We are currently still building up the English documentation; not all sections have been translated yet. Please note that there may still be German screenshots or links to German pages even on pages that have already been translated. This guide mostly addresses English speaking users in Germany.
Editing user interface texts
Your task/initial situation
Editing user interface texts
This is how you change the standard text blocks in your online shop:
- Log in to the back end of JTL-Shop with your admin access data.
- Go to Administration > Language variables.
JTL-Shop comes with English and German variables that can be edited at any time. Once saved, the changes are effective in the online shop immediately.
Looking for language variables
Using the Search field, you can look for terms that are displayed in your online shop as text. In the example below, we looked for bestseller. The content of the variable can be changed at any time by clicking on the current content. If you changed “bestsellers” to “top items”, for example, the text in the online shop would read “Our top items”.
Adding your own language variables
Via Add variable you can add custom language variables which can then be queried in the template via {lang key=”variableName” section=”custom”}.
Select Add variable. Under section, select custom; this section is reserved for your own language variables. Into Variable, enter a unique name. It will be referenced in the template code. Then enter the variable content in English (or any other language, if available). Confirm by clicking Save.
Exporting languages
You can also export the language variables. If you want to export only variables with a specific content, enter the respective search term into Search and click on the Magnifying glass. If you select Export entries now, only the search results will be exported.
You can choose between three possibilities:
Select a suitable option and click on the magnifying glass. Depending on your selection, all variables, only those that you created yourself or only system variables will be exported when you click on Export entries now.
Importing languages
In the language variable administration, select Import entries. Select the appropriate file.
When importing the variables, you can choose between three options:
Creating a new language
To add a new language, export one of the existing languages (German or English). You can then edit the exported file with any suitable editor (e.g. OpenOffice Calc or Excel). Once you configured and synchronised the new language using JTL-Wawi, the respective language is available in the language variable administration. Back in the language variable administration, you can now select the new language to edit its variables.