Change New Topc to New Post?

[ColinJM]

Can I change the wording of the New Topic to New Post in both the large screen button and small screen User Actions sub menu list item please?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

You can, but it wouldn't really make sense as a topic is a group of posts, and when you post a new topic you open a new discussion for replies.
A post on the other hand is any message in a topic, so can also be a response to an existing topic.

You opened a new topic (a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.) here, I made a post (a new message, comment, or reply) in your topic.

[ColinJM]

Thanks for yoor reply Lex - I need to way up what you mention (it does make sense in that it distinquishes between a thread post and new post) But my forum is has Boards and Sub Boards that are topic (subject) based - by necessity. The members find "Post a topic" confusing.

So IF I do the change, how do I do it please?

 

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

It's also worth remembering that a "thread" is strictly speaking not even a thing in SMF, there are topics with posts, and topics do not thread out. This depends on definitions a bit though.

I believe what you want is $txt['new_topic'] = 'New Topic'; in index.english.php

[ColinJM]

Lex - that maybe so but "thread" is a term used/defined in many other alternative software forums(and social media) until I found this one one - thanks for answerting my question   

[Kindred]

But a thread is THREADED... which is why smf does not use the term...


Also, the term  topic is used in several dozen places throughout the software

[ColinJM]

OK