i.e. uses 2 different Language Files, one for English and the other for Arabic for eg?

 

Thanks.

yes, you can setup Multilanguage forums, but its a liitle bit tricky.

One of the problems is, that the WebWiz Forum does not support utf-8, so you have to recode a few pages, to load a Country Meta Tag into the pages which supports the diffrent languages.

 

---- All following coding was done in the Version 7.9 WebWiz Forum

 

I made a rough and "dirty" coding for that and placed it in the common.asp as a function:

 

'Set the Language Session Variable
Function L_Session()
 DIM  L
 L = TRIM(Request.QueryString("L"))
 If L = "" Then
  If Session("L") = "" Then
   Session("L") = "US"
  Else
   If Session("L") = "DE" Then
    Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"">")
   End if  
   If Session("L") = "US" Then
    Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"">")
   End if  
   If Session("L") = "RU" Then
    Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=windows-1251"">")
   End if  
  End If
 Else
  If L = "DE" Then
   Session("L") = "DE"
   Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"">")
  End if  
  If L = "US" Then
   Session("L") = "US"
   Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"">")
  End if  
  If L = "RU" Then
   Session("L") = "RU"
   Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=""Content-Type"" content=""text/html; charset=windows-1251"">")
  End if  
 End if
End Function

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Most of the files in the Forum use the /includes/skin_files.asp, so I included the call of the above function at the bottom of that file.

Just insert at the bottom the word L_Session and that should do the trick for most of the pages.

 

some files like upload from  pictures do not use the skin_file.asp and there you have to enter the function call manual.

Just open (for example the upload_images.asp) and look for the line of code

<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Bruce Corkhill" />

and enter after that <%L_Session%> thats it.

 

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to trigger the languages, I entered some simple flags in the file  /includes/navigation_buttons_inc.asp (In the beginning of the second <td> )

 

  <a href="/forum_ru/default.asp?L=RU"><img src="/forum/forum_images/flags/flag_ru.gif" width="25" border="0"></a>
  <a href="/forum_de/default.asp?L=DE"><img src="/forum/forum_images/flags/flag_de.gif" width="25" border="0"></a>
  <a href="/forum_nl/default.asp?L=NL"><img src="/forum/forum_images/flags/flag_nl.gif" width="25" border="0"></a>
  <a href="/forum/default.asp?L=US"><img src="/forum/forum_images/flags/flag_usa.gif" width="25" border="0"></a>

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Now you have done the basic setup. As you can see in the <a> tags above, i have setup 4 directories which connect to the same SQL Database. the only difference in the directories is the directory language_files, so its just copying 4 times the complete stuf into 4 diffrent directories like forum_nl and forum_de and so on.

 

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I hope I did not forget anything, but that works, otherwise ask me.

 

I for myself made a litlle bit more complicated setup using virtual pathes except for the language_files directory, but to run that, you have to change in all forum/root asp files the pathes of the includes. This is a little more tricky, but it works.

 

You can take a look to a forum we have setup for testing purpose. If it runs well, we will pay for it next month. I think its worth paying for it.  http://www.3cgi.de/forum - http://www.3cgi.de/forum

 

Regards

 

Lingua

 

Everybody is asking for multi langual forum, i create my own multi-langual forum yesterday. Take a look to my testing forum : http://www.dev.cred.ca/isa/forumeng - ISA

The forum contain two language : french and english. I decided to create 2 forums, one with french language files and buttons files, and i did samething for english, both connect to the same database.

 

great idea... I will watch closely.

 

I tried to select Enlish and received...

 

language_file_inc.asp

 

I want to load it depending on the language the user chose, the only problem is that it is based on Constants and I'm getting a name defined error!!!

I integrated the multilanguage stuff into a page, including German / englisch / russian and netherlands. The language is stored in the cookie of the user and all the language files are stored in one folder.

The coding is easy, now comes the but....

 

I am running into strange java errors when I use the editor. If some of the more expirenced coders here would like to join the developing, I will send them the necessairy sources that I have.

 

You can take a look here  http://www.3cgi.de/forum

 

The other way would be to integrate the new RTE Version 3.0, but thats also no 2 minute job, I esteemated more than 10 hours of work for that, cause I did not develop the forum or the RTE...

If it works with the editor, I will zip you the stuff (It will be done for SLQ Server, not for access)

 

Andreas

 "XL-Plus" Webpage, that way I do not have to care about the traffic.

It will be there on sunday, but remember, I still have that prob with the editor, but maybe you have a solution for that

 

I promised the updates for the weekend, but I couldnt make it earlier.

I have a demo Multilanguage Forum set up at http://www.3cgi.de/forum

 

<% If Request.QueryString("language") <> "" Then If Request.QueryString("language") = "SWE" Then Session("language")="SWE" ElseIf Request.QueryString("language") = "ENG" Then Session("language") = "ENG" End IF Else If Session("language") = "" Then Session("language") = "SWE" Else Session("language") = Session("language") End If End If If Session("language") = "SWE" Then '########################################### -[ Swedish here ]- ###########################################' strTxtThisPageWasGeneratedIn = "And your text here" strTxtSeconds = "And your text here." End If If Session("language")="ENG" Then '########################################### -[ English here ] ###########################################' strTxtThisPageWasGeneratedIn = "And your text here" strTxtSeconds = "And your text here" End If %>

 

In this way can you use differens language in 1 page and use the default language in this forum then add your own language...

 

and include it to your forum pages!!!

 

Sorry for my bad english

 

 

 

Normal this forum should read the complete translation stuff only one time into an global array, when it starts its webservice and thats it, you do not have to read the language any more while the forum is running.

 

But thats again a lot more coding and I do not know if its worth doing it when there will be a major release change in a few weeks or month (Version 8 will be totaly redesigned).

<%
If Request.QueryString("language") <> "" Then 
If Request.QueryString("language") = "SWE" Then 
Session("language")="SWE"
ElseIf Request.QueryString("language") = "ENG" Then 
Session("language") = "ENG"

End IF
Else
If Session("language") = "" Then 
Session("language") = "SWE"
Else
Session("language") = Session("language")
End If
End If
If Session("language") = "SWE" Then
'########################################### -[ Swedish here ]- ###########################################'
strTxtThisPageWasGeneratedIn = "And your text here"
strTxtSeconds = "And your text here."
End If
If Session("language")="ENG" Then
'########################################### -[ English here ] ###########################################'
strTxtThisPageWasGeneratedIn = "And your text here"
strTxtSeconds = "And your text here"
End If
%>

 

Funkar din???

Jag bor ocks� i sverige :D

 

If you want to write something there is JAVA SCRIPT error on RTE_*.asp Does anybody know what is the solution for this?

 

Is maybe in RTE missing some code etc?

 

I know that <%L_Session%> don't work, so maybe this is problem? I know also that in RTE_*.asp you don't call "language session" as in other files and if you ask me, there is character set problem, becouse you use different character set in language files as in RTE files...

Error becomes when somebody want to write some text etc... RTE_ buttons don't work etc... That you can't test if you have locked...

 

test here:

http://www.redzion.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=192&PN=1 - http://www.redzion.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=192&PN=1

mailto:podpora@redzion.com - podpora@redzion.com

 

THANK YOU!

How can we test your forum if you have locked up new registration members and for making posts you must be registered...

 

Can you send me your MOD...?

There is no solution with the same good performance in a multilingual environment. One easy solution (hard for memory perf) for quick integration is to make the modifications above and add these :

' Something to get the language currently in use by the user, let's call it : active_language (2 = French, 3 = Dutch, 1 = English (default))

 

SELECT CASE Active_language
 CASE 2 
 %><!-- #INCLUDE FILE=FR/*language_file_inc.asp --><%
 CASE 3
 %><!-- #INCLUDE FILE=DU/*language_file_inc.asp --><%
 CASE ELSE
 %><!-- #INCLUDE FILE=EN/*language_file_inc.asp --><%
END SELECT

 

%>

 

! : Replace all the * in the code above by the name of the page you are currently editing

! : change the dir name according your subdirs.

 

This is not very good because each language files are always included in the process but it may be done in 2 minutes.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gilles

It don't work?

 

Gilles wrote: Remove all CONST from language files (user for beter memory performances) Remove all <% Option Explicit %> from all pages (used only to avoid mistyping and undeclared variables) You won't have this error anymore. There is no solution with the same good performance in a multilingual environment. One easy solution (hard for memory perf) for quick integration is to make the modifications above and add these : Create a subdir for each language packs in the \language_files dir (ex : \language_files\FR\ ; \language_files\UK ; \language_files\DU ; etc.) Copy your language pack in the right directories Modify all the *_language_file_inc.asp in the \language_files directory (not in the subdirs of course) with this kind of code : <% ' Something to get the language currently in use by the user, let's call it : active_language (2 = French, 3 = Dutch, 1 = English (default))   SELECT CASE Active_language  CASE 2   %><!-- #INCLUDE FILE=FR/*language_file_inc.asp --><%  CASE 3  %><!-- #INCLUDE FILE=DU/*language_file_inc.asp --><%  CASE ELSE  %><!-- #INCLUDE FILE=EN/*language_file_inc.asp --><% END SELECT   %>   ! : Replace all the * in the code above by the name of the page you are currently editing ! : change the dir name according your subdirs.   This is not very good because each language files are always included in the process but it may be done in 2 minutes.   Hope this helps.   Gilles

Than you! That have some sense.

 

 

But with CONST and INCLUDE FILE doesn't exist perfect answer. Sure with one forum!

 

 

Lingua wrote: Hi, You can take a look to a forum we have setup for testing purpose. If it runs well, we will pay for it next month. I think its worth paying for it.  http://www.3cgi.de/forum - http://www.3cgi.de/forum

 

How do you do your multilanguage.

With CONST and INCLUDE FILE?

 

 

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Some links...

http://www.studiofaca.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2568&PN=1&TPN=1 - http://www.studiofaca.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2568&PN=1&TPN=1