Bilingual websites

[burlington]

Hello

I am aware of a 2008 posting at: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... l+websites

Is there any update on the best way to design bilingual websites? Also, some of the language in the posting above I don't understand.

Also, I can't find Ronnyk's advice at http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 805.0.html

Finally, could anyone explain the following in the posting: 'Then you simply create a template that calls menu like this {menu start_level="2"} and of course add language switch somewhere (usually I use global content block for that).'

Does the menu call go in the Head or the Body. Also, what goes in the GCB to switch the language?

Sorry about so many questions.

Thanks

Martin

[Rolf]

See link in my signature below for 'my' solution, but there are more...

[velden]

You could also have a look at the MleCMS module.

I used it twice to create multi language websites.

{menu start_level="2"} is used to make a menu start at a 'deeper' level. Typically you have use the level 1 items for the language:

1. en
1.1 welcome
1.2 products
2. nl
2.1 welkom
2.2 produkten

You don't want your menu to show 'EN' - 'NL'. You want it to show 'Welcome' - 'Products' when a visitor chooses 'English' and you want it to show 'Welkom' - 'Produkten' when 'Dutch' is choosen.

The 'language switch' is the place where visitors can choose the language they prefer. Typically some country flags, or a drop down box.

Some reading: http://blog.arvixe.com/creating-a-multi ... ms-module/