[support] Contact Form

[Larry Garfield]

If you know basic Drupal coding, I generally recommend renaming form labels 
using form_alter.  It's much less overhead or performance hit than using 
locale for just one string.  

On Monday 17 September 2007, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
> Hello, Chris,
>
> I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for
> changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know of
> another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes without
> writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> Chris McCreery wrote:
> > Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type of
> > thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to do it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill at funnymonkey.com
> > <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your
> >     modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to keep
> > your changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade (as your
> > old codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase).
> >
> >     Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit strings to
> >     change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good
> >     documentation
> >     on this.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Bill
> >
> >     Chris McCreery wrote:
> >     > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks
> >     >
> >     > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery at gmail.com
> >
> >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>
> >
> >     > <mailto: chris.mccreery at gmail.com
> >
> >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >     >     Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I needed. On
> >     > the actual form the header above the available categories is the
> >
> >     title
> >
> >     >     "Category" and I need to change that to something else. Do you
> >     >     know where I would find that?
> >     >
> >     >     Thanks
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal at oadaeh.net
> >
> >     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>
> >
> >     >     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >         On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris McCreery wrote:
> >     >         > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category
> >
> >     title to
> >
> >     >         something
> >     >
> >     >         > different.
> >     >         >
> >     >         > Thanks
> >     >
> >     >         Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >> edit (to the
> >     >         right of the
> >     >         category you want to change)
> >     >
> >     >         admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id>
> >     >
> >     >         --
> >     >         Jason Flatt
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> >
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> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     --
> >     >     Chris McCreery
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > --
> >     > Chris McCreery
> >
> >     --
> >     Bill Fitzgerald
> >     http://www.funnymonkey.com
> >     Tools for Teachers
> >     503.897.7160
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris McCreery
>
> --
> Bill Fitzgerald
> http://www.funnymonkey.com
> Tools for Teachers
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