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 VonDoom

All i get is all empty templates when clicking any flag. Forum works fine until i click a flag then all i get is this.. Any Ideas???

Forum link please.

Also - dissable cache and check results.

And tell me which kind of links are you using?

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by imported_silkroad

Hey NPL-er!

FYI, in case you did not see this:

Seems that Microsoft Translation API is available

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638310.aspx

Thanks for note Added in TODO

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by Joppe111

Hi NLP-er!

We have installed this mod and I am really excited about it as I belive it can increase traffic quit a lot! But - there are some problems....

As far as I can see, the translations are NOT cached - or more possibly - it ignores to fetch the cached translation and always makes a query to Google. It simply isn't any difference in time when opening a page that has been opened previously compared to the first time.

What was your way of mesurment? How are you sure that page wasn't translated before? Dissable cache - make several tests. Enable cache - make several tests. Take average time for booth and let me know about your results

Originally Posted by Joppe111

If I enable more than one language the mod causes MySQL to be overloaded. The site has quit a lot of traffic but I suspect that the main problem is when search engine bots are opening many pages to be translated. If all languages are enabled it can take more than a minute to get the page translated and fully rendered. It will also cause tons of MySQL errors and the whole forum becomes unresponsive.

You can choose which languages you want to have cached or dissable cache at all. It is fully configurable.
"can take" - does it means that you checked it or you are worried? If you checked it - configure your cache appropriatelly to your needs. If you are worried - make stress test and check it.
"It will cause" - you expect this or you had this? What errors you are writing about - give me error log. I cannot help with your actual description.

Originally Posted by Joppe111

When testing with just one language, it still takes approx the double time for a previously translated page to be fully loaded compared to a "original page". Example: http://www.experiencefestival.com/fo...gust-15-a.html

It is not a problem. Try to find faster translation mod Translation takes time. Even from cache. And alvays will take longer that oryginal page, because oryginal page is generated first and then translated. Mod will not translate something which wasn't generated first.

Originally Posted by Joppe111

To open and load the "original page", i.e. the original English page, takes about 4-5 seconds. To open the Swedish translation, when only having one language enabled, will take double the time, 9-10 seconds, regardless if it has been opened before. When having 5-6 languages enabled it will take 20-30 seconds. When having all languages enabled the whole site gets unstable.

There is no any connection between mod speed and number of enabled translations. Mod works same way no mather how many translations you have on. It is your server load. If you cannot stand your traffic I cannot help in that.
I really don't know what are you expecting from me at this point. Please describe me what are your suggestions

Originally Posted by Joppe111

From what I can understand the mod is actually writing to MySQL, but, it looks like it fails to see that a page is cached and will always make a query to Google. I guess that the reason for MySQL-errors is that to many requests for writing to MySQL is made when all or several languages are enabled, and I guess that the reason for the long wait for the translated page is because many languages enabled means a lot of queries to Google., ie it becomes a long queue to Google.

Once again - what errors?

About cache - go to file vbenterprisetrnslator_functions.php, find function vbet_getFromCache and change every line in this function with return (but not return null) to return 'FROM CACHE';. Upload and you will see which parts are taken from cache (if any). After that undo changes and upload oryginal file.

Enabled language doesn't mean any query to Google. Translation of page - does.

Originally Posted by Joppe111

From what I can see all settings in AdminCP is as they should:

”Use cache” is set to yes
”Cache Time To Live” is set to 90 days
”Select grouped translations” is now Yes, have tested with No but it doesn’t make any difference
“Cache details” is set to all languages

I have now only Swedish and German enabled but it takes forever to open an already translated page... What is wrong???

Cannot tell without possiblity to check it.

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

Dear NLP,

There is a small bug in your demo website...

Once i clicked the one of the translation icons... it makes the language change to the selected one, but if i try to again change the lanuage to another one, it shows "Page Not Found".

Suppose i choose /en/ for English Language and then i choose /hi/ for Hindi, it shows a Page not found error... needs a quick fix... and we are good to go... amazing stuff... you are my hero...

Thanks for note - I had to mess somesthing working on changes. As far as I know it is not included in last release

EDITED:
Corrected on site - as I wrote it was my experimetns - production is fine so feel free to install

[RedHacker]

NLP-er can you help me?

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by RedHacker

NLP-er can you help me?

Already did
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=388

[RedHacker]

Originally Posted by NLP-er

Already did
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=388

I had 4.4.9 PHP

[NLP-er]

Originally Posted by RedHacker

I had 4.4.9 PHP

But without iconv installed - I gave you link where you will find install instructions

[Losko]

Originally Posted by imported_silkroad

What problem is that?

"links seo" ??

You mean with vBadvanced links add-on?

Yes I have problems with the mod if set for the links SEO. The problem's in my forum and not by vBadvanced

[TurkeySub]

HI Guys,

Found a bug/issue:

If you go directly to a page (http://www.gamerslifeline.com/news-a...-expo-pax.html) and then click the translate images, it will refresh back to English.

If you go to the forum root, index.php, then change language and go back to the page, it will be fine.

Maybe an issue with the VBSEO version of the product?