Change page text (JSP)

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[edit] Change page text

[edit] Files:

• [dspace-source]/jsp/(JSP containing the text you want to change)
• [dspace-source]/config/language-packs/Messages.properties

[edit] Instructions:

1. Open Messages.properties and search for the text you wish to change.
   • Note: Messages.properties contains pairs of “keys” and “values”. For example:

     jsp.home.search1 = Search

2. Generally speaking, the “key” usually refers to the location of the JSP on which this text resides (e.g. jsp.home.search1 is “search-related” text displayed in [dspace-source]/jsp/home.jsp)
3. If Messages.properties contains that text in more than one place, open the relevant JSP and find the key attribute of the appropriate <fmt:message> element. For example:<p class="Example"><fmt:message key=”jsp.home.search1” />
4. Change the text (that corresponds to the key) in Messages.properties.
5. Perform the steps in HOWTO:Rebuild DSpace.

[edit] Notes:

1. When adding or modifying text in Messages.properties, be very careful that you have automatic word-wrap turned off in your text editor! The “key” and its corresponding “value” must always be on the same line within Messages.properties (e.g.) This is NOT a valid entry in Messages.properties:

jsp.community-home.heading1 = This is a really long heading 
which actually gets wrapped automatically by my text editor
so that it ends up on three separate lines.