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[Simon_P]

In this quick tutorial I'm going to show you how to change a translatable string in PageLines Framework 2.x
Tools Needed:
Framework 2.x
pagelines-customize plugin
POedit -

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So as an easy example I'm going to show you how to change the 'Tagged with:' string as it was requested earlier today.
1. Make a 'language' dir in the customize plugin folder.




2. Open POedit and click file/open and navigate to the pagelines.pot file in pagelines/language folder ( you will need to select 'all files' to open it )


3. Now we need to find the string to translate, i used the find function to find the word 'tagged'.


4. Highlight the string to edit then add the new string in the bottom box.



5. Now click Catelog/settings, you need to change a couple of fields before it will let you save. You have to change the team name and team email address.


6. Now click 'save as' and navigate to your customize plugin folder, and change the filename to en_US.po

It should save out 2 files like this:





Now refresh your page, it should be translated!

Edited by Simon Prosser, 17 September 2012 - 02:21 AM.
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[annabelr]

Hi Simon,

Trying to output new .po .mo files using the pagelines.pot file.
Followed every step in your tutorial.
Getting the following error msg from POEDIT :

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I looked it up and can't see what's wrong.

This result was achieved by forcing the opening of the .pot file in POEDIT (open with from finder), for when i try to open the file with the "new catalog from a POT file" POEDIT menu entry i get the following error messages in the log file (aproximate translation from french) :
pagelines.pot is not a valid POT file, corrupted catalog (incorrect entries, msgstr used conjointly with msgid_plural...

Could you point me out to a solution? Alternate POT file?

Thx a lot.

Cheers

[Simon_P]

I used the one from the latest package, pagelines.zip. Just tried it again definatly works. You dont have to 'create a new catelog from pot file. You just open the pot with poedit then adjust the catalog settings then save as.

[annabelr]

Thx Simon, a problem with POEDIT... Re-installed : everything ok. Cheers

[ilkka]

Hi, thanks a lot for the tutorial, very helpful. I had success translating theme, although poEdit gives me an error every time I try to save: "en_US.po:4: field 'Last-Translator' still has initial default value". Any idea what is the problem here?

[Simon_P]

Did you fill in the project info?

[jbrouwer]

Hi, How does this work with the base theme? I created a language folder in the base theme folder and followed the above steps. No results. It does work when I copy the language files in the pagelines/language folder. Or do I have to use the customize plugin (in addition to the base theme)? Thanks.

[jackey]

Or, you can user the customize plugin instead of the base theme...

[jbrouwer]

I cannot, as I've installed Buddypress...

[jackey]

??? I had buddypress installed with the Customize Plugin, without Base Theme... no problems...

[Simon_P]

@jackey@melisgs.nl yes you can do it that way, the templatepack then installs all its stuff into the main framework folder, which means next time you upgrade all that could get nuked.

[jackey]

Nice to know! Thanks for the warnng! Can one still do Base Theme And Customize Plugin? It sounds like asking for trouble.

[jbrouwer]

@simon what about translating pagelines using the base theme, is that possible?

[Simon_P]

@jbrouwer The framework looks in either the customize directory if its installed or the main framework folder.

[jackey]

@jbrouwer That's why I switched from the Base Theme to the plugin... Clearly no option for you...

[Simon_P]

Guys you can use both!

[jackey]

Okay, that's solved then.

[jbrouwer]

@simon In my experience you cannot do both (base or custumize plugin as Jackey was suggesting), only the main framework folder works (together with the custumize plugin) as you said before. However, would it be possible to make this work in the base theme as well? Seems to be double work to install the customize plugin next to the base theme. Thanks.

[pehja]

I am not sure I got this correct. But I would like to see that my language files were not overwritten each time the Page Line updates. They do when I use the base theme. Is it better to put them in the "customize plugin" and if so, can I still use Base Theme. If I should want to use Buddy Press.

[pehja]

Am I not suppose to ask this question in this thread or what ?