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

[Eagle Creek]

Thank you! Then I will upgrade

[Viks]

I have a question on the lines of this mod.
I was wondering if there was a way to not just change the forum (phrases) language, but also translate the forums page into another language (the posts, etc)!

any suggestions

[JoergZ]

I think this question has absolutely nothing to do with this hack. This is not a translation hack.

Moreover the results of translation programs for internet-pages are more than bad, so I think it is not useful to let the postings translate automatic by a translation page.

Jörg

[Eagle Creek]

Btw, is het full 3.0.7 compatible?

[eupsilon]

Originally Posted by Eagle Creek

Btw, is het full 3.0.7 compatible?

Yes, I would also like to know, as I have tried it with 3.0.7 and V3 of the hack, and it doesn't seem to work properly. :disappointed:
Since I'm a newbie, it might have done something wrong, but on my installation, only part of the page reverts (buttons) to the language selected. The rest stays in German (browser language).

Any ideas?

[JoergZ]

As far as I know it is 3.07 compatible. I have not tried it yet myselfe.


Is your test-board where you have the problems in the internet ? If you send me a link to your board via PM I can have a look


Jörg

[eupsilon]

Hi Jörg,

I've sent it to you via PM.
Attached are also the files that I have modified (besides the template). Hope you can find something.

Thanx.

[JoergZ]

I made a test-installation with 3.0.7 and installed the hack exact as it is described, and it is working.

So for all:

This hack is working with 3.0.7

What's wrong in the forum in eupsilon I don't know yet, but fact is, that even the standard laguage-selection for registred users is not working there. So it is no error of the hack.


Best regards

J?rg

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by eupsilon

Hi J?rg,

I've sent it to you via PM.
Attached are also the files that I have modified (besides the template). Hope you can find something.

Thanx.

Posting full vBulletin files (or distributing them) is against your license agreement and our rules.

Please remove the attachment.

[Eagle Creek]

Thx! (3.0.7 testing)