Where to translate

[yann]

Hello.
I’m translating Boss Theme.

Maybe this topic can help me and other people.

For changing avatar, i found this sentence in mo file, make translation, but nothing happend.

-Change Avatar

-Your avatar will be used on your profile and throughout the site. If there is a Gravatar associated with your account email we will use that, or you can upload an image from your computer.

-If you’d like to delete your current avatar but not upload a new one, please use the delete avatar button.

-Delete my avatar

on the wall, for the icon “like this”, i don’t find the sentence “like this”

I don’t find the sentences “xxx posted an update” or “you posted an update” on activity…

Well, I guess that’s all for now…

[yann]

Not really a translation, but on group page, we have for exemple in bold above “hidden” and below “group”

It doesn’t make sense in french…

How to make “group” in bold above, and below “hidden”?

[Alyssa]

@yann the first issue “change avatar” could be a BuddyPress translation, same with “delete avatar”
You second issue “like this” is in the BuddyBoss Wall Language file and will probably look like “%s liked this” in the language file.
I’m not sure what you are referring to in the post from 4:49pm. Can you send me an image?

[yann]

Thank you @tjchester

It’s ok for “Like This”

As you can see on attach files, expression are in boss theme, i translated them, but take not effect on my site.

EDIT : i can’t attach po files. So i contact support by mail…

Now, the image for “hidden group”

[Alyssa]

@yann even though this translation may be in the buddyboss mo/po file it is still translated by BuddyPress. You can translate it directly in this file: boss/buddypress/members/single/profile/change-avatar.php copy this file and place it here:
wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/buddypress/members/single/profile/change-avatar.php
Then make your translation directly in the child theme.

[yann]

ok @tjchester, thank you, it works perfectly!

But i don’t anderstand why it works for some sentences and don’t for others…

[Alyssa]

@yann every theme and every plugin has a different language file. You need to translate ALL of these files to translate a site. It is getting complex which is why codestyling is a good plugin to consolidate translation of WordPress and themes/plugins.

[yann]

Hello!!

Since the first day, i do translation with loco translate pluggin.

Do i create translation files in boss theme or in child theme?

I ask about that because with update of boos theme, i lost all my work (and don’t make back up, so dummy i am).

[Alyssa]

@yann I’m not familiar with the plugin but if you have the option put ALL changes in the child theme.

[yann]

ok… for hidden groups (February 8, 2015 at 10:55 am)

in /buddypress/groups/single

change

<?php
                        global $groups_template;  
                        $group =& $groups_template->group;
                        if ( 'public' == $group->status ) {		$type = __( "Public", "boss" );	}
                        else if ( 'hidden' == $group->status ) {	$type = __( "Hidden", "boss" );	}
                        else if ( 'private' == $group->status ) {	$type = __( "Private", "boss" );	}
                        else {						$type = ucwords( $group->status );	}

                        echo $type;
                        ?>
                        </p>
                        <p class="small"><?php _e("Group",'boss'); ?></p>

by

<p class="small"><?php _e("Group",'boss'); ?></p>
				   <?php
                        global $groups_template;  
                        $group =& $groups_template->group;
                        if ( 'public' == $group->status ) {		$type = __( "Public", "boss" );	}
                        else if ( 'hidden' == $group->status ) {	$type = __( "Hidden", "boss" );	}
                        else if ( 'private' == $group->status ) {	$type = __( "Private", "boss" );	}
                        else {						$type = ucwords( $group->status );	}

                        echo $type;
                        ?>
                        </p>

[Anonymous]

Hi @yann it will be better you use this approach https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/customizing/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/
No need to alter the theme files
and keep all translation for plugins inside /wp-content/languages/plugins/
and for themes tranlation file inside /wp-content/languages/themes/
this will also keep all translation preserved even you update the plugin or theme
Regards
Varun Dubey