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Locations of system language files
We refer to appDir for file locations. appDir in Joomla is /components/com_configbox/, in Wordpress it is /wp-content/plugins/configbox/app/See this article for the location in your platform.
Joomla:
{appDir}/language/en-GB/frontend.ini (for phrases shown in the frontend pages or shown in both front and backend)
{appDir}/language/en-GB/backend.ini (for phrases only shown in the backend)
Locations of custom language files
appDir/data/customizationWe refer to customizationDir for file locations. Customizations are in a location separate to the application. See this article for the location on your platform.
{customizationDir}/language_overrides/en-GB/overrides.ini
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Files need to be saved as plain text with UTF-8 encoding (no BOM) and only use regular double quotes (like this: ") for wrapping phrases.
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