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]

Well... it should work.

Guest select English, register, and during registration the english is written in his profile as default-language. Check if you made the modifications in register.php correct.


Best regards

Jörg

[Eagle Creek]

Thanks, I just wanted to ask a question like that.

Does the forum goes to the standard browser language? And can the guest select an other language if they want?

[JoergZ]

Yes and yes

In the description of the hack, you will find how to add an menue-point for selecting the language. When the user selects manually a language, this one has priority over the automatic detected language.


J?rg

[wfp]

Found it, installed & works great. Thank You!:nervous:

[Eagle Creek]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

Yes and yes

In the description of the hack, you will find how to add an menue-point for selecting the language. When the user selects manually a language, this one has priority over the automatic detected language.


J?rg

Cool

Thank you

[Fenriz]

Could anyone tell, how to make returning to the page guest was previously viewing after guest switched to another language (for example by link http://example-domain.com/forumdispl...stlanguageid=3)?
I am asking because guest always goes to the main page after switching languages..

[JoergZ]

Sorry, but without re-writing the complete hack, it is not possible. The procedure for changing the language (interpreting the parameter &guestlanguage=x) is only in the index.php

(Maybe there is a way, to recognise from where the link was called, so you can redirect back to that page, but I don't know how.)

Jörg

[Eagle Creek]

:ermm: :ermm:

And please don't tell but I need glasses butt tell me how to solve ?

So I want to have:
1. text to it
2. the text in the dropdown menu bigger

[JoergZ]

Eagle,

check all changes you did in the template navbar. There must be the error somewhere..

[Eagle Creek]

Originally Posted by JoergZ

Eagle,

check all changes you did in the template navbar. There must be the error somewhere..

I did, I even re-dit it..

Uuhm.. I guess I have to revert the template and try again?