[Archivesspace_Users_Group] need help customizing text in ArchivesSpace

[Majewski, Steven Dennis (sdm7g)]

One thing to check:  the spaces and indentation in .yml files are significant, and you can’t mix tabs(*)  with spaces, so you should make sure that you haven’t accidentally inserted a tab when editing.  You can edit the file in place for testing, but for normal production, I advise copying the values you want to change into plugins/local/public/locales/en.yml and editing them there.  But again, you have to be careful to preserve .yml hierarchy. 

You may also eventually want to try copying some of the shared view templates into plugins/local/public/views/shared/   and editing those. 
It’s easier to manage upgrades if you keep your changes in plugins directories.  

(*) In fact, googling this, I see it doesn’t like tabs at all. Must be only spaces. 


— Steve M. 



> On Nov 22, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Janet Hack <jhack at mcdaniel.edu> wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> we are new to ArchivesSpace and are trying to change the wording on our public-facing pages https://archivesspace.mcdaniel.edu/ <https://archivesspace.mcdaniel.edu/>. We want to change the header title from the standard "ArchivesSpace Public Interface" and we would like to put in a custom welcome message. I have tried editing the en.yml file following the instructions at https://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/user/customizing-text-in-archivesspace/ <https://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/user/customizing-text-in-archivesspace/> with no success. 
> 
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to contact me off-list.
> 
>   - Janet
> 
> -----------------
> Janet Hack
> Science and Online Technologies Librarian
> Hoover Library | McDaniel College
> 2 College Hill | Westminster, MD 21157-4390
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