Language-selection for guest

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Hallo,

the vB3 offers the chance to have multi languages, but at the moment it is unfortunally only for registred / logged-in users possible to select a language. Guests / not logged-in users will see always the default language.

With this modification you can offer your guests / not-logged-in users an option to select a language, so they can see the forum and the registration in the selected language. Further the selected language will be set during the registratin as default for the new user.


Short-description

Language-Selection for not logged-in users


Requirements

• vB3 RC1 or higher (Tested up to 3.0.7) NOTE !! For installation on 3.0.8 or above read this posting !! Thanks to Khashyar for finding this change !

• Of cource more than one installed language, otherwise this modification make no sense

Installationtime

about 5 minutes


The use of this modification is as always at your own risk !


J?rg


Update 05. January 2004 (added version 2)

Update 09. March 2004 (added version 3)

Update 27. March 2004: Tested in 3.0.0 Gold



Version 1:

In this version you have to enter for each language a menue-entry manually

Version 2:

This version detects the selectable languages automaticly and the menue-entries are created automaticly too. To get the menue-entries, the function "Use DHTML Popup Menus" must be activated. This version has an additional query with each page-call. If you don't like this, use version 1.

Version 3:

This version is based on version 1, but it detects the browser-language automatic and shows the board in the language of the user. This automatic-detection of the user-language was realised by WildChild. Thanks for this extension of my hack. Note the difference to my version 2: My Version 2 detects the installed languages automatic, version 3 detects the language which is set in the users browser !



Note: A german version of the installation-instructions you will find here at vbulletin-germany.com

[JoergZ]

No.


Why ?


In vB 3.5 it is standard


Look at the german vB-Site. There you can see in the footer the selection for the language. So no need for migration of this hack to 3.5


Best regards

J?rg

[Eagle Creek]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

No.


Why ?


In vB 3.5 it is standard


Look at the german vB-Site. There you can see in the footer the selection for the language. So no need for migration of this hack to 3.5


Best regards

J?rg

Standard?! You don't mean that; do you? Where can I enable this option?

Or will it be when I install more languages?

[JoergZ]

Originally Posted by Eagle Creek

Standard?! You don't mean that; do you? Where can I enable this option?

Or will it be when I install more languages?

It appears automaticly, when you have installed more than one language. It is similar to the style-selection. See screenshot..


J?rg

[Maplewoods]

The hack says to remove the etxt from:
// get default language
$phraseinfo = $DB_site->query_first("
SELECT languageid" . fetch_language_fields_sql(0) . "
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "language
WHERE languageid = " . intval($vboptions['languageid']) . "
");

But in 3.0.8 it begins as follows:
// get default language
$DB_site->reporterror = 0;
$phraseinfo = $DB_site->query_first("
SELECT languageid" . fetch_language_fields_sql(0) . "
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "language
WHERE languageid = " . intval($vboptions['languageid']) . "
");

The line:
$DB_site->reporterror = 0;

is not mentioned in the hack and I wonder if it should be removed for the Hack to work

[JoergZ]

Hi Maplewoods,

sorry, I have not tested the hack with 3.0.8. But as far as I see, you should insert the line "$DB_site->reporterror = 0;" above the line "$phraseinfo =....."

Best regards

Jörg

[Fenriz]

I have this hack on my 3.0.9 and now I need this hack for vBulletin 3.5 - to detect the browser-language automatic and show the board in the language of the user. Also could you help me to change the drop-down language menu in 3.5 to the flags.

thanx

[JoergZ]

Hi Fenriz !

Sorry, but until now I had no time to look closer at the version 3.5.0

Concerning the automatic detection of the laguage, maybe you can contact WildChild, if he can make a modification and publish it here. (He has done the modification for this hack too)

Concerning the flags instead of the pull-down menue, I will have a look at this, but I can't prmise you when, because I am quite busy in these days.


Best regards

J?rg

[Fenriz]

Hi JoergZ! Thank you for the answer. I've written to WildChild, as you suggested.
It would be also great if you make "the flags" instead of the pull-down menu!
I have your hack on the 3.0.9 here

[JoergZ]

Hi Fenriz !


For your flags, you only need to set this link:

http://www.yourforum/forum/index.php?langid=x

for your forum it would be:

http://valhalla.ulver.com/index.php?langid=x

where x is the languageid

So it is the same as it is now, just "langid" instead of "guestlanguageid".


Concerning the automatic language-detection: I made it You find the hack here ! Please be so kind and test it and give me a feedback or write a new posting in the new hack thread.


Best regards

J?rg

[Fenriz]

Hei J?rg igjen! When I use http://www.yourforum/forum/index.php?langid=x link to a language, go in to a thread and click to choose another language, it redirects me to the index forum page. How I can stay in the thread and to have an opportunity to choose language without leaving this thread?
Could you help me?