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]

Yes you can, for this use better the version 1. The link you must use is described in the installation-description.

Jörg

[Bernd Glasstett]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

If you follow exactly my instructions, it IS like you describe, that the selection-menue-entry is only shown when you are not logged in.

Ah I know, why I haven't done this - In the first place, I tried to change the hack a bit, so that everyone would have been able to change the language by that menu. But then some users didn't like it - i changed it back and overlooked that part. Soooo, shame on me

[bjornstrom]

Would it be possible to use a URL such as:

http://www.99mac.se/forum/?styleid=1&language=2

(this way I could use the 99mac.se domain for swedish and .com for english)

[JoergZ]

You must use http://www.99mac.se/forum/index.php?...stlanguageid=2

Then the forum will be shown in the language-id 2 for guests.

J?rg

Originally Posted by bjornstrom

Would it be possible to use a URL such as:

http://www.99mac.se/forum/?styleid=1&language=2

(this way I could use the 99mac.se domain for swedish and .com for english)

[mtha]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

You must use http://www.99mac.se/forum/index.php?...stlanguageid=2

Then the forum will be shown in the language-id 2 for guests.

J?rg

It'd be nice if there's also an option for force some forum/board to display in some language, even for registered users.

Say if you user http://www.mydomain.com/forum/index....X&languageid=X
then, everyone use that link will see the forum (or some board) in that language.

It's helpful when you have a forum with multiple languages boards, one board in English, one board in German, for example. If someone goes to German board, they are force to use German :P (regardless they are guests or members)

[JoergZ]

Well, the laguage-selection for registred users is not touched by my modification, because there you can select your language in the user-settings.

Maybe the language-selection (regardless if logged in or not) will work one day in standard-vB via parameter in the url, then you have a solution for that.

[mtha]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

Well, the laguage-selection for registred users is not touched by my modification, because there you can select your language in the user-settings.

Maybe the language-selection (regardless if logged in or not) will work one day in standard-vB via parameter in the url, then you have a solution for that.

I'm playing with the parameters, trying to force languageid to be something different than default one, for registered member, but havent got any success.

Do you have any suggestion?

[JoergZ]

It will not work for registred members, because the parameter is not read out neither by vB nor by my modification.

The only way to manage this for registred members, is to call an own php, where you modify the database-record. A german user requested this, so I made an "quick-and-dirty", not official solution for him. You can find it in the german-vb board.


J?rg

[JoergZ]

I have added a version 3 of my hack. It is based on version 1, but was extended by WildChild and detects the user's browser language automatic, so the user will see the board in his language without selecting it manually.

You find the version 3 in the first post of this thread.

Thanks to WildChild.


Jörg

[Lurk]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

I have added a version 3 of my hack. It is based on version 1, but was extended by WildChild and detects the user's browser language automatic, so the user will see the board in his language without selecting it manually.

You find the version 3 in the first post of this thread.

Thanks to WildChild.


J?rg

is there a way to add this thing for registered users?
so there will be fast language selection on the navbar...