# Language Skins

*Article Topics:* [*Sites*](https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/getting-started/common-topics/sites)*,* [*Smarty*](https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/getting-started/common-topics/smarty)*,* [*Templates*](https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/getting-started/common-topics/templates)

NATS offers the ability to set default language templates for your site's skin. Template designs allow for language files, which allow you to use [Smarty ](https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/using-nats/one-off-articles/smarty)variables to detect and set the affiliate's or surfer's default language settings.

These language files can contain a set of "global" words that apply throughout NATS, as well as section-specific words, such as terms used in the Affiliate Stats page. The files can be found in the *templates/default\_templates* folder. For example, the English language file is named *language\_en*. NATS allows you to create as many language files as you wish.

The *language\_en* file will look like the following example:

```
# global variables
title = "English"
#page specific vars
[index]
welcome_msg = "Thank you for joining!"
```

You can set a page's language using a Smarty code to detect the affiliate or surfer's default browser language, which will then use the language file found in the *default\_templates* folder to display the proper language. The example syntax, shown below, shows how to set your smarty config load.

```
{if $browser_language == 'fr'}
{config_load file="nats:language_fr" section=$smarty.request.page}
{else}
{config_load file="nats:language_en" section=$smarty.request.page}
{/if}
```

Your template will call the available language variables like the following:

```
 {#title#} - {#welcome_msg#} 
```

If you would like to use this new feature, you can simply add a function call to any template. The following are examples of function calls you can use with this feature:

```
{use_language_file} - loads global words
```

or

```
{use_language_file section="stats"} - loads global and stats section
```

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You will then be able to use any data from language files available to you, such as *{#file\_title#}*.

Currently, only the *language\_en* (English language) file has been created by default. For further customization, you can create any number of language files in the [Skins & Templates Admin ](https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/nats-admin/skins-and-templates)for a skin of your choosing.

## Related Articles

{% content-ref url="allowed-languages" %}
[allowed-languages](https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/nats-admin/sites/further-reading/allowed-languages)
{% endcontent-ref %}