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Editing the bodies of emails sent in the "Request a Copy" process

I would like to edit the bodies of emails sent in the Dspace "Request a Copy" process. Documentation says that there are keys that can be edited in the JSPUI 'Messages.properties' file, but we are using Mirage2, and XMLUI. I found the one in the email templates directory, as well as the messages.xml file. It's the message templates below I want to alter:

itemRequest.response.body.approve   
itemRequest.response.body.reject    
itemRequest.response.body.contactAuthor
itemRequest.response.body.contactRequester
Solution

  • You have two options:

    1. change [dspace-src]/dspace-api/src/main/resources/Messages.properties -- note in this case you will need to use the full build option (invoke maven in [dspace-src]); or
    2. copy that file to [dspace-src]/dspace/modules/additions/src/main/resources/Messages.properties and edit the latter. You'll probably have to create that directory hierarchy first. You will be able to use the full or the quick build option.