How do I change Apache's default language?

To globally change your Apache web server language settings, you will need to make some changes to your Apache configuration file (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf). The following example below assumes you want to change the default language to German, or "de".

  1. Change the line that reads:

    # DefaultLanguage nl
    to
    DefaultLanguage de

  2. Change the line that reads:

    LanguagePriority en ca cs da de el eo es et fr he hr it ja ko ltz nl nn no pl pt pt-BR ru sv zh-CN zh-TW
    to
    LanguagePriority de en ca cs da el eo es et fr he hr it ja ko ltz nl nn no pl pt pt-BR ru sv zh-CN zh-TW

    (That is, move "de" to the first entry in the list.)

  3. Change the line that reads:

    AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
    to
    AddDefaultCharset ISO-8859-1

You will need to make these changes with a Unix/Linux editor, or the control panel using the Unix (LF) option, rather than with a windows/DOS based editor so that you have the proper line endings.

Once you have made these changes, restart your web server for these changes to take effect. To restart your web serverin your HSPC control panel go to System tab > Server Management > Web Server. Click on the Restart button to restart your web server.
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