News module - change name in the admin menu?

[volcanoboy]

Is there a way to change the news module name to something else in the dropdown menus and other places it is shown as "News".
I'm using it for something slightly different and want to change it to something that will make more sense to my client.

Thanks

Jon

[cyberman]

It's very simple too - please look at modules language file (e.g. modules/news/lang/en_US.php), open it with your favourite editor and search for string 'news' and change it to whatever you want (1 or 2 times) .

[calguy1000]

actually, you should be able to create a file called
(modules_custom/News/lang/en_US.php  )
CORRECTED: /module_custom/News/lang/en_US.php

and just add the strings that you want to change.  like for example:
$lang['friendlyname'] = 'myNews';

this way, when the news module is updated, your changes won't be lost.

[cyberman]

modules_custom/News/lang/en_US.php 

Is this a new feature to support this folder?

[volcanoboy]

Perfect! Cheers! 

[calguy1000]

No, it's been in since the 0.11 days I think.  I placed it in for this purpose, so you could override individual strings, etc. without having to worry about losing your changes on the next upgrade.

modules_custom/News/lang/en_US.php 

(modules_custom/News/lang/en_US.php )
CORRECTED: /module_custom/News/lang/en_US.php

Is this a new feature to support this folder?

[cyberman]

No, it's been in since the 0.11 days I think.  I placed it in for this purpose, so you could override individual strings, etc. without having to worry about losing your changes on the next upgrade.

Hmm, great ... but never read yet somewhere in docu / forum or so other .

Thx!

[cyberman]

It work's not in v0.13 with an external language ...