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Changing the word blog

@oldskoo1

Participant

17 years, 3 months ago

Hello,

Strange request but i would like to setup a site with a more traditional diary theme.

Therefore i would prefer to use the word diary instead of blog.

I’m good with php so i can go in and edit code but before i do, does anyone know of any hooks anywhere where i could change the words around? I doubt there is.

So if not, which files should i look at to change for example, the blog directory pages, the top menu buddypress bar, profile page etc.

If you could point me in the right direction i can figure it out from there. Ideally i was looking for a way to preg_match or str_replace before it is outputted to the screen but i don’t think i could do this.

Thanks!

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Inactive

17 years ago

I am also interested in a way to change “Blogs” to something else. It is easy editing the core code, but I would rather not do that. Any ideas?

@felix2009

Participant

17 years ago

In youre: “header.php”

<?php if ( function_exists( ‘bp_blogs_install’ ) ) { ?>

<li<?php if ( bp_is_page( BP_BLOGS_SLUG ) ) {?> class=”selected”<?php } ?>>/<?php echo BP_BLOGS_SLUG ?>” title=”<?php _e( ‘Blogs’, ‘buddypress’ ) ?>”><?php _e( ‘Blogs’, ‘buddypress’ ) ?>

<?php } ?>

Changes the phrase: “Blogs” into: “what ever you want” …
@djpaul

Keymaster

17 years ago
Or make bp-custom.php into your /plugins/buddypress/ folder, and put the following code in. This way saves you messing with the default themes and also having to re-do work if you change themes in future.
```
<?php

define('BP_BLOGS_SLUG', 'Diary');

?>
```
@djpaul

Keymaster

17 years ago

BUMP: I’ve been told I’m talking nonsense. I thought you could override the constant? Could someone clarify.

@djpaul

Keymaster

17 years ago

BUMP
@johnjamesjacoby

Keymaster

17 years ago
To change the SLUG of the URL itself, you’d probably want to use:
```
<?php

define('BP_BLOGS_SLUG', 'diary');

?>
```
Then you would want to edit the header.php file and change the word in your navigation.

Check Customizing Labels, Messages, and URLs in the codex for a complete description.

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