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Ok i looked a little into the multilingual support.. as I was not satisfied with the solution above. I am using the hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=98904 by JoergZ for translating customfields and i thought that i could use a few lines of code here. (actually it is a code snippet I posted in that thread to adapt his hack)

The basic idea is: You only need the question translated, you can define the answers in different languages.. so you give the answers in all installed languages.

3 steps to make it work multilanguage with phrases.

Step one:
Modify the product xml:
find:

PHP Code:


		
			
$nospamquestion = $qanda[0];

below add:

PHP Code:


		
			
// ########### Lang hack  ---start ########  

      $questionphrase = ''; 

      $testforphrase = substr(trim($nospamquestion), 0, 1);  

      if ($testforphrase == '$')  

      {  

            $questionphrase = substr(trim($nospamquestion), 1);  

            $nospamquestion = $vbphrase[$questionphrase];  

      } 

// ########### Lang hack  ---end ########

Now reinstall the product.xml (with overwrite of course)

Step two:
Go to your phrase manager in the ACP and add a new phrase:

Phrase Type: GLOBAL
Product: vBulletin
Varname: nospam_question_01
Text: How much is 2+2

Then insert the translation for all istalled languages (in my case english, german and french)

German: Wieviel ist 2+2
Fran?ais: Combien font 2+2

Now save the phrase.

Repeat for all your questions using the variables:

Varname: nospam_question_02
Varname: nospam_question_03
Varname: nospam_question_04
Varname: nospam_question_05
............. and so on

IMPORTANT!!!: Write down the question number and the question on a piece of paper !!!! (happened to me.. i didnt remember which variable number was which question)

Now comes step three:

go to your nospam settings and define the questions the following way:
(in our example: How much is 2+2)

$nospam_question_01:4:four:vier:quatre

IMPORTANT: in your nospam setting you MUST set a $ sign in front of the varname you used in the phrases
other example: in your phrases you use the varname nospam_question_04 in your nospam settings you use $nospam_question_04

I hope it is clear.

I tested it on 3.64 and it works for me... THANK YOU for the great hack!!

Felix

Forgot to say, that if you dont use the $ in the nospam settings for the question, the question will appear as you entered it. (Like in the original hack)

Hope this helps someone

Quote:

Originally Posted by d1150488 (Post 1182591)

I can't get this to appear at all, i've tried several of the fixes, including the manual template edits. I tried restoring the tempate and product and re-tried, but with no luck :(

I've checked i've got the nospam template, i've got the reference in the reg template. I've got the hooks enabled, i've gone over and over the code, and i'm completely confused as to why it shouldn't work. I've had a good read through this thread, and i just can't find a fix :(

Just an update to that, i manually added the content of the template 'nospam' to the main reg template and all i got were the static elements. No variables were passed. So no question etc. just a box and a border.

The thing will process when submitted suggesting the feild is incorrect. However its not pulling the information through.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Or if you let me know how the 'nospamnumber' works, i can just statically write the submitting form on the reg page (i think) :lol:

*Edit, i manually set the 'nospamnumber' to 0 and wrote out the question. It now picks out the 2nd or 3rd answer in the admin CP and validates against it. Wich is good enough for me at the moment, but i'd like to understand it more, if anyone can help.

The variable $nospamnumber is basically which NoSpam! question it is so that the hack can determine which answer it should be comparing the input to.

A few forums have had that problem, but it still mystifies me what the heck is wrong there. :/

I guess you could try just putting this block of code right at the start of the plugin on global_start:

PHP Code:


		
			
            $questions = explode("\n", $vbulletin->options['nospam_questions']);
            $nospamnumber = array_rand($questions);
            $qanda = explode(":",$questions["$nospamnumber"]);
            $nospamquestion = $qanda[0];

This mod is a must have! Thanks for all of your hard work!

What about multiple questions?

Quote:

Originally Posted by chkdgate (Post 1183077)

What about multiple questions?

Possible!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...2&d=1156727175

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eagle Creek (Post 1183358)

Possible!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...2&d=1156727175

I already tried this method but it doesn't work for me. Do I separate the questions in any particular way.

You just put one question/answer set on each line, and then it picks one at random. If you were asking if it could actually ask multiple questions at the same time, it would be possible to do but there's absolutely no need for it; you can of course ask a question in two parts just by combining them into one.

i have a 3.5.4 will this work?

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