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title: "Changing the Please login first text in Joomla 2.5"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our previous..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/change-please-login-first/
date: 2012-05-25
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Changing the Please login first text in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

In our previous Joomla 2.5 tutorial, we walked you through the steps for [preventing public access to your pages](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/registered-users-only/). When someone attempts to access a blocked page, they receive this message:

**Please login first**[![please-login-first-text](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_please-login-first-text.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_please-login-first-text.gif)

In this tutorial, we are going to walk you through the steps for changing the *Please login first* text to something more appropriate, such as *Only registered users can access this page*.

**To change the Please login first text in Joomla 2.5:**

1. [Log into your Joomla 2.5 admin](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
2. In the top menu, hover over **Extensions** and click **Language Manager**
3. In the list of tabs, click the **Overrides** tab[![click-the-overrides-tab](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_click-the-overrides-tab.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_click-the-overrides-tab.gif)
4. Click **New** in the to right menu
5. **Under search Text you want to change** type in *Please login first*
6. Ensure **Value** is selected and then click **Search**
7. Under the Search Results, click **Please login first**
8. Under **Create a new override**, enter* Only registered users can access this page *as the **Text**, and then click **Save** in the top right menu.[![set-the-new-text-for-registered-users-only](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_set-the-new-text-for-registered-users-only.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_set-the-new-text-for-registered-users-only.gif) After saving these changes, attempt to access your registered only page again, and you will see the *Please login first* text has been updated![![only-registered-users-can-access-this-page](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_only-registered-users-can-access-this-page.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/edu_joomla25_please-login-first-text_only-registered-users-can-access-this-page.gif)