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The interface will automatically determine which file to select based upon the user's browser and system configuration. For example, if the user's browser is set to Australian English then first the system will check if messages_en_au.xml is available. If this translation is not available it will fall back to messages_en.xml, and finally if that is not available, messages.xml. Wiki MarkupManakin supplies an English only translation of the interface. In order to add other translations to the system, locate the _\[dspace-source\

DSpace XMLUI supplies an English only translation of the interface. If you wish to add other translations to the system, or make customizations to the existing messages.xml file, you can place them in the following directory:

[dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/i18n/

_ directory. By default this directory will be empty; to add additional translations add alternative versions of the _messages.xml_ file in specific language and country variants as needed for your full directory path may not exist (if not, just create it) or may be empty. To add additional translations, just add alternative versions of the messages.xml file in specific language and country variants as needed for your installation.

To set a language other than English as the default language for the repository's interface, simply name the translation catalogue for the new default language "messages.xml".

Please note that you will need to rebuild DSpace for these changes to take effect in your installed XMLUI web application!

For more information about the {{\[dspace-source\]/dspace/modules/}} directory, and how it may be used to "overlay" (or customize) the default XMLUI interface, classes and files, please see: [Advanced Customisation]

Creating a New Theme

Manakin themes stylize the look-and-feel of the repository, community, or collection and are distributed as self-contained packages. A Manakin/DSpace installation may have multiple themes installed and available to be used in different parts of the repository. The central component of a theme is the sitemap.xmap, which defines what resources are available to the theme such as XSL stylesheets, CSS stylesheets, images, or multimedia files.
*1) Create theme skeleton*
Most theme developers do not create a new theme from scratch; instead they start from the standard theme template, which defines a skeleton structure for a theme. The template is located at: _\[dspace-source\]/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webbapp/src/main/webbapp/themes/template_. To start your new theme simply copy the theme template into your locally defined modules directory, _\[dspace-source\]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webbapp/themes/\[your theme's directory\]/_.
*2) Modify theme variables*
The next step is to modify the theme's parameters so that the theme knows where it is located. Open the _\[your theme's directory\]/sitemap.xmap_ and look for _<global-variables>_

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