Re: Localized Pages

[Mark Koopman <mark websidestory com>]

How about something simple like a text link off the front page
that links to a language sitemap page which has links to the
content in different languages?


Martin Sandoval wrote:
> 
> I think it could work properly, if you do something like use the the php
> function eregi :
> 
> if (eregi("es-mx", $HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE)){
>     include ("/es/index.php")
> }
> of course that if could be easier to show any page using the GET method and
> have a link to each page already translated, just like this:
> (to show the index page)
> 
> <a href="show_index_page.php?lang=es-mx">
> where the default value of $lang could be en-us and in the page have a link
> for each language wich that is already translated, and the file
> show_index_page.php using conditions just shows the content of the index
> translated.
> 
> if ( (lang="") || (lang="en-us") ){
>     include ("index.php")
> }else{
>     if (lang="es-mx"){
>         include ("/es/index.php")
>     }
> }
> 
> sorry this is my first post, i don't speak english correctly and it's
> obvious that dont have a good coding style, but i'm just starting to learn
> how to do it.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wes Kurdziolek <wkurdzio vt edu>
> To: <gnome-web-list gnome org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Localized Pages
> 
> > I thought about that afterwards and figured the responsibility to approve
> > translations could fall on GNOME's i18n team.
> >
> > This idea would also require the site to be entirely database-driven which
> > my not be desireable b/c of the overhead that incurs. It may also cause
> > problems w/ linking, but that can be alleviated w/ the use of GET like
> > Slashdot does.
> >
> > Wes
> > xunil vt edu
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Aidin Alihodzic" <aidin djesi ba>
> > To: "Wes Kurdziolek" <wkurdzio vt edu>
> > Cc: <gnome-web-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 6:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: Localized Pages
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Wes Kurdziolek wrote:
> >
> > > > Well, I think we should add some translation but not say it is a very
> > > > important feature, waht we can do is to design the site to use some
> > parts
> > > > international, some other local, but not to put a list of languages on
> > the
> > > > front page but for example a link on the front page to another page
> with
> > > the
> > > > whole list of languages or countries or both or whatever, so when I
> > click
> > > > espaņol I go to intl.gnome.org/es, and inside there some links can go
> to
> > > > www.gnome.com (in english). What do you think?
> > >
> > > How about we let viewers of the site translate it for us? Viewers can
> > click
> > > a link ("Translate this page" or something similar) that sends them to a
> > > form where the content is in English at the top of the page and there's
> > > ample space for a translation in a text box. Have them specify the
> > language
> > > they're translating into and their region, and then store the
> translation
> > in
> > > a database. When others view the page again, have a list of translations
> > for
> > > them to choose. I don't think that'd be too hard to do, and I can work
> up
> > an
> > > example page for people to play w/.
> > >
> > > Wes
> >
> > and the final product is: lots of Tarsans writing bunch of crap
> >
> > you haven't said that someone have to control what's written and to allow
> > or forbid its publishing on the site
> >
> > --
> > Aidin
> > http://www.djesi.ba
> >
> >
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Mark Koopman  
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