{"id":412,"date":"2012-04-24T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/04\/24\/what-are-virtuemart-language-files\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:44:32","slug":"what-are-virtuemart-language-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/what-are-virtuemart-language-files\/","title":{"rendered":"What are VirtueMart language files?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>VirtueMart language files<\/strong> are text files included with VirtueMart that help you change the language your store uses. Language files have a .ini extension, and they include predefined terms. For example, let&#8217;s look at the following file: <kbd>language\/en-GB\/en-GB.com_virtuemart.ini<\/kbd><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"code_block\">COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ACTION=\"Update\"\n<b>COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO=\"Add to Cart\"<\/b>\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_PAYMENT=\"Change Payment\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_SHIPPING=\"Select Shipment\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DATA_NOT_VALID=\"Invalid data entered\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DONE_CONFIRM_ORDER=\"Checkout done, please confirm the order\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CONFIRM=\"Confirm cart\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_DELETE=\"Delete Product From Cart\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_COUPON=\"Edit coupon\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_PAYMENT=\"Select payment\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_SHIPPING=\"Select shipment\"\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>VirtueMart uses these values to turn a standard page into English. For example, whenever <code>COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO<\/code> is listed in a template file, VirtueMart replaces it with &#8220;Add to Cart&#8221;. This concept allows you to easily run VirtueMart under a different language. If you wanted to run a Spanish VirtueMart store, VirtueMart would instead load the following file with the following values: <kbd>language\/es-ES\/es-ES.com_virtuemart_cart.ini<\/kbd><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"code_block\">COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ACTION=\"Actualizar\"\n<strong>COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO=\"Agregar a carro\"<\/strong>\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_PAYMENT=\"Cambiar pago\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_SHIPPING=\"Cambiar env\u00edo\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DATA_NOT_VALID=\"Datos inv\u00e1lidos\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DONE_CONFIRM_ORDER=\"Compra realizada, Por favor confirme el pedido\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CONFIRM=\"Confirme carro\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_DELETE=\"Borrar producto de carro\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_COUPON=\"Editar cup\u00f3n\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_PAYMENT=\"Editas pago\"\nCOM_VIRTUEMART_CART_EDIT_SHIPPING=\"Editar env\u00edo\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on this file, instead of showing &#8220;Add to Cart&#8221;, the Spanish version of VirtueMart will say &#8220;Agregar a carro&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to change which language VirtueMart uses, read our tutorial on <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/change-virtuemart-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">how to change your VirtueMart store language<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VirtueMart language files are text files included with VirtueMart that help you change the language your store uses. 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