Major Additions - vB Enterprise Translator

2.4.10 RELEASED - TRANSLATIONS NEVER WERE SO FAST!!!

This is version for vBulletin 4.x of this great mod - which wins MOM
If updating from vBET 2.3.x version - need to uninstall it first.

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.

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:
2.4.10 Changes:
- Added missing function in 2.4.9
2.4.9 Changes:
- Removed usage of e modifier in preg_replace()
2.4.8 Changes:
- Fixed canonical links
- Fixed issue with SSL verification
2.4.7 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
2.4.6 Updated link to Yandex API key
2.4.5 Google changed to Yandex translations
2.4.4 Added "Affiliate Program" parameter
2.4.3 Serious bug with encoding corrected - this one was crashing some forums layouts
2.4.2 Tested with vB4.0.1 One new thing - added usercp to Google request according to changes in Google API. Few bugs corrected:
- No translation tracking for css.php
- Corrected bug for url tracking for forums in subdirectory and addresses having this subdirectory
- Resolved issue Call to undefined function vbet_getSupportedTranslations()
2.4.1 vBET integrated with vBSEO 3.5
2.4.0 vBET ready for vBulletin 4.0 Beta release - not tested with vBSEO3.5 yet.
2.3.x and earlier releases history you will find here: vBET 2.3.x for vBulletin 3.8

[Manoel J?nior]

Originally Posted by Lee G

If any of you guys uninstalling this use vbseo, there are some htaccess rewrite rules on their forum to help limit the damage from any 404's

Touch wood, in ten + days since disabling this mod, my errors have been going down on my google webmasters account

What is this htaccess rule I can use to fix 404 flaws?

[Lee G]

I asked over at vbseo and Andrés made a set up to help out.
In all honesty I have not used them
Since the 5th when I realised what could happen, daily monitoring of my google webmasters account, not one 404 has shown up
If you search my user name on vbseo, you will see the thread. Posted about the same time I found a fault with google webmaters

[NLP-er]

Free versions of vBET can be considered dead, because Google Translation API v1 which is used by free vBET will be closed December 1st 2011.

We are really sorry to close free vBET version. We would like to still provide free translations services, but this is not up to us. vBET uses 3rd party translators and Google Translation API v1 will be paid soon. At this moment we do not know free translations API which will stay this way, so we are not able to switch provider in free vBET version. There is no sense to use paid translator provider in free vBET version - free is not optimized.

We hope that some free translation provider will be available on the market (we are still looking for other possibilities) and we will be able to reopen free vBET version again.

At this moment Full vBET version supports already Google Translation API v1, Google Translation API v2 (paid) and Microsoft Translation API (free till March 2012). Full vBET version will be still available and developed.
Indeed free versions of vBET can be considered dead, because Google Translation API v1 which is used by free vBET will be closed December 1st 2011.

We are really sorry to close free vBET version. We would like to still provide free translations services, but this is not up to us. vBET uses 3rd party translators and Google Translation API v1 will be paid soon. At this moment we do not know free translations API which will stay this way, so we are not able to switch provider in free vBET version. There is no sense to use paid translator provider in free vBET version - free is not optimized.

We hope that some free translation provider will be available on the market (we are still looking for other possibilities) and we will be able to reopen free vBET version again.

At this moment Full vBET version supports already Google Translation API v1, Google Translation API v2 (paid) and Microsoft Translation API (free till March 2012). Full vBET version will be still available and developed.

[Paul M]

As per the above, moved to GY at developers request.

[NLP-er]

FREE translations are available again!
Paid Google API is changed to FREE Yandex translation API. It supports less language pairs, but gives 1 000 000 FREE characters/DAY to translate. To compare Google gives 0 and Microsoft only 2M/month.

Of course all 53 languages - each to each are still supported in full PRO version.

[Heldenverband]

Its so funny to read a russian webside for api key :down:

[Marcin Kalak]

To get API key to Yandex in English, go to http://api.yandex.com/key/form.xml?service=trnsl. If page will redirect you to the Russian side, please replace .ru on .com. We will change the link in our product, thanks for report.

[NLP-er]

New release today - just updated link to Yandex API key.
If you already have 2.4.5 installed - no need to update.

[w00fy]

Installed with 4.2.2 working just fine..Cool mod.

Thank you!

[xony]

Hello, after uninstalling the mod, templates remain in the subject, how can I completely remove from appearing in the list of templates?