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By mouse77e on
Changing the word BLOG to JOURNAL for a client.
My client HATES the word blog – I need to eradicate it from the site and replace it with ‘journal’. I thought it would be an easy swap but it doesn’t seem to be. I have swapped out every ‘printed’ mention of BLOG but the word is still all over the site.
Other than in the BLOG module where does the word live?
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In the database. In content types and menu tables and probably elsewhere. But this can be tricky. It can break things.
If you made changes in the code, remember that they will be overwritten in the next update. You could use the http://drupal.org/project/stringoverrides module instead.
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You realize that by doing it this way you'll have to repeat this process very single time you upgrade? You're better off taking some more time now, up front, and doing it the right way so upgrades are not affected. As cr mentioned-- i would start with string the stringoverrides module-- that should get you 99%, if not all the way, there.
sadly not
Sadley the string overides module just isn't doint it - specifically its the links on the home page i need to change - anyone?
The word "blog" pretty much
The word "blog" pretty much only pops up, when you enable the blog module. If your client just wants a journal and it's a single user site, you can do without that module anyway (it's absolutely not needed for single user blogs). Maybe this Drupal Blog Howto helps.
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It's not even necessary for multiuser blogs either... it's more a hold over from pre-views2 awesomeness.
done - and thanks
Journal content type up and running - many thanks