Changing the word "Thread" to "Subject"

[nosaj]

My fellow Geeks,

In most Forums I see the word “Thread” used in place of the word “Subject”. However, the word thread is a Geek term. It is not an intuitive word for the average person or new forum user. As a result, it takes the average person or new user a little while to figure out that a thread is really a subject. However, everybody knows what a subject is, even a five year old. I would like to take the geeky terminology out of my forum. I would like to change the word thread to subject. I know I can hack my way through doing this as I myself am a Geek. But I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to the most efficient way of doing this site wide.

A frustrated Geek,
Jason

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You could go:
AdminCP->Languages and Phrases->Search in Phrases

Then search for 'Thread' and start replacing it

[nosaj]

Thanks for the tip. However, I don't see a “find and replace option”. Otherwise, I am going to have to edit hundreds of them one at a time, which will be to time consuming. I guess a lazy solution to this is for me to write on the top of my home page something like "A thread is a subject". And just give into the Geeks that decided to complicate a simple thing. If I am missing something with the word thread, please educate me.
Although, I am not a fan of a company like AOL, they became successful by dumbing down there software making it easy for anyone to use. I am doing the same with my site, and I just don’t want my users to be confused, especially the non technical users.

BTW, I love your product and support. It is second to none.

Respectfully,
Jason

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Well technically a thread is not a subject, if you are looking for another word 'topic' might come closer (mind that english is not my native language).

A thread is the first post and all answers to that, thus forming a 'thread' of posts, posts linked together if you wish.

Many subject could be discussed in 1 thread (although that is not very likely), and many threads on 1 subject could exist.

You might also export/Download the MASTER LANGUAGE and then select only phrases, probably your board must be in debug mode to do so. You could then edit the xml-file (make sure you don't edit the phrase names, only content), and then upload it again as an alternative language. I would make some tests on a testboard before you start doing this.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by nosaj

BTW, I love your product and support. It is second to none.

Most users are proud on the product they are using and the community that is most of the times very helpfull.