FUDforum 2.3 included i18n support, which allows the administrator to easily pick a language other then English for their forum. The i18n supports also makes it extremely easy to translate the forum into languages that are not yet included in the main distribution.
The i18n support is accomplished by keeping all of the text displayed on the forum in a special file, which can be edited via this control panel or manually with a text editor.
If you are introducing major changes or translating a forum in to another language you're probably better off making the modifications using a text editor rather then the web control panel. If you do translate the forum to another language keep in mind that in accordance with the GPL license you MUST provide us, FUDforum Development Team, with the translated text.
When you access the message editor you are presented with a form that allows you to choose which message file you want to edit and for which theme this message file is for.
The message editor displays a color coded view of the templates and their corresponding messages. It also indicated which files utilize each template.
Below is the explanation for the color codes used in the message editor.
Red Template name, clicking on this link will pull up a form with all the messages inside this template, allowing you to edit them.
Green Indicated a particular message. Clicking on this link will allow you to edit this message.
Brown These links are shown below the templates (in red) that are used by other templates. Clicking on this link will change your browser's focus to that template.
When you click on the 'Edit' button available on the message edit form, your changes will be saved to the message file and the forum will be recompiled to using the new data you've entered.
After making manual modifications to the message file, be sure to recompile the theme using this message file via the Theme Manager to activate your changes.