--- title: Customizing the registration language files description: To localize the PingID registration messages in one or more languages, download the localization messaging template, customize the languages that you want to change, and then upload them through the Admin console enrollment configuration workflow. component: pingid page_id: pingid:pingid_service_management:pid_customizing_the_registration_language_files canonical_url: http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid/pingid_service_management/pid_customizing_the_registration_language_files.html revdate: January 27, 2024 section_ids: about-this-task: About this task steps: Steps choose-from: Choose from: result: Result: --- # Customizing the registration language files To localize the PingID registration messages in one or more languages, download the localization messaging template, customize the languages that you want to change, and then upload them through the Admin console enrollment configuration workflow. ## About this task When uploading a localization file: * Attempting to upload an invalid `.zip` file structure returns the error message `File doesn't contain any valid localizations`. * If a localization file does not comply with the `Localization_.properties` naming convention, it is ignored. * You can include instruction and maintenance files, such as `readme.txt`, in the `.zip` file. * Localization files for unsupported locales are ignored. | | | | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Customizations that you have implemented using the Admin portal Enrollment page are reset to the default text when you customize the localization `.zip` file. Uploading a localization `.zip` file updates all languages included in the `.zip` file. Any languages that are not included in the`.zip` file are reset to the default text.For example, if you have an online customization for English messages, and you upload a `.zip` file that contains only a localization file for Spanish, then only the Spanish messages will be updated according to the uploaded customization. The English messages will revert to the default message text. | ## Steps 1. Go to **Setup → PingID → Branding → Enrollment**. 2. From the language selector list (![A screen capture of the language selector button](_images/erx1575987237039.png)), select **Edit Localization File**. ![A screen capture of the language selector list and available language options.](_images/oyz1575987416431.png) 3. Choose a localization file to download: ### Choose from: * **Download Ping Defaults**: Download a `.zip` file of the default text templates for each of the supported languages. * **Download Current File**: Download the current version of the localization `.zip` file for further editing. | | | | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | This **Download Current File**option is not available if the default localization file has not been edited or the PingID localization message settings were restored to the default values. | ![A screen capture of the Localization section and localization file download options.](_images/qgh1575983650449.png) 4. Extract the localization template `.zip` file that you downloaded. The `.zip` file includes a separate text file for each locale. 5. For each language file that you want to edit, open the relevant properties file in a text editor and edit the following text content. * `pingid.enrollment.content.description=` * `pingid.non.app.enrollment.text=` | | | | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Errors in the leading `pingid.enrollment.content.description…​` and `pingid.non.app.enrollment.text…​` strings, or the absence of these leading strings in the localization file, causes the affected message to revert to the default text of its locale. | 6. Create a `.zip` file including all of the custom localization properties files. | | | | - | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | By default, files are named `Localization_.properties`. The `.zip` file must be a flat structure containing only the desired files, without any folder structures.The`.zip` file must include files for all locales that do not contain the default text. If you do not include the file for a specific locale, the default text is used for that locale. | 7. Upload the custom localization properties file: 1. In the **Localization** window, in the **Upload Localization File** section, click **Choose File**. Select the `.zip` file that contains the custom `Localization_.properties` files. ### Result: A summary of the language files that will be modified shows the following: * Languages Updated Lists the language locales whose messages will be changed * Languages Removed Lists the language locales whose messages will be restored to the default messages![A screen capture of a successful uploaded localization file and the automated populated list of language files that are modified.](_images/vdz1575984640376.png) 8. Click **Save**.