meeven Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I recently upgraded to 4.4.2 and after I had played around a bit, the template got refreshed and I saw the link for 'Domain Transfers'. Strangely, the text relating to those screens say, 'Check Availability'! To test what actually happens, I put in a live domain and was surprised to see the screen update to say the domain was available!! The price was also shown. Playing along, I moved to the next page and finally saw a text field for the EPP code. The rest of the checkout process is similar to domain registration and is fine. Now, why on earth do the first two screens say 'Check Availability' and 'Available Now' for a domain transfer? And, is there a way to make it look less weird for a customer by avoiding both instanaces of the word 'available'? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scurrell Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Now, why on earth do the first two screens say 'Check Availability' and 'Available Now' for a domain transfer? Because it's available to transfer.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeven Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Ah, but it's bad UI, actually and prone to confuse the end user. Just compare the domain transfer process over on namecheap.com to see how this really should be set up. Anyway, it would be good to know how I can customize those strings of text to something more sensible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scurrell Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Anyway, it would be good to know how I can customize those strings of text to something more sensible. /lang/<yourlanguage>.txt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeven Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 /lang/<yourlanguage>.txt Many thanks. I ran through the entire doc looking for the string of text to change but couldn't quite figure it out. Would you mind taking a look at the attached screenshot where I have highlighted the string I wish to change? It seems to be the same string as for domain registration. Hence, changing it might change it for the domain regn. process too, which I don't want to do, obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interfasys Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I agree, this is very misleading. It should be changed to "Domain found" or something similar. Even better, the UI could show the owner, just to be sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS Support Manager WHMCS John Posted February 16, 2011 WHMCS Support Manager Share Posted February 16, 2011 $_LANG["checkavailability"] = "Check Availability"; $_LANG["domainavailable"] = "Available! Order Now"; 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeven Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 $_LANG["checkavailability"] = "Check Availability";$_LANG["domainavailable"] = "Available! Order Now"; John, thank you. I did notice those strings. Please correct me if I am wrong, but, aren't these same strings displayed when someone tries to register a domain? So, wouldn't changing that string also affect what's displayed during the domain registration process? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borzoid Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I saw this too but then I realized that the http:// and www aren't supposed to be in there. - remove those and it shows correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeven Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 borzoid, I am sorry but I lost you there. Could you please explain it a little more for me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS Support Manager WHMCS John Posted February 18, 2011 WHMCS Support Manager Share Posted February 18, 2011 Please correct me if I am wrong, but, aren't these same strings displayed when someone tries to register a domain? So, wouldn't changing that string also affect what's displayed during the domain registration process?You're correct on that one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeven Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 You're correct on that one. Thanks for confirming my suspicion. That brings me back to square one. Is there a way at all to achieve what I want - namely, showing a different/sensible string of text during the domain transfer process? Can I define a new variable in WHMCS that would apply just to this scenario? If so, any pointers to docs would be greatly appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberry3.14 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Can I define a new variable in WHMCS that would apply just to this scenario? If so, any pointers to docs would be greatly appreciated. That's what I would do as a work-around, yes. Define a new variable in the language file, then change it on the corresponding template, and remember you've customized the template for the next WHMCS update. But you're right, it should be changed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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