Change the title of the Members folder

How to change the title of the "Members" folder

Several of my clients have requested that the name of the Members folder that ships with Plone be changed. Under Plone 2.5, changing this is easy but a little convoluted because the Members folder is of a type (Large Plone Folder) that is not addable by default. Here are the steps:

  1. In the ZMI, go to the portal_membership tool.
  2. At the bottom of the tool's screen, change the "Members folder id" the new id you wish to use, e.g., "People".
  3. Go to the portal_types tool, and select the type titled "Large Plone Folder (Large Folder)" (N.B. you don't want "CMF Large Plone Folder").
  4. Check the "Implicitly addable?" box, then select Save Changes.
  5. Go back to the root of your Plone site in the ZMI, check the box next to Members, then click "Rename". Set the new id (which MUST match the id you set in step 2).
  6. Back at the Plone root in the ZMI, click on your new folder (e.g., "People"), then go to the Properties tab, then reset the title (just for consistency).
  7. You can now go back to the portal_types tool and unset "Implicitly addable" for the Large Plone Folder type.
That's it!

Some things didn't change

Posted by Victor Titarchuk at Sep 07, 2006 01:06 PM
I followed instructions in Plone 2.5 and two things didn't get accomplished. First, the Tab is still shows as Members. Second, the Nav Tree was not updated, so the name of the folder Members is still in the Nav Tree. Thanks anyways...

Update catalog

Posted by Toni Leppakorpi at Sep 09, 2006 10:56 PM
Go to the portal_catalog, Advanced tab, click Update Catalog.

Updated, but didn't fix it

Posted by Victor Titarchuk at Sep 09, 2006 11:30 PM
I updated the catalog, but it didn't fix the navigation and name of the button. LAthough, when hover over it, it displayed new name.

So, to fix it, I went and changed manually the Title of the folder and it was autoreflected in navigation.

Thanks for help!