Changing Default Magento Texts and Labels

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Adding Custom Texts and Labels in Magento: Common Practice

Most customers or clients would want their own texts and labels on their website Magento makes it easy to setup your website but adding your own texts and labels is not very easy Most of the text have to replaced manually by using several Find/Replace operations For example, trying to change the default text from Log In to Sign In would require you to turn on Template Hint Paths and locate those PHTML files to make the necessary changes

Adding Custom Texts and Labels In Magento: Alternative

The following steps make it simple to add your own text to your website : 1. After logging in as Admin, Select System -----> Configuration 2. Select the Default Store View under Current Configuration Scope. 3. Under the Developer tab, enable Translate Inline for Front-end. 4. Save the Configuration. 5. Refresh the Front-end and you should be seeing red dotted boxes around the terms you wish to edit. 6. Mouse-over them and click the book icon this will open up the edit form in a lightbox 7. Make the necessary changes and save your work.

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