How can I edit the labels displayed in the language dropdown menu in my Help Center?

Question

I want to edit the names of the languages displayed in the language dropdown menu in the footer of my pages in my Help Center. How can I edit this? 

Answer

You can replace the default code in your footer.hbs file with some custom code that will allow you to edit the names of the languages displayed in the language dropdown menu.

To do this

1. Open the page template of your Help Center.
2. Open the Footer page (footer.hbs) to modify the footer code.
3. Remove the below code.
   

   <footer class="footer">
    <div class="footer-inner">
    {{#link 'help_center'}}{{help_center.name}}{{/link}}
   <div class="footer-language-selector">
    {{#if alternative_locales}}
    <div class="dropdown language-selector">
    <button class="dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="true">
    {{current_locale.name}}
    </button>
    <span class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end" role="menu">
    {{#each alternative_locales}}
    <a href="{{url}}" dir="{{direction}}" rel="nofollow" role="menuitem">
    {{name}}
    </a>
    {{/each}}
    </span>
    </div>
    {{/if}}
    </div>
    </div>
   </footer>

4. Replace this code with the code below.
   

   <footer class="footer">
    <div class="footer-inner">
    {{#link 'help_center'}}{{help_center.name}}{{/link}}
   <div class="footer-language-selector">
    {{#if alternative_locales}}
    <div class="dropdown language-selector">
    <button class="dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="true">
    {{#is current_locale.name 'English (US)'}}
    Test
    {{else}}
    {{current_locale.name}}
    {{/is}}
    </button>
    <span class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-nd" role="menu">
    {{#each alternative_locales}}
    <a href="{{url}}" dir="{{direction}}" rel="nofollow" role="menuitem">
    {{#is name 'English (US)'}}
    Test
    {{else}}
    {{name}}
    {{/is}}
    </a>
    {{/each}}
    </span>
    </div>
    {{/if}}
    </div>
    </div>
   </footer>

In the example above, replace English (US) with the name of the language you want to change. Replace 'Test' with the name you want to display in the language dropdown menu.

Find below an example showing the English (US) dropdown option replaced with 'Test'.

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