I want to change the "Attached is your certificate for {$a->course}" message found in /mod/certificate/lang/en/certificate.php. I figured that if I would just add my text around this message, it would fix it, but it does not. Anywhere else I should look to customize the message sent to students when they complete a certificate? Thanks!
Hello Jason,
Please when you ask for help, always give your Moodle version and also the certificate activity module version.
Anyway this is because all lang strings are cached in Moodle: Go to Site Administration -> Development -> Clear all caches, clear the caches and you will see your modifications
But it would have been better not to change the /mod/certificate/lang/en/certificate.php and to use Site Administration -> Language -> Language customization because that would avoid you the need to redo your changes each time you upgrade the certificate module
Jean-Michel,
Thank you for your response. I'm on Moodle 2.5 at the moment. So I've changed the /mod/certificate/lang/en/certificate.php and /mod/certificate/type/ to add my own folder and certificate type as well. I thought I was following the directions that I saw on a previous post here in the forum, but I guess I am wrong.
Could you please explain what I should do to rectify my problem? Should I change all "certificate.php" files that I changed or added in that directory and make those changes in another directory?
Sorry if I was not clear
There are 2 methods to customize language strings for your certificate
Method ##1
Edit mod/certificate/lang/en/certificate.php (and eventually mod/certificate/type/yourtype/certificate.php if you have hardcoded strings in your certificate type) as you have done
But after doing that you will not see your changes because all Moodle languages strings are cached
Go to Site Administration -> Development -> Clear all caches and clear all caches
And now you should see your changes
As I said the problem with this method is that you have to redo the changes to mod/certificate/lang/en/certificate.php each time you update the certificate module because your changes are overwritten by the new version
Method 2
No need to edit any file to do language customizations in Moodle just go to Site Administration -> Language -> Language customization and follow the documentation
The advantage of this method is that your changes are not overwritten when you install a new version of Moodle or of the certificate module
In reply to Jean-Michel Védrine
Re: Changing email message that students receive
by Matt Polaniecki -
How could I use additional profile fields for placeholders for the email? What is the syntax?
Hi Jean-Michel,
I have a similar question, although hopefully simpler. All I would like to do is add the "Company" field to the automated email that the certificate sends to teachers and administrators. It helps us route the certificate to the right person. Is there a simple way to do this?
I am a Moodle novice, at best, so I appreciate all the help.
Thanks,
Ross