Howdy, Stranger!

VanillaBot

Howdy, Stranger!

One of the most common questions we get on the community forums is how can I change the "Howdy Stranger" text on my forum? While we don't have complete translations available for Vanilla 2 yet (there are many non-native-English speaking community memb ...

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DanielSchulzJackson

Wait... I'm not a PHP person but shouldn't there be a closing > tag?

I'll try it, but it seems like an oopsy...

DanielSchulzJackson

Huh. It seems to work just fine. Weird.

Lincoln

Hi @DanielSchulzJackson, closing PHP tags have always been optional and are frequently and purposefully omitted, as does our coding standard.

shoutph

Is it possible to change the 'Howdy Stranger' text in a hosted forum?

Lincoln

Sure, just let us know what you'd like it changed to.

shedoesitall

Would it be possible to change the "Howdy stranger" to "Karibu!" for me? I am so afraid to mess things up if I use the code in the wrong place :(

Lincoln

@shedoesitall Sure, done.