# Editing Server.en.yml

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379 "2015-08-21T18:28:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Jared\_Needell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jared_needell/32/116554_2.png) [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379/1 "2015-08-21T18:28:18Z")

</div>

Do you know how I can edit server.en.yml to modify email template. Or an example of a plugin to do this, I don’t think the word replace plugin would be reliable for something like this.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/locales/server.en.yml#L1935-L1943>

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379/2 "2015-08-21T20:58:32Z")

</div>

You could use the [discourse-locale-override](https://github.com/lidel/discourse-locale-override) plugin for this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Jared\_Needell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jared_needell/32/116554_2.png) [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379/3 "2015-08-24T14:54:09Z")

</div>

Doesn’t appear to work with the latest beta

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379/4 "2015-08-24T17:19:11Z")

</div>

You can do this in a plugin.

- Create `plugin.rb` with the usual comments.

```plaintext
# name: my-translation-overrides
# about: Neil changes some words
# version: 0.1
# authors: Neil Lalonde

```

- Create directory `/config/locales`
- In that directory, create `server.en.yml` with the translations that you want to override. For example:

```plaintext
en:
  terms_of_service:
    title: "The Rules"

```

That should be it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379/5 "2015-12-06T10:54:53Z")

</div>

We now support customizable e-mail templates:

> [@Customizable Email Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizable-email-templates/35818):
>
> Don’t like the text in our emails? Well now you can change them! (as long as you’re tracking our tests-passed branch) Just visit Admin \> Customize \> Email Templates and you’ll be presented with this nifty interface: Give it a whirl and let us know how it works out for you.

Furthermore, **all text** in Discourse can now be customized.

> [@Customize text in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-all-text-in-discourse/36092):
>
> bookmark This is a guide for customizing text in Discourse via the admin interface, enabling changes to various UI elements. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator In Discourse, you can customize all of the text via the admin interface. This can be useful for tailoring the user experience to better fit the particular tone or branding of your community. Summary This guide will cover: Accessing the text customization interface Editing text strings Identifying translatio…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-server-en-yml/32379/6 "2015-12-08T10:55:03Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.