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Posted by: hsalazarOn 2003/11/13 19:23:29 8605 reads

Are you tired of trying to apply yourself the not-always-truly-clear hacks to offer your users a site in several languages? Suffer no more! Mesa de pruebas proudly gives you ... > drum roll < ... Xoops Multilanguage! Included in this distribution are, in a separate directory, the files for spanish language. Use your own files and create easily a truly international site. Please make sure you read the README.TXT file included in the distribution. Zip version [1,471 kb] Rar version [1,361 kb] Enjoy!

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Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hrac Published 11/13/2003 21:11 Quite a regular Joined 07/15/2002 Comments 305

I think this package doesn't include all hacks. Because block titles and main menu items are not changing when you change language.

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

dawilby Published 11/13/2003 22:27 Updated 11/13/2003 22:34 Module Developer Joined 01/03/2002 Comments 31

Maybe you should "refresh" your cache files?

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

svaha Published 11/13/2003 23:00 Just can't stay away Joined 08/02/2003 Comments 896

Thanks Horacio, great work for the XOOPS community

Aloha

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hrac Published 11/14/2003 7:39 Quite a regular Joined 07/15/2002 Comments 305

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Maybe you should "refresh" your cache files?

How can I refresh cache files?

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

Herko Published 11/14/2003 8:02 XOOPS is my life! Joined 02/04/2002 Comments 4238

clear cached files by updating the general preferences in "system admin" => "preferences".

Herko

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

Society Published 11/14/2003 8:20 Not too shy to talk Joined 01/10/2002 Comments 178

is this official? included in 2.1?

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hrac Published 11/14/2003 10:28 Quite a regular Joined 07/15/2002 Comments 305

Quote:

clear cached files by updating the general preferences in "system admin" => "preferences".

It didn't work.

I want to list what I did:
1. I extract all of files comes from package
2. I upload 2nd language files into proper locations
3. I changed modinfo.php files of modules like:

define("_MI_SYSTEM_BNAME6","Main Menu");
to
define("_MI_SYSTEM_BNAME6","bla bla bla");

4. I changed module.textsanitizer.php file
5. Install xoops
6. Install language module
7. Make language block visible
8. try to change language

Result: It converts most of things, but block titles, main menu items that belongs to module names are not converted (they remains like in English)

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hrac Published 11/14/2003 12:05 Quite a regular Joined 07/15/2002 Comments 305

Quote:

Result: It converts most of things, but block titles, main menu items that belongs to module names are not converted (they remains like in English)

Main menu items are ok, but block titles are still not converted.

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

philou Published 11/14/2003 19:51 Quite a regular Joined 05/06/2002 Comments 384

it works fine... You should tranlate the title of blocks with somethink like this :
[fr]Menu Utilisateur[/fr][en]Main Menu[/en] and this method works everywhere.. (it use the sanitiser class)

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

johny Published 11/15/2003 14:48 Updated 11/15/2003 14:53 Just popping in Joined 08/25/2003 Comments 23

GREAT work!!!

I only have one problem - when performing a search, the titles of main categories (modules) don't get processed properly. Look at the following example:


Search Results

Keyword(s): test



[de]Deutsch_Name[/de][en]English_Name[/en]

No Match Found for your Query

The results and everything else, however, gets processed correctly.

Any quick-fixes?

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hsalazar Published 11/15/2003 16:31 Just popping in Joined 02/06/2003 Comments 78

johny:

Try this. I haven't implemented or tested it, so it's just a fair guess at what should be done. Open the file search.php and examine the case "results" (about lines 105-168).

I don't have at the moment, here, the code for xoops_ml, so check if the file already has an instantiation of the sanitizer, something like:

$myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance();

If it's not there, you need to add it after the line that reads:

case "results":

Then go to about line 136. It says:

echo "<h4>".$module->getVar('name')."</h4>";

Change this to

echo "<h4>".$myts->makeTboxData4Show($module->getVar('name'))."</h4>";

That should be enough.

Thanks for pointing out this. I'll incorporate it into the package as soon as possible.

Cheers

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

johny Published 11/15/2003 21:47 Just popping in Joined 08/25/2003 Comments 23

Wau!

Thanks for replying so soon. I've done what you said, mainly just replayed line 136 and now it works...

Thank you very much for your help.

I've also noticed some other instance of almost the same problem but I'm not that comfortable with hardcoding so I don't know what to change there: userinfo.php

If a user posted comments or articles, the category gets displayed, and that category (module) - Links, Forum, or Articles, for example, also gets displayed


[LAN1]Language 1 Text[/LAN1][LAN2]Language 2 Text[/LAN2]

.

I hope you'll be able to help me out with this one as well. I also hope that I help in some way, even though if it seems that I'm just bugging you

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

MadFish Published 11/17/2003 3:15 Friend of XOOPS Joined 09/27/2003 Comments 1056

Fantastic, I can't believe how easy it is to set up.

Thank you.

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

watar Published 11/17/2003 9:20 Just popping in Joined 02/07/2002 Comments 12

Excellent work

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hsalazar Published 11/17/2003 16:15 Just popping in Joined 02/06/2003 Comments 78

johny:

I'm aware of the comment problem. In fact, the readme.txt file says so. I did some attempts to correct this, but with no success. If anyone in the XOOPS community can find it, we'll be more than happy.

Cheers

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

johny Published 11/27/2003 17:39 Updated 11/27/2003 17:52 Just popping in Joined 08/25/2003 Comments 23

A comment on search.php:

All instances of ".$module->getVar('name')." should be changed into ".$myts->makeTboxData4Show($module->getVar('name')).", not just the one in line 136.

There are 5 instances of the kind in the search.php file.

A comment on userinfo.php:

Find the line with this code:


$xoopsTpl->append('modules', array('name' => $module->getVar('name'), 'results' => $results, 'showall_link' => $showall_link));

and replace it with this line:


$xoopsTpl->append('modules', array('name' => $myts->makeTboxData4Show($module->getVar('name')), 'results' => $results, 'showall_link' => $showall_link));

Both solutions work for me, but make sure you make a back-up before making any changes...

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

recupsoft Published 12/04/2003 12:26 Friend of XOOPS Joined 10/30/2003 Comments 151

If I understand, not tested yet, this is for a brand new XOOPS installation...
But
how to add this feature, this module into an existing site ?
Thx

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

svaha Published 12/04/2003 12:40 Just can't stay away Joined 08/02/2003 Comments 896

For an existing site, you have to install the module language, change the textsanitiser file as is described in the readme.txt.
Then find all the files that contain the text hsalasar, these are the files you need to transfer to your site, because they contain the multilingo hacks.
If you have any other hacks implemented on your site, then you will have to implement them on the new files too of course.
Afterwards there are some module and block names you'll have to change.

BEFORE you begin, make a backup please of your site.

Success

Aloha

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

Bleekk Published 12/04/2003 14:23 Theme Designer Joined 12/14/2002 Comments 940

Quote:

or an existing site, you have to install the module language

where is this module language?

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

svaha Published 12/04/2003 15:46 Just can't stay away Joined 08/02/2003 Comments 896

When you unzip XOOPS multilanguage, you will find it (the module) in the directory modules/language
Just upload/install like any other module and you will have a 'language' block that you can put on your site. (can see it on my sitehttp://www.rainbowshaman.com)

Aloha

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

recupsoft Published 12/04/2003 15:50 Friend of XOOPS Joined 10/30/2003 Comments 151

Correction : "hsalazar" to find... not "hsalasar".

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

hsalazar Published 12/04/2003 16:26 Updated 12/04/2003 16:27 Just popping in Joined 02/06/2003 Comments 78

REAL SOON NOW:

For all those webmasters that want to give the multilingual version of XOOPS a shot --without having to start from scratch, in a couple of days I'll post a contribution by chado: a package that'll transform a monolingual site into a multilingual one.

Of course you need to be aware your content will still be in the original language. No way to avoid that... LOL.

So please bear with me a little more and I'll post this patch for all to have and enjoy.

Cheers.

PS: I think this is very good news. It's my way of celebrating my 500th post here!

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

svaha Published 12/05/2003 0:14 Just can't stay away Joined 08/02/2003 Comments 896

Cheers Horacio
thnx for your work and good luck on your way to the 1000 post
Cervesa grande por favor

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

tayling Published 01/13/2004 22:43 Just popping in Joined 01/03/2002 Comments 86

Hi - Happy New Year
I was wondering if you have posted the above ML package yet as I am having trouble finding it and so looking forward to getting a german/english site up and running

Thanks mate
Regards
Tony Ayling
Brisbane Australia

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

svaha Published 01/13/2004 23:38 Just can't stay away Joined 08/02/2003 Comments 896

Did you try clicking on zip version? This opens the download dialogue screen
Succes

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

matangi Published 01/26/2004 21:03 Just popping in Joined 04/13/2002 Comments 31

Thank you for that really great module and the idea.

For many reasons XOOPS should be able to manage languages, not only one. This is internet and it is international. Languages are part of it.

Hope you continue your work and it willbecome a fixed part of the following XOOPS versions.

Mucho gracias y mucho suerte por el futuro!

Matangi

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

highlander Published 12/08/2004 10:16 Not too shy to talk Joined 12/05/2004 Comments 151

This has to be by far the best option around to make XOOPS even better. Thank you for a job well done !!!!

Does anyone know if this will make it into the next release of XOOPS ??

Is there anyone I can bug with thousands of messages to make it happen ?

Re: Xoops Multilanguage -- Try it now!

marcan Published 12/08/2004 17:30 Just can't stay away Joined 10/08/2003 Comments 824

Hi highlander !

Just in case you did not know, the latest version of XOOPS Multilanguages can be found on The SmartFactory.

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Does anyone know if this will make it into the next release of XOOPS ??

XOOPS Multilanguage will not be integrated in the XOOPS core as it is only a hack and not a real Multilanguage feature. A futur release of XOOPS will most certainly have a real Multilanguage implementation that will be by far better than this hack.

However, until then, it does the job pretty well

Cheers !

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