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Building Multilanguage Websites @larksla @sbdrupal Santa Barbara Drupal Meetup 2/28/2012 with Localization, Internationalization and Domain Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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This presentation was given on 2/28/2012 at the Santa Barbara Drupal User Group at the Santa Barbara Hacker Space.Presentations: Building Multilanguage Websites with Localization, Internationalization and DomainOur presenter is Steven Rifkin (@stevenator), a Los Angeles-based Drupal consultant and site architect with Exaltation of Larks (@LarksLA). Just off a recent project involving 4 domains and 7 languages in one Drupal installation, Steve will be covering basic module installation all the way up to the advanced language integration techniques.If time permits he will also include the use of the Domain suite of modules with Internationalization and what pitfalls they may present. The presentation will begin with a discussion of the current state of Internationalization in Drupal 7 and the debate of field vs. node translations.While we will be discussing both Drupal 6 & 7, the examples and final demo will be in Drupal 6. We will then open the floor to questions and try to give as many version specific answers as time permits.The following modules will be demonstrated and discussed:LocaleInternationalizationTranslation (String, Block, Menu, Taxonomy)Domain AccessDomain AliasDomain LocaleDomain Internationalization
Transcript of Larks internationalization presentation
Building Multilanguage
Websites
@larksla @sbdrupalSanta Barbara Drupal Meetup 2/28/2012
with Localization, Internationalization and Domain
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Presenter
@larksla @sbdrupalSanta Barbara Drupal Meetup 2/28/2012
Steve Rifkin
d.o. - stevenator
twitter - @steverifkin
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Agenda
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Overview
Tools
Gotchas
Demo
Q/A
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intimidating
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i18n vs i10n
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Internationalized vs. Localizedone can exist without the other?
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Internationalization
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Changing a softwares properties according to the
cultural traditions of different peoples
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Localization
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Implementation of a specific language
for an internationalized software;
localized objects
individual translations
cultural rules (left to right, .rtl)
charset (ASCII, ISO-8859-1, KOI8-U)
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D7 Debate
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you choose your flavor -- core content
translations vs fieldable translations
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Detection Tools
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Before Drupal vs. Inside Drupal
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Before Drupal
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Inbound traffic redirect based on
Request IP
Browser Localization
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Drupal
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User Object ($user->locale)
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Translate Interface
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.po files
localize.drupal.org
admin/build/translate
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t() function
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For module development, all
string should be passed through
the t functions; supports
substitutions
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Drupal Modules
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Jose Reyero
Gábor Hojtsy
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Drupal Modules
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Locale
Content Translation Internationalization (i18n)
Core Contrib
d6 & d7
d7 Entity
Entity translation
Variable
l10n_update (capital Igloo then 10)
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Drupal Modules
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Translation Overview
l10n_client
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Multilingual Variables
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$conf['i18n_variables'] = array();goes into settings.php
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Gotchas
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README files are so darn important, aren’t they?
Content Negotiation in languages global settings
Content Type enabled
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Domain
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$conf['domain_i18n_variables'] = array();
edit settings.php
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Sources
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www.linuxjournal.com/article/6176
groups.drupal.org/internationalization
www.lullabot.com/articles/localized-and-multi-lingual-content-drupal-7
www.archive.org/details/IntroductionToI18NInDrupal7
www.archive.org/details/StateOfInternationalizationInDrupal7
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