[Building Sakai] changing text for matrix status colors

[Beith, Linda]

Thanks so much Noah. We were trying to change the legend for just one course. We don't want to change the labeling for the whole installation so it looks like this can't be done. However I really appreciate your letting me know so we don't spend a lot more time searching :)
Linda

From: Noah Botimer [mailto:botimer at umich.edu]
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:59 PM
To: Beith, Linda
Cc: Sakai Dev; Sakai Portfolio List
Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] changing text for matrix status colors

Hello Linda,

Yes, it is possible to change these labels. Unfortunately, these are stored in a "properties" file for each language, making the change more technical than you might hope. As a note, this would be system-wide, as well.

Depending on how your Sakai installation is set up (build from scratch vs. binary vs. vendor supported, clustered or not), editing these could vary, and you will likely need to maintain this change upon upgrades.


I have two suggestions:

First, it would be helpful if you could send a message to the portfolio mailing list with your educational scenario and ideal captions. If the verbiage is not specialized to your institution, it may be helpful input for adjusting these captions in a future Sakai version.


Second, and more technically, you can find the labels in the Matrix tool's Messages.properties file. Each label for this area starts with "matrix_legend" and they are in the same part of the file.

The full path in the source tree (for USA English) is:

osp/matrix/tool/src/bundle/org/theospi/portfolio/matrix/bundle/Messages.properties

This ends up in your running Sakai instance as:

tomcat/webapps/osp-matrix-tool/WEB-INF/classes/org/theospi/portfolio/matrix/bundle/Messages.properties


Thanks,
-Noah

On Jan 11, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Beith, Linda wrote:


Hi,
Anyone know if it's possible to change the labeling text for the matrix status colors in 2.6? I can see where we can change the colors for each status level but not the labels for the legend.
Would appreciate any info.
Thanks,
Linda

Linda L. Beith, Ph.D.
Director, Instructional Design
Roger Williams University
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809
401-254-3134

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