How to change message greeting, etc.

[sandysue22]

I'm not sure if I'm explaining this correctly. This is my first Forum to set up.

When I send a message through the Forum, the greeting is "Hecko!"

The theme is set to English. How can I change this?

Sandy

[kat]

How odd...

First thing to check is this line:

$txt['hello_member_ndt'] = 'Hello';

in index.english.php.

You can find that in the default theme's "languages" directory.

[sandysue22]

I'm in the default theme>>language directory

There is no index.english.php

All that exists is:
index.php
settings.english.php
settings.spanish_es.php
themestrings.english.php
themestrings.spanish_es.php

I've backed out of that folder and searched some of the others and don't find
index.english.php . Do you have any other idea where that file might be

I think I might email the author. I hope he speaks english....

[kat]

Trust me. There is.

Your forum wouldn't work, much, if it wasn't there.

Themes>default>languages.

[sandysue22]

Oh wait...
I wasn't in the default but in the new theme folder--

I'll look again--

[sandysue22]

That line says:

$txt['hello_member'] = 'Hey,';

[kat]

[Pantomime mode]

Oh, no it doesn't!

[/Pantomime mode]

That's an earlier line.

[sandysue22]

You mean, there's another line that says:

$txt['hello_member'] = 'Hey,'

[sandysue22]

$txt['hello_member_ndt'] = 'Hello';

[kat]

Yep!

Just change 'Hello'; to 'HowdyDoody'; or whatever.

[sandysue22]

So why am I getting "hecko"

I must have a setting off somewhere. Where exactly is the language choice for mail?

I was almost sure I had that set to english, but maybe not.

I hear ya! User Error! (I use to work for Microsoft. )

[kat]

(I use to work for Microsoft. )

That file says "Hello", does it?

Hmm... Let me investigate further...

Does the theme you're using have it's own index.english.php?

Do you have any other index files, such as index.english_british.php, or something?

[sandysue22]

The Theme I'm using is Cartoon -- It was one of the theme's suggested and downloaded from SMF

Nope, no other index files. The only files in the language folder for the Cartoon theme are:

All that exists is:
index.php
settings.english.php
settings.spanish_es.php
themestrings.english.php
themestrings.spanish_es.php

[kat]

Just had a thought...

You DID refresh?

You might need to empty your cookies/cache, or summat.

If you're using a proper browser, that's simple.

Dunno about that IE thing, though, coz I never use it and never will.

[sandysue22]

Is there a way to choose NOT to have the "Hello" automatically inserted?

That wouldn't really help me though, because someone else might use it with the same results.

Oh, me either. I use firefox. I'll give it a try.

[sandysue22]

Oh, I may have forgotten to mention a biggie.

I just went to try again and see if I get the same results.

I was actually sending a Newsletter>>welcoming all members.

That is when the "hello" was Hecko!

And when I tried to apologize to everyone, since it wasn't appropriate, ( deleted the "hello to member") and it added "Hecko!"

anyway. Before the Date, which I had inserted.

So it isn't as bad as I thought. No one else will be sending Newsletters but me. But still, I can't prevent it from adding "Hecko!" at the beginning.

[kat]

Newsletter?

Hmmm... I think that might use a different file. Lemme check.




I don't bother with Firefox, either, coz it's to clunky, for me.

Maybe I'm just too old, eh?

[kat]

Nope. Nothing in there.

What mods do you have, installed?

[sandysue22]

It's a brand new installation. I haven't installed anything else. Only have 14 members.

Just opened--

[kat]

I'm not as familiar with SMF v2.x as I am with v1.x.

Let me do a bit of digging.

Won't be long...