{"id":1674,"date":"2012-08-13T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/08\/13\/debug-language\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:01:07","slug":"debug-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/debug-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Joomla 3.1 Debug Language setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/debug-system\/\">put Joomla 3.0 in Debug Mode<\/a>, you have the additional option to turn on <strong>Debug Language<\/strong>. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for the Debug Language setting:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Debug Language<\/strong><br>Select whether the debugging indicators (<em><strong>\u2026<\/strong><\/em>) or (<em>??\u2026??<\/em>) for the Joomla! Language files will be displayed. Debug Language will work without Debug System being activated, but you will not get the additional detailed references that will help you correct any errors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to enable the Debug Language Setting in Joomla 3.0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin Control Panel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Global Configuration<\/strong> link in the left menu<\/li>\n<li>There will be several tabs listed on the top of the page. Click the tab labeled <strong>System<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under the <em>Debug Settings<\/em> header, find the setting labeled <strong>Debug Language<\/strong>. Toggle the value to either Yes \/ No, and then click <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top left of the page.\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_debug-language-remember-me.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_debug-language-remember-me.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"debug-language-remember-me\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When Debug Language is enabled, any content that is printed using information used in a language file will be surrounded by **.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the phrase \u201cRemeber Me\u201d in the Login Form is defined in:<\/p>\n<p><strong>language\/en-GB\/en-GB.mod_login.ini<\/strong><br>MOD_LOGIN_REMEMBER_ME=\u201dRemember Me\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When compared to the text on the rest of the page, you can tell <em>Remember Me<\/em> is printed from a setting in a language file because it is surrounded by **, as in:<br><em>**Remember Me**<\/em> <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you put Joomla 3.0 in Debug Mode, you have the additional option to turn on Debug Language. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for the Debug Language setting: Debug LanguageSelect whether the debugging indicators (\u2026) or (??\u2026??) for the Joomla! Language files will be displayed. Debug Language will work without Debug System being activated,<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/debug-language\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4403,94],"tags":[4404],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joomla","category-joomla-3","tag-joomla-v3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Understanding the Joomla 3.1 Debug Language setting | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The debug language setting in Joomla 3.0 allows you to easily see which content on your site is being printed 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