Addition of multi-lingual capability to existing site, second language in Chinese. This doesn't use the MLE module as the problem with that is that you have to have the same pages for other languages as the first language and the same order. What was required for this was to be able to have certain pages in another language. Also as this was converting an existing site on which a lot of elements such as the Gallery etc works relied on the page alias and so had to potentially keep the same url's. Also has the advantage of not having to change any internal text links.
Has the additional advantage over MLE in that you can have additional page just in another language. However if you need to have URL's in different languages then this method won't work though you could use a prefix if need be.
Each page has additional content blocks for the additional language and with v1.11+ of CMS no being able to assign blocks to tabs makes it much easier to administer. The site search, menus, breadcrumbs and site map are all language specific.
Uses a cookie to store the language flag.
http://www.c-h-w.com
Multi Lingual Website (Not using MLE)
Re: Multi Lingual Website (Not using MLE)
Very well done. But what kind of method did you exectly use for the multilingual part. Is there a guide somewhere?
Re: Multi Lingual Website (Not using MLE)
No guide but am intending to write one when I get the time. Basically it uses cookies and shows the correct language based upon the value of the cookie.
