Message String Editor

Use the Message Strings Editor to edit the text and formatting of the various system-defined messages used on the portal web pages or add a custom message string. You can also import a file of message strings or export message strings to a file.

To configure message strings:

  1. Select Control > Access Control
  2. Expand Configuration
  3. Select Captive Portals > [portal name] > Website Configuration > Look & Feel
  4. Select Launch Message Strings Editor

The Message Strings table displays all the message strings used in ExtremeControl. It includes the following columns:

Format
Displays the supported format for the message text: HTML or Text.

Message Key
The message identifier.

Views
The ExtremeControl portal views where this message is used.

Description
Describes the reason the message is used. Hidden by default.

Variables
Lists variables you can use for the message. Hidden by default.

English
The text of the message.

Use the toolbar to add or change message strings, import a file of message strings. or export the message strings to a file. The toolbar functions are:

Edit
Select the key you want to edit. Next, select Edit from the toolbar or double-click the key to open the Localized Message String Editor.


NOTE:To change the Message Key for a user-defined message, you must delete and recreate the message using the new key.
Import
Select to open a window where you can select a file of message strings to import for a selected locale. The list of locales includes the default locale and any locales defined in the portal configuration. Message strings in the file must be in the following format:
messageKey=messageValue
with messageKey being the message identifier and messageValue being the message text.

CAUTION: Importing message strings from a file overwrites the corresponding default message strings for the selected locale. For example, if you import a file with 15 message entries, only the default messages for those 15 entries are overwritten. The other default messages for that locale remain.
Export
Select to open a window where you can export messages for a selected locale to a file. In the Export window, select the locale to export. The list of locales includes the default locale and any locales defined in the portal configuration. Specify the encoding to use:
  • Native — Use this encoding if you want to read the file in the native language.
  • UTF-8 — Use this encoding to export a file in a readable format that you can share. For example, if you export a French locale file and send it to someone in Japan, the characters display correctly (providing the Japanese system can display French characters).
  • UTF-8 with Unicode — Use this encoding to export the file in order to use it (import it) on another ExtremeCloud IQ Site Engine server or client.

     NOTE: Non-ASCII characters are not readable, and it displays as \u####.

Select Include System-Defined Messages to include in the export file all the system-defined messages provide by ExtremeControl.

Return to Look and Feel
Select the Return to Look and Feel button to redirect back to the Look & Feel screen.

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