How to change Back to top label in Joomla 3 template Protostar

Question

Protostar is Joomla 3 default template. In the footer part, there is a link Back to Top which returns the user to the upper part of the html page.

The only document in which I have found this text so far is on location:

• templates/protostar/language/en-GB

But, the change of the text didn't actually change it on website. So, I suppose there is another location for this.

Where can I go and change it?

Answer 1

When the template is installed, that file would get moved to language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_protostar.ini, so that would be the file that actually needs to get updated.

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That being said, a better method is to use the language override feature on the admin side. You'll see in that file that the language key is TPL_PROTOSTAR_BACKTOTOP (what is to the left of the equal sign).

On the admin side, go to Extensions -> Language Manager. Then on the left side of the page, click "Overrides". Hit the new button and add TPL_PROTOSTAR_BACKTOTOP as the constant and whatever new text you would like there in the "Text" box.

By using the override feature you protect your site from updates if the template's language file is updated in a later version.

Answer 2

If you want to use your site with other languages than English, create the respective template language pack in folder templates/protostar/language/

As an example: If you use German on your site, create a folder named de-DE, copy the english files en-GB.tpl_protostar.ini and en-GB.tpl_protostar.sys.ini into it and change their names to de-DE.tpl_protostar.ini and de-DE.tpl_protostar.sys.ini. Now you can change the respective line in de-DE.tpl_protostar.ini to TPL_PROTOSTAR_BACKTOTOP="nach oben"