[ckan-dev] Renaming CKAN terms/labels

[Ian Ward]

Repeating what I said on the issue: I mistakenly believed that
https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/2909 had been merged. Without that change
replacing English terms in CKAN involves something like the en_GB hack you
describe, but I'm not sure.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Ted Strauss <ted.strauss at gmail.com> wrote:

> Posting an update on my issue:
> - I have modified the en_GB/ ckan.po file to maek desired changes
> - I compiled the po file into an mo file using the command:
> sudo python setup.py compile_catalog -f --locale en_GB
> - I have updated the production.ini file to set:
> ckan.locale_default = en_GB
> (also removed en_GN from locale_filtered_out)
> - restarted apache
>
> Unfortunately there is no change in the front end, it didn't work.
> Checking /api/util/status confirms that en_GB is the active locale.
>
> Have tried clearing cache and loading in multiple browsers.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I found this open issue on github, that is related:
> https://github.com/ckan/ckan/issues/2475
>
> Thx
>
> ᐧ
>
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Ted Strauss <ted.strauss at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks.
>> The i18n folder contains en_AU and en_GB folders. (None called just en.)
>>
>> And the production.ini file contains this:
>>
>> ## Internationalisation Settings
>> ckan.locale_default = en
>> ckan.locale_order = en pt_BR ja it cs_CZ ca es fr el sv sr sr at latin no
>> sk fi ru de pl nl bg ko_KR hu sa sl lv
>> ckan.locales_offered =
>> ckan.locales_filtered_out = en_GB
>>
>> Does this mean that en_GB is treated as the default language? Or en_AU ?
>> So if I modify  i18n/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ckan.po
>>
>> And then compile the translation with the setup.py script, that will
>> update the front-end, right?
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> ᐧ
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Ian Ward <ian at excess.org> wrote:
>>
>>> recent CKANs support adding English "translation" files. You can use
>>> that to rename the labels you listed without having to modify all the
>>> templates.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Ted Strauss <ted.strauss at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am setting up CKAN for a research institute and in this context
>>>> I would like to modify some of the top-level labels as follows:
>>>> datasets --> studies
>>>> organizations  --> labs
>>>> ... and maybe a couple others
>>>>
>>>> I understand that because of localization this is not a simple change.
>>>> Is this something that has come up before, such that there is a guide
>>>> or previous discussion on the best way to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any tips.
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ted Strauss / Manager, Data Resources
>>>> McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute
>>>> McGill University
>>>> ᐧ
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