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BigSender Administrator Guide
Selecting A "BigSender Language File" Plug-In
Incorporating unique plug-in technologies developed by Craig Richards Design, a BigSender Language File (BLF) permits translations by third-party contributors to display in all user interfaces and outgoing messages generated by BigSender.
As more BLFs become available, they are automatically bundled into the zip archive that is created when your purchase BigSender and when an update to BigSender is released and you regenerate your system for download.
BLFs are also posted online at CraigRichards.com/software/bigsender/languages.html for individual download as needed by BigSender administrators and/or those who would like to help translate BigSender to a new language.
Designed to be as simple to use as possible, just upload any or all available BLFs to your webserver into the same directory as your BigSender application via AdminPro or any standard FTP or Telnet software.
Next, login to BigSender as an administrator, click the "settings" button for the Configurator screen and select from any of the BLFs available. If no BLFs are present (they must be in the same directory on the server as your BigSender application), the built-in default language of English is used.
Those who provide the BigSender community with a reliable BLF in a new language will get full credit in the BLF itself as well as on the CraigRichards.com website at the BLF download page. An optional link to the contributor's website is also be provided along with, of course, our thanks from the entire BigSender user community!
Tip: As with all other BigSender-related files, the BLF must be uploaded via AdminPro or other FTP or Telnet software in ASCII-Text Mode or BigSender may become disabled.
To be recognized by BigSender for inclusion as a language option in the Configurator, BLF filenames must be all lowercase and structured thusly: bs-language.lng
It is permitted within the license agreement to modify any BLF to suit your preferences though, once changed, DO NOT publicly post, share, make available or otherwise distribute a modified BigSender Language File.
Modifying BigSender-Generated Text
To modify the text of messages in the user interfaces and outgoing emails generated by BigSender:
- Find your local copy of "bs-english.lng" and duplicate it, calling the new file bs-english-custom.lng (or some such).
- Open that "bs-english-custom.lng" file in Note Pad, SimpleText, Style or other ascii text editor. (Do not use word processing software such as Word, WordPerfect, etc.)
- Notice the source code for many words and phrases generated by BigSender. Change any text you like being careful not to change the structure of the Perl variables and their definitions such as:
$var="definition";
Note: Definitions within the quote marks may contain some characters set aside by Perl as special characters that must be "escaped" or they may cause the server to abort BigSender when you attempt to run it. Characters such as a double quote (") and an at symbol (@) are the most common examples. If you'd like to use a double quote or an @ symbol within a definition, precede it with a backslash (\) character as:
$var="type your \"email address\" as <U>user\@domain.com</U>";
- Save the file then, using AdminPro or other FTP or Telnet software, upload your "bs-english-custom.lng" to your server in the directory containing your main installation of BigSender and the other language files. Chmod to 755 or whatever permissions are set for your other BigSender-related files.
- From your web browser, log into BigSender as its administrator and click the "settings" button. In the BigSender Configurator under the "language" option, choose the ENGLISH-CUSTOM option and click the "save settings" button and your modified definitions will instantly take effect.
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