Naming convention for admin views

[AndiLeni]

Hello,

I just started using JCB, and it looks pretty impressive.
A problem I faced while creating admin views was the naming convention.
I have a Name (single record) set to "Angebot" ('Offer' in german).
When I set the Name (list of records) to "Angebote" (correct plural of 'Offers' in german) the list view in my component is not working.
When I set it to "Angebots" the list view is working fine.

Is this a bug or a feature I am not aware of?

Thanks and kind regards
Andreas

[amolsawant1989]

Hi AndiLeni,

I think It's not a bug at all it's just a standard naming conventions which all of us follow.. because it's written in English so for plural it usages "s". so don't worry use it with "S".....

[AndiLeni]

Thanks for the answer.
I am fine using it in this way.
It's just somehow unpleasant to read it in German, since this plural is grammatically wrong.
I am not aware of other languages and their grammar, but I am sure this can happen im many languages.

[outsch]

Hi AndiLeni,
it may be a misperception on the function of the admin view, since it only labels such elements in your development. When using these views (admin or site views alike) in the later application, you may give them properly written labels in German or any other language, so there is not need to show somthing ugly like "Angebots" in your later application.
So even if on my below example my "development-names" are "manufacturer" (singluar) and "manufacturers" (plural), in the application they appear properly as "Hersteller":

So I would recommend that you stick to plain English for your entire development terminology. This is fully decoupled from how these items appear later in the application.

[AndiLeni]

@outsch Thanks for the answer.
Unfortunately I could still not figure out how to translate those labels:

The label in the "Components" dropdown menu is correct, but the labels on the components admin page are the ones I used in english.

[Llewellynvdm]

Total Freedom

The s should not be required, as JCB can build in other languages, I know many who use German, France and Dutch as the main language. You will see that you can update the main language in the global options tab->Compiler:

These tutorials should also help:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzAcVkn_cWU

This means

You can use any names as long as they are not the same, and not used twice in the same component. There are a few other constraints, read here: https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:File_Structure_and_Naming_Conventions

let me know if you have any further questions.

[Llewellynvdm]

Do note that if you use another language, then English, you must set it globally, and it will affect all your components on this website..

So each install of JCB can just run/build for one main language. Setting it globally will make sure the correct conversions are used. Also make the Field Name Builder to be set to Alphanumeric:

[AndiLeni]

Thanks for the quick answer.
I will give it a try and see if I can change it to fit my needs :-)