KB294389815: MediaBeacon - How to change the Login Box's Default Strings from Username to Email Address

Description

How to change the MediaBeacon login box to prompt for an email address instead of a username.

Procedure

1. Insert the following verbiage into the customTranslations.properties file located in the Appdata/Local/MediaBeacon folder.

   password=Password
   username=E-mail Address

   
   

2. Once in place, restart MediaBeacon.

3. If using a webhead, create the path “C:\Users\<Windows OS account that runs Tomcat>\AppData\Local\MediaBeacon” and place the ‘customTranslations.properties’ file in there as well.

   The Tomcat Windows service might need to be reconfigured to not run as ‘Local System’ - but instead as a standard ‘Administrator’ type Windows OS account. 

   If using other languages, the associated property would be as follows:

   1. German: customTranslations_de.properties

   2. Spanish: customTranslations_es.properties
   3. French: customTranslations_fr.properties
   4. Italian: customTranslations_it.properties
   5. Japanese: customTranslations_ja.properties
   6. Portuguese: customTranslations_pt_br.properties
   7. Chinese: customTranslations_zh.properties
   8. Taiwanese: customTranslations_zh_tw.properties

4. The end users should now see the login screen that prompts for E-Mail Address, as shown above. If old values persist, instruct users to clear their browser cache.