How to rename forums

[Steph Jensen]

In my head, and from what i hear from others, the word "forum" is an instant turnoff for many.
This is a shame, because IPS is so much more than that. I am trying to market/lure users in, with the blog, and clubs/groups features, but the Forums are still there, "tasting ugly".

I'd love to change what "Forums" is called, all across the site (jsut call them "discussions"), but this should be everywhere, including the url, settings etc.

Is there a good/easy way to do this?

[sweethoney]

you can remove it if you want

[Steph Jensen]

@sweethoney thanks! But i do like the feature, just not calling it Forums.
It might be nitpicking and i might drop the idea if it is too complicated, but i'm just nervous that the thought of "one more forum" might scare new users away. Calling it "Discussions" might soften the first encounter just enough

[sweethoney]

yea you can hide it or you change the name to your likeing if you wat

[Steph Jensen]

How to change the name?

[sweethoney]

2 minutes ago, Steph Jensen said:

@sweethoney thanks! But i do like the feature, just not calling it Forums.
It might be nitpicking and i might drop the idea if it is too complicated, but i'm just nervous that the thought of "one more forum" might scare new users away. Calling it "Discussions" might soften the first encounter just enough

theres 2 way to do this

the first way you can remove it from the header witch this is the codes for

.ipsPageHeader{ display: none; }

paste in the css theme you are using

other way go to your theme and go to forum fronts ---index and change

look fo that and change the forums name

	<h1 class='ipsType_pageTitle'>
		{lang="forums"}
	</h1>
</div>

 

[Steph Jensen]

But that won't change it in places like the url, the "browse menu", user profile etc?

[jair101]

You can edit it in your language pack. Go there, make a copy of the english language, search for all strings containing forums (there are quite a bit of them!) and rename at will. 

 

[sweethoney]

no that wont change that just the forums on the header

[Steph Jensen]

Just now, jair101 said:

You can edit it in your language pack. Go there, make a copy of the english language, search for all strings containing forums (there are quite a bit of them!) and rename at will. 

 

LOL - i was actually looking at that when i got your notification. Will give it a try, thanks!
Hopefully i can download a CSV file and do a find&replace for all Forum, forum, Forums, forums

[sweethoney]

good luck hope it works for you

[Steph Jensen]

Just now, sweethoney said:

good luck hope it works for you

Thanks! will get back with a feedback

[jair101]

4 minutes ago, Steph Jensen said:

LOL - i was actually looking at that when i got your notification. Will give it a try, thanks!
Hopefully i can download a CSV file and do a find&replace for all Forum, forum, Forums, forums

You can download it in xml, but I think doing it in ACP is much easier. The original string is always hardcoded, you can add your own "translation", but it is separate string, you can't simply replace the original. If you really want to do a hack job, I guess you can directly do the replacement it in the database, but I definitely do not recommend that as something might break  

[Steph Jensen]

I couldn't download the copied english language, so i'm sticking to doing it in the admin CP. 12 pages of strings to be changed, related to forums, so it's not too bad. Thanks for the help!

I think you're right that i should leave the url as it is, because i'd risk breaking too much. Thanks again for pointing me to the right direction!

[Steph Jensen]

How would you "tranlate" this if you want the words forum and forums to display as discussion and discussions?

Showing topics from {# [1:forum][?:forums]} 

is this right, or would it break something?

Showing topics from {# [1:discussion][?:discussions]} 

 

[Martin A.]

That's correct

https://invisioncommunity.com/4guides/themes-and-customizations/languages-and-localization_326/plural-phrases-r121/

[Meddysong]

Remember to change the FURLs so that you're no longer using site.com/forums. Go to System > Settings > Advanced Configuration. Then select Friendly URLs, search "forums" and click on the pencil icon to edit the relevant ones.

[Steph Jensen]

@Meddysong can you explain or link to more info about this?

I have managed to "rebrand" forums to discussions in the front end, but the site still uses the standard url that include /forums/

If i click on that pencil icon and change the /forums/ part of the url to /discussions/ would that be enough to do what i am looking for?

[jair101]

I would suggest that you don't change the furl. First of all, that furl changer in ACP is buggy, there is a topic around here about it.

Second of all, I am not sure changing that will cause forums to redirect to discussions, the net effect will be that you will lose all google indexed content, all external links pointing to your community, etc. Please make sure that you have proper redirection from /forums to /discusssions before you do that. Becides, your members don't care about the url anyway, only search engines care about it and you will piss them off by changing it,