Customizing Encore Messages

Using custom HTML in your messages may affect Encore's functionality. Before reporting any issues related to functionality, please ensure that you have removed the custom markup from your custom messages and verified the issue persists.

The Custom Encore Admin - Messages page enables you to edit Encore interface text strings, such as the change display name message, for each language supported by your system. To edit Encore messages:

  1. Log in to the Administration Application and choose Encore Messages.
  2. In the Search text box, enter a text string from the Encore interface, and then choose Search. The administration application returns a list of all applicable text strings, showing both the existing string and the corresponding default string.
  3. Choose the Edit button for string you want to change.
  4. Edit the string for each language as needed, and then save your changes.

    Encore messages do not support blank values.

  5. (Optional) Choose the "Revert to default settings" link to restore the default message.
  6. Refresh your Encore suite by entering the following in the URL of your browser:

    http://[DNS]/iii/encore/refreshSuite

    where [DNS] is the domain of your Encore server (for example, encore.lib.edu).
Replaceable Parameters

Some Encore Messages contain specialized strings that Encore uses to substitute with specific values. These strings are called "replaceable parameters" and are required for certain message functionality.

Replaceable parameters are strings preceded with a dollar sign or strings enclosed in curly-braces. For example:

$location or {0}

In a message using a $location parameter, Encore substitutes the $location string with an appropriate value (such as a related value for a location).

When editing messages with replaceable parameters, be sure to keep the replaceable parameter in-place to preserve the message functionality.