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[guayo Friend guayoJoin date: February 2013Posts: 21Downloads:1Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

#205050

Hi!

I developed a website in spanish. But the contact form field label or placeholders are in english. I can’t find the way to change them.

How can I do that?

As you can see in the following image, the submit button and the send me a copy label are in the correct language. But the placeholders aren’t.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7T960e3eQGQZDV3NTVlT2FuTjA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Thanks

[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#564752

Hi

Change placeholder value in this file templatesuberjsscript.js

// Add Placeholder form contact
var formContact = $('.contact-form-1');
if (formContact.length > 0) {
$('#jform_contact_name', formContact).attr('placeholder','Name');
$('#jform_contact_email', formContact).attr('placeholder','Mail');
$('#jform_contact_emailmsg', formContact).attr('placeholder','Subject');
$('#jform_contact_message', formContact).attr('placeholder','Write your message here');

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[guayo Friend guayoJoin date: February 2013Posts: 21Downloads:1Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

#564753

thanks for the quick reply.
I guess if I want a multilanguage site I need to place a language conditional right there.
Is that the only way to do it?
Doesn’t seem a very clean solution, but works for now.
Thanks

[tom_laan84 Friend tom_laan84Join date: June 2008Posts: 348Downloads:142Uploads:30 Thanks: 88 Thanked: 67 times in 11 posts]

#573305

Doesnt this method get overwritten on update? this is totally sucky way of adding language! Why is JA not using normal language strings? totally does not make sense. Would like to hear from JA staff why this is not done the right way….

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1. rsystems

[tom_laan84 Friend tom_laan84Join date: June 2008Posts: 348Downloads:142Uploads:30 Thanks: 88 Thanked: 67 times in 11 posts]

#738333

Doesnt this method get overwritten on update? this is totally sucky way of adding language! Why is JA not using normal language strings? totally does not make sense. Would like to hear from JA staff why this is not done the right way….

1 user says Thank You to tom_laan84 for this useful post

1. rsystems

[Saguaros Moderator SaguarosJoin date: September 2014Posts: 31405Downloads:237Uploads:471 Thanks: 845 Thanked: 5346 times in 4964 posts]

#573410

How do you add these placeholders? as in our demo site, it doesn’t show by default: http://uber.demo.joomlart.com/index.php/joomla-page/other-pages/contact-form

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