Customised flag icons

[Freemani]

Hi I have my multi language site up and running, but the flag icons provided don't really look right on my site.

Is there any way I can add my own flags to replace these as I would like them to match the social media icons I have in place just next door to the language switcher. (i.e. square and with some shading effects).

Thanks for any help. And sorry if this has been answered, I have searched but with no luck.

Chris

[AlphaDesign]

Hi, the flags images are located in this folder /media/mod_languages/images/ you can replace them however keep the same name & extension as the original one

[Freemani]

As simple as that?

Thanks. Will they remain there when Joomla updates?

[AlphaDesign]

As simple as that?

Yes

Will they remain there when Joomla updates?

keep a copy of your modified flag images, as it might happen that a Joomla update change theses files, even if I don't think it is very likely

[Freemani]

Thank you very much, works a treat.

[AlphaDesign]

no worries

[infograf768]

It is advised to keep all the default .gif images as they are anyway used in back-end.
If you create new images, use the same prefix and save them as jpg or png.

Then make a template override for the mod_languages module in the html folder of your template where the only change will be the suffix of the image.
I.e. change

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<?php echo JHtml::_('image', 'mod_languages/' . $language->image . '.gif', $language->title_native, array('title' => $language->title_native), true);?>

to

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<?php echo JHtml::_('image', 'mod_languages/' . $language->image . '.png', $language->title_native, array('title' => $language->title_native), true);?>

Instruction shere:
http://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Ou ... _Overrides

[AlphaDesign]

It is advised to keep all the default .gif images as they are anyway used in back-end.

Infograph is right the override solution is the proper solution

[joomleb]

It is advised to keep all the default .gif images as they are anyway used in back-end.
If you create new images, use the same prefix and save them as jpg or png.

Then make a template override for the mod_languages module in the html folder of your template where the only change will be the suffix of the image.
I.e. change

Code: Select all

<?php echo JHtml::_('image', 'mod_languages/' . $language->image . '.gif', $language->title_native, array('title' => $language->title_native), true);?>

to

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<?php echo JHtml::_('image', 'mod_languages/' . $language->image . '.png', $language->title_native, array('title' => $language->title_native), true);?>

Instruction shere:
http://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Ou ... _Overrides

Hi Infograf768,
Please, your june 2013 suggestion is still valid, insn't it?

[infograf768]

Suggestion is the same.
Beware though as the mod_languages template has changed a bit and $language->image . '.gif' can be found in 3 places.

[joomleb]

@Infograf768
thank you very much for support!