BuddyPress.org

Hi,

Thanks for this info. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong but when I follow the instructions step-by-step in the article, nothing changes. The default “You have successfully created your account!” message appears after registration. I edited the .po file in DreamWeaver then (I believe) I created a .mo file using PoEdit and uploaded the two files to wp-content/languages/plugins but nothing changes. I say “I believe” because this is the only part I’m not 100% on. All I did was open the .po file in PoEdit and save it again. When I checked the folder there was a .mo file present, so I assumed it had worked, but perhaps it had not worked? I opened the .mo file in DreamWeaver and checked its contents. Here are the contents:

Þ• $,8É9Project-Id-Version: BuddyPress 2.6.2
Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org
POT-Creation-Date: 2016-08-04 22:00:54+00:00
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
PO-Revision-Date: 2016-09-25 16:51-0700
Last-Translator: JOHN JAMES JACOBY <jjj@buddypress.org>
Language-Team: ENGLISH <jjj@buddypress.org>
X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.8
Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);
Language: en_US

Is this correct or have I done something wrong?

Thanks,

Simon

Hi,

For some reason all the above methods don’t work for me. I even tried uninstalling and re-installing PoEdit but no joy. Below is the .mo file that was automatically created using the above method. Note the translations are there but it all looks a bit messed up with nonsense at the start. Is this what an .mo file should look like?

Þ• L|¨x©’”qµŒ’h´Ÿw½þ5þ4‚3‚¶Registering for this site is easy. Just fill in the fields below, and we’ll get a new account set up for you in no time.Thanks for registering!

To complete the activation of your account, go to the following link: {{{activate.url}}}Thanks for registering!

To complete the activation of your account, go to the following link: {{{activate.url}}}Your account was activated successfully! You can now log in with the username and password you provided when you signed up.Your account was activated successfully! Your account details have been sent to you in a separate email.Project-Id-Version: BuddyPress 2.6.2
Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org
POT-Creation-Date: 2016-09-26 13:45-0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
PO-Revision-Date: 2016-09-26 13:49-0700
Language-Team: ENGLISH <jjj@buddypress.org>
X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.9
Last-Translator:
Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);
Language: en_GB
Registering for this site is easy! Just fill in the fields below and we’ll get a new account set up for you in no time!Thank you for registering with Skewen Angling Club!

To continue, please verify your email address via the email we have just ”
“sent to you.</br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></”
“br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br>Thank you for registering with Skewen Angling Club!

To continue, please verify your email address via the email we have just ”
“sent to you.</br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></”
“br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br>Thanks for verifying your email address! Once your account has been approved we will notify you via email with your login details.Thanks for verifying your email address! Once your account has been approved we will notify you via email with your login details.

Thanks,

Simon

Hi,

Thanks for all your help. I still can’t get that method to work but I have found what I believe is a better (or at least an alternative) way to do this, using the bp-templates system. The bp-templates system was the method I had previously been trying to use but for some reason I couldn’t get it to work. It turns out I was using the wrong path for the templates in my child theme. The following article set me straight:

https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/a-quick-look-at-1-7-theme-compatibility/

The above article explains the correct path for the templates. The mistake I made was to include bp-templates\bp-legacy followed by \buddypress in the path in my child theme. I should not have included the bp-templates\bp-legacy part of the path and just started with buddypress instead. I hope that makes sense.

Now I can make all my changes to the template files instead, and these changes won’t be affected by any updates.

Thanks again,

Simon

@henrywright Thanks, yes I would like to be able to use translation files and have tried in the past too but for some reason I can’t get them to work. I suspect it might have something to do with BeTheme as this theme has caused me lots of issues in the past. I will probably try to get to the bottom of it again sometime but for now I’m really glad I got the templates working anyway 🙂