Forum Display Enhancements - vB Enterprise Translator

2.3.15 RELEASED - TRANSLATIONS NEVER WERE SO FAST!!!

Great thanks to all who nominate vBET and allow us to win MOTM :up:

This mod translates your forum using FREE translations for over 30 languages from Yandex API. It is 100% FREE in version described here (2.x).
Note: using this mod (vBET 2.x) is free and bound by license agreement (see below)

Yandex translation gives you 1 000 000 FREE characters per DAY to translate. Please note that Yandex do not supports all language pairs, but vBET detects automatically which are supported for your forum language.

Version for vBulletin 4.0 is here: vBET 2.4.x for vBulletin 4.0

vBET 3.x released!
Please note that vBET 3.x is developed as separate product line and it is available here: vBET 3.x. Full version is paid, it supports 53 languages each to each translation, using: Google, Microsoft, Apertium, Yandex, SDL BeGlobal and DetectLanguage. It has lot of optimizations for booth performance and translations costs.

LIVE DEMO - note that demo shows functionality of full version (3.x/4.x), which has more features than 2.x
See also screen shots below, for configuration options

Features:
- Translation by Yandex (in PRO version supports 53 languages using several translation providers)
- Optimized cache, algorhitms and more performance options - PRO version only
- Translates URLs and RSS - PRO version only
- Supports multi language communities (allows to write in different languages) - PRO version only
- Links appropriate for SEO consensus (configurable) - even without any SEO mod
- Long texts are translated no matter how big those are
- Translation cache (after first translation results are cached and next page generation is much faster)
- Doesn't translate BB codes for code, php and html (must refresh post cache to see effect on existing posts Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Post Cache)
- Easy installation - just upload files and import product file
- Highly configurable and easy configuration - by Admin CP (see screenschots)
- Configurable place for flags - simply select in options where you want to have translation flags. NO MANUAL TEMPLATE MODIFICATION. Supported: Footer-Bottom, Footer-Top, Navbar-Bottom, Navbar-Top, Custom
- Possible custom place for flags - in such case just edit template which you want and add $vbenterprisetranslatorflags
- Translates also archive pages
- Reverse page direction for Arabic, Hebrew and Persian languages
- Not translated save areas - if you need something to be not translated simply edit appropriate template and put it between
<!--START vBET NOT TRANSLATED AREA--> and <!--END vBET NOT TRANSLATED AREA--> (note: you cannot use any mod which removes comments to use this functionality)

Installation:
1. Download zip package (last release - see index at the end of file name)
2. Upload to your forum directory on server everything inside upload directory
3. Import in vB Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product -> Choose product file, set Allow Overwrite to yes and click Import
4. Click here: "Mark as Installed" Thanks!
5. Configure in AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> vB Enterprise Translator
You MUST configure at least Forum language and Yandex Translation API key. NOTE that there are some other important options - especially if your forum is in subdirectory or if you use vbSEO.

For MORE INFO and troubleshooting please read first post There is FAQ. So save your time for writing questions which are already answered and get your solution faster

Known issues:
- link for page on which you are doesn't track translation, cause it has same URL as flag for forum default language

ENJOY! :up:

And thanks for nominations

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LICENSE AGREEMENT - using this mod you agree for those conditions:
- you are NOT allowed to remove credit link under any conditions
- removing credit link means BREAKING LICENSE AGREEMENT and you lose your rights to use this mod
- using it after that is illegal, it is software PIRACY and it will be notified in vBulletin community and other places, including appropriate government/police units in your country
- author of this mod reserves the right to change the terms of this license agreement at any time. Failure to receive notification of a change does not make those changes invalid. A current copy of this license is and will be available here.

Please note that in full vBET version there is possibility to buy branding free license. There is no such possibility in free version included here.

Version history:
2.3.15 Changes:
- Fixed canonical link
- Fixed issue with SSL verification
2.3.14 Changes:
- Added 48 new languages pairs
- Updated link to Yandex in configuration
- When translation limit is reached now we show original text instead of empty message
2.3.13 Updated link to Yandex API key
2.3.12 Google changed to Yandex translations
2.3.11 Added "Affiliate Program" parameter
2.3.10 Footer bug corrected
2.3.9 userip added to Google translation request + small bug fixed
2.3.8 Small bug fixed - now all supported languages can be chosen as forum default language
2.3.7 Bugs fixed:
- weird redirections with vbet_lang
- double language in URL
- changing text direction for specific languages
Added support for:
- usernames not translated in who is online
- supported URL replacements for canonical URL
2.3.6 Important fix! - there was issue with sending referrer header which is necessary by Google conditions. This one was fixed + issue with # in translation links
2.3.5 Important change - According to Google conditions referrer header must be added to each translation query - otherwise you can be banned by Google. Install this version to avoid any troubles.
Changes:
- Added referrer header for Google translation queries
- Corrected bug for returning to forum main page from translated page
Also according to actual Google conditions your "Powered by Google" information should have Google logo. So please change text for flags in your vBET configuration to something like this:

Automatic Translations (Powered by <span style="vertical-align:sub;"><img src="http://www.google.com/uds/css/small-logo.png" alt="Powered by Google" border="0"/></span>):

You can customize it but "Powered by Google" should stay.
2.3.4 Important bug fixed! Corrected translation of meta keywords and description
2.3.3 Important bug fixed! And also some other bugs fixed
- Fixed bug with shifted results caching
- Fixed bug for URLs to javascript functions
- Fixed bug for not translating usernames in postbit
- Little cosmetic changes
2.3.2 Really little changes.
- Changed default value of "Links title" attribute, to be more accurate for Google conditions
- Little template changed for flags, so "Link title" font will be smaller (just like vB info in footer)
- Small bug fixed
2.3.1 Some little bug fixes. Confirmed working with vbSEO 3.3.1 and confirmed working SEO links on forums with vbSEO and subdirectory in URL
2.3.0 Great news for those without vbSEO
- Supports translation SEO links even without vbSEO
- Translate Google Maps (configurable)
- Little optimizations (i.e. included only necessary things for not translated pages)
- Supports several cache cleaning strategies (optimization for really big forums) and automatically disables cache for cleaning time to avoid read/write conflicts
2.2.1 Small bug fixed with returning to default language for main page and SEO links (happens only for specific vbSEO configuration, so you don't need to update if 2.2.0 is working for you)
2.2.0 Translation tracking is working even when redirection by some mod occures (configurable reaction time)
2.1.0 9 new translation languages added! Also:
- Redirect to user language functionality - configurable (disabled, forced, after asking user does he want to be redirected).
- Fixed bug for SEO links with forums acting like directories by id.
- Corrected several flags
Update note: if you use SEO links you must change .htaccess file according to description in first post. If you changed any vbseo.php rules ? un-change those.
2.0.3 Quick bug fixing (issue with bitfields in options panel)
2.0.2 Added option to set your forum main domain for tracking URL's in subdomains
2.0.1 Small bug fixed and added direction changing suport also for Hebrew
2.0.0 Some small or medium changes and one big - for vbSEO users now SEO consensus links available.
What's new:
- Links appropriate for SEO consensus (configurable)
- Persian support added
- Doesn't translate BB codes for code, php and html (must refresh post cache to see effect on existing posts Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Update Counters -> Rebuild Post Cache)
- Reverse page direction for Arabic and Persian languages
- Option to set forum directory if not linked to domain
- Few bugs fixed
1.1.1 Some little changes and bugs fixed
- Re-encode not translated parts, so there is no strange signs in scripts, images title etc.
- Corrected flag for Sweden
- Few harmless bug fixed in translation tracking and cache disabling
- Respecting Google conditions default flags title have link to Google (configurable)
1.1.0 Lot of new features and no longer in beta stage
- Long texts are translated no matter how big those are
- Cache is working for chosen languages (you simply select for each language does translations should be cached)
- Option to add Google Translate API key for translation requests
- Configurable cache time to live and scheduled task which automatically remove old cache.
- Option to show flags only for guests
- Option to easily remove flags border (without any style changing)
- Option to not translate usernames
- During translation changes param lang in html tag
- Option to translate messages changed by vBSEO to JavaScript (it has such functionality for SEO purposes)
1.0.5 Flags showing correctly for forums in subdirectory + corrected returning to base language
1.0.4 Bug fixed with translation of '0' string. Also added little feature - if some parts of your forum uses vbSEO and some are not then now flags will have appropriate URL's everywhere
1.0.3 Big bug fixed Mod doesn't mess in template anymore (it did in some specific cases)
1.0.2 Small bug fixed - error with array merge solved
1.0.1 Small bug fixed - now choosing supported languages in options works fine
1.0.0 Great mod released

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by CThiessen

For all native Links inside the Glossary traking is working.
The Glossary add Links to every word in a Post that is equal to the Title of an Article.
http://brasil-web.de/forum/29709-suc...1-24-12-a.html

so here somebody write the Word "Natal" this is linkt to the Artikel "Natal".
Link in the Post:

http://brasil-web.de/forum/wiki/tag/Natal/?language=pl

goes to:

http://brasil-web.de/forum/wiki/31-rio-grande-do-norte/769-natal.html

Translated:
http://brasil-web.de/forum/29709-suc...ml?language=pl
Link in Post:

http://brasil-web.de/forum/wiki/tag/Natal/?language=pl

goes to:

http://brasil-web.de/forum/wiki/31-rio-grande-do-norte/769-natal.html

This crosslinking is done by a Java Script.
I think the script is written by Andreas the Admin from VBorg Germany.

All this links are: rel="nofollow" so this should be no problem for crawlers.

EDIT:
Th Links are created ever in the same manner: "/tag/Word", i think to not slow down the page.
Here:
http://brasil-web.de/forum/29706-suc...ml?language=pl
the Word "Amazonas" is linked and tracking is working, because there are 2 Articles for "Amazonas", the River and the State.

In the first example is only one Articel and, and i think, something in the Gallery software is pointing the Article direct and not the Tag.

Christian

ALREADY SUPPORTED IN 2.2.0

Now I see it and anderstood what you mean. My mod works fine - links are ok, but after going there page is redirected and mod which makes redirection just ignore attributes, to tracking is lost. Same situation like for new posts.

Unfortunatelly this redirection is completly out of this mod controll and I cannot handle this. I will put it in TODO list - maybe storing info in cookie can made another redirect - to rich URL but with language... It seems like good idea I will examine it on my own forum for new posts - if it will work on this it will work also here. But already I see some issues with recognition of such redirect and manual forum walking... Well - I will think about it and find some stroke of genius solution

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by rkm140

Is there any way to make language selection and option on sign up?

In 3.0.0. Also with posiblility to write posts in different languages

And those are my plans for 3.0.0
- Make in vB real world wide community without language barriers
- Possibility to write posts in different languages (automatically translated to forum language, remembering original text, refreshing translation for better quality, etc.)
- Language selection as option on sign up
- SEO translation links for forums without vbSEO

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by LoveStream

Thank you GOOD coder,

That my error caused by array[] in index.php of photopost. I temporarily fixed to be $replace[] = ''; to $replace = '';. So this time no behavior to halt process loading gallery but I'm not sure what exactly was wrong.

Other previous issue that I posted in my case, there is conflict with other module and plugins that I installed already Tab.Home using YUI. I disabled it have to need to be chosen one.

In your latest 2.1.0 I found that Malay Flags are not shown when I optioned it. Does it only mine?

Have a good day, and I have plan to try your other cute Auto Threads Tags Creators ASAP.

Yours.

Malay works on my side. Are you sure you turned on flag? Mybe you only turned on cache... Do you mean that it is not generated at all, or image is broken?

[Manoel J?nior]

Not showing the images. I informed the procedure, but without success.

Can you help?

[yahoooh]

new feature requist :
rss for multilanguage
translate text in user cp :
like google translate with ajax depend on google in user cp

[yahoooh]

also :
if i use cache i think tables that store all translated text will be big in size that will decrease performance

what about to make tables for each language as seprated and this will help i think

[Dr.LoVe]

Originally Posted by NLP-er

I just checked it also on IE8, Mozilla Firefox and Chrome - everywhere works fine. What kind of browser are you using

I use Mozilla Firefox ( Linux Mint )

I don't know , Maybe i should install it on my VB and tell you what's will gonna hapeen

If it's gonna Reverse page or not !

Thanx

[NLP-er]

2.2.0 RELEASED

Now mod supports translation tracking even when redirection by some mod occures - this includes getting of issue for new posts

Every time when some mod will made redirection just ignoring translation, my mod will made another redirect to freshest url, but with language settings. Also because local anchors are not send to server (i.e. #something) - those are lost during 2nd redirection. But it is displayed appropriate page in appropriate translation - just have to scroll manually to #something place

Also new configuration param was added for this functionality - translation cookie time to live. It is by default set to 1 second and it should be enough for everyone, since it is only for automatic redirection which are instant (page can load longer, but this is after redirection was already send). So if you see that sometimes id donesn't work - just make time higher. Just not to high, cause in this time it is not possible to come back to original language by changing URL in browser (but clicking in forum default language flag clears cookie and allows to come back). As I wrote cookie lives 1 second, so no user should be fast enough to go to translated page, see what is there, change manually URL in browser and pres enter So be calm - I was already thinking about this - it is good solution

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by Manoel J?nior

Not showing the images. I informed the procedure, but without success.

Can you help?

Give me your forum URL and tell where did you copy images folder?

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by yahoooh

new feature requist :
rss for multilanguage
translate text in user cp :
like google translate with ajax depend on google in user cp

Rss added in TODO.

"translate text in user cp" - describe me more.