XOOPS xLanguage Module Tutorial
Search
⌃K

Operating Instructions

  1. 1.
    install "xLanguage" as a regular module
  2. 2.
    select basic languages (from an available language list) and add extended languages (after selecting basic language) from module Admin page for instance, to make language switch between: English, Simplified Chinese (gb2312), Traditional Chinese (big5) and UTF-8 Chinese:
    base 1:
    • name: english;
    • description(optional): English;
    • charset: iso-8859-1;
    • code: en (or another like "xen", not a true language code, just the tag for indicating English content)
    base 2:
    • name: schinese;
    • description(optional): Simplified Chinese;
    • charset: gb2312;
    • code: zh (or anyother like "sc", not a true language code, just the tag for indicating Chinese content)
      extended lang of schinese
      1) name: tchinese;
      • description(optional): Traditional Chinese;
      • charset: big5
      • code: zh-TW (the true language code of Traditional Chinese)
      • base: schinese
        extended lang of schinese
      2: name: utf8;
      • description(optional): Simplified Chinese UTF-8;
      • charset: UTF-8
      • code: zh-CN (the true language code of Simplified Chinese)
      • base: schinese
  3. 3.
    make the block "language selection" visible
  4. 4.
    add multilingual content with according tags specified for each base language (in step 3) to your modules, templates or themes[Skip this step if you do not use multi-language content display but only use charset encoding]:
    wrap content of each language with respective tag specified in step 3: [langcode1]Content of the language1[/langcode1] [langcode2]Content of the language2[/langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...
    if two or more languages have same content, you do not need add them one by one but use delimiter "|": [langcode1|langcode2]Content shared by language1&2[/langcode1|langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...
    A real example: suppose the lang_codes specified in step 4 are: English-en; French-fr; SimplifiedChiense-sc: My XOOPS[sc]我的XOOPS[/sc]
    OR:
    [english|french]This is my content in English and French[/english|french][schinese]这是我在中国的内容[/schinese]
  5. 5.
    automatic conversion of content from one charset(extended language) to another [Actually on action needed in this step]
  6. 6.
    if you would like to insert hardcoded scripts for language switch in your theme or any template besides the language selection box:
    1) modify /modules/xlanguage/api.php "$xlanguage_theme_enable = true;"
    2) config options "$options = array("images", " ", 3); // display mode, delimitor, number per line";
    3) insert <{$smarty.const.XLANGUAGE_SWITCH_CODE}> into your theme or template files anywhere you prefer it present
Previous
Preferences
Next
The User Side
Last modified 4yr ago