the same file will also be in other language directories, for example, at: **'''includes/languages/otherLanguage/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
+*In a multi language store, the same file will also be in other language directories, for example, at:

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 Sometimes it can be difficult to find which language file contains the text.
-To find text in a language file, use the search facility in file editing software to search your backup folder/directory - see:- <big>'''[[How to Back Up]]'''</big> and <big>'''[[Must Have Tools]]'''</big> -  or at Github, where the repository for the code for CE Phoenix Cart is stored - https://github.com/CE-PhoenixCart/PhoenixCart
+To find text in a language file, use the search facility in file editing software to search your backup folder/directory - see:- <big>'''[[How to Back Up]]'''</big> and <big>'''[[Must Have Tools]]'''</big> -  or at Github, where the repository for the code for CE Phoenix Cart is stored - '''https://github.com/CE-PhoenixCart/PhoenixCart'''
 So, using the CE Phoenix Cart Github Repository to search, the search box can be seen at the top of the page.
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 </div>
-Which gives the result:
+Which gives a few results:
 <div class="mainpage_box">
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+*A quick look at the results shows an obvious file:
-*In this example, search results shows that the text is in the file - '''includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
+** '''includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
 *In a multi language store, the same file will also be in other language directories, for example, at '''includes/languages/otherLanguage/modules/notifications/n_create_account.php'''
 *Backup any files before making changes.

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 <hr>
-You can change any text in a language file in admin '''Tools → Define Languages''' - see <big>'''[[Change Language Files]]'''</big>.
+Text can be changed in a language file.
-Sometimes it can be difficult to find which language file contains the text.
+As an example here, the text shown in the e-mail notification that is sent to the customer automatically after registering on the website.
-To find text in a language file, use the search facility in file editing software to search your backup folder/directory - see:- <big>'''[[How to Back Up]]'''</big> and <big>'''[[Must Have Tools]]'''</big> -  or at Github where the repository for the code for CE Phoenix Cart is stored - https://github.com/CE-PhoenixCart/PhoenixCart
+In this case, it is a '''notification''' module, so the language file will be found in '''/includes/languages/english/modules/notifications/''', specifically, '''n_create_account.php'''
-For our example: How to change Welcome email text.
+Sometimes it can be difficult to find which language file contains the text.
-After registering on the website, an email is sent to the customer that starts with the text, '''We welcome'''
+To find text in a language file, use the search facility in file editing software to search your backup folder/directory - see:- <big>'''[[How to Back Up]]'''</big> and <big>'''[[Must Have Tools]]'''</big> -  or at Github, where the repository for the code for CE Phoenix Cart is stored - https://github.com/CE-PhoenixCart/PhoenixCart
 So, using the CE Phoenix Cart Github Repository to search, the search box can be seen at the top of the page.
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 </div>
-Search for '''We welcome''' and click on the results for '''Search in this repository'''.
+A test purchase will have been made and it will be seen that the e-mail starts with '''Welcome to'''
 <div class="mainpage_box">