Language overrides in Joomla with examples

J2Commerce (formerly known as J2Store)

To change text in core Joomla! Or in an extension (other than installing a new language), it is advised to perform a language override in Joomla!. To do this, you need to go into the admin backend, then in the menu under “Extensions” click on “Language Manager”

Let us assume that you want to change the First name (in billing address fields) to My Name.

Go to Components > J2Commerce > Extensions Manager > Language Manager > Overrides.

VERY IMPORTANT:

Before creating the override, set the Filter to ADMINISTRATOR (of the language that you wanted to create the override. Say, your language is German. Then you should select the German (de-DE) Administrator in the filter.

Step 2: Click new to create a override

VERY IMPORTANT

Step 1: Make sure you have checked the For both locations

Step 2: Make sure the location points to the ADMINISTRATOR

Step 3: You can either search or directly enter the constant (if you know it already) to create the override.

Method 1: Searching

Under the Search text you want to change, enter the following text (as you see on the site): Firstname and hit search. You will get the constant: J2STORE_FIRST_NAME

Method 2: Find the constant from the language file

Let us take J2Commerce as an example. All the language constants of J2Commerce can be found in the following file/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_j2store.ini

Step 4: Now you have the constant. Enter the constant in the Language Constant box.

Step 5: Enter your value (in our example My Name) in the Text box.

Step 6: Save.

You can create as many overrides as you like in this method.

Video tutorials:

Method 1:

Method 2:

How to translate product options: