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Language editing

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Location: Administration > Language > Language editing

Edit strings

Moodle1.6


  • From Moodle 1.6 onwards, text may be changed by editing the language strings, either via Administration > Language > Language editing or directly i.e. in moodledata/lang/.
  • Click the button "switch" and a local language folder, parentlanguage_local, will automatically be created in moodledata/lang/. Files of edited strings will then be saved in this folder. This will prevent your local changes to be overwritten by a newer language pack while updating.
  • When returning to edit further strings, check that files of edited strings will again be saved to the folder parentlanguage_local, switching folder if necessary.
Moodle 1.6 admin/lang.php

Previous admin/lang

Text in Moodle 1.5 may be changed by editing the language strings, either via Administration > Configuration > Language or directly e.g. in lang/en.

To ensure that any changes are not overwritten by a new version when upgrading, you need to create your own local language pack as follows:

  • Copy the contents of your language folder (e.g. lang/en) into a new folder (e.g. lang/en_local) - you will need access to the server to achieve this step, it cannot be done from within Moodle.
  • Make your local language pack the default for the site via Administration > Configuration > Variables.

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