[opencms-dev] Locale problem

[Paul-Inge Flakstad]

Just to add to Claus' very good post;

"Folder and filenames may be different from one language to another - this would not be possible if you do not have a separate directory for each language."
-This feature isn't a bad thing for your page ranks in Google. :)

I can also confirm that the sibling concept can at first be a bit confusing to content editors, but they mostly get the idea quickly.

We always use separate top folders for each locale, and it works well for us.

Cheers,
Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Claus Priisholm
> Sent: 31. mai 2010 09:49
> To: The OpenCms mailing list
> Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Locale problem
> 
> I think you can find examples of handling locales without the 
> need for a 
> top-level-folder per locale in the mailing list archive. This 
> approach 
> is a bit more complicated (typically at least, your 
> requirements may be 
> different) as your file properties are not available in 
> multiple locales 
> (as opposed to the content of the file).
> 
> The "recommended" way of doing multiple languages solves that 
> by having 
> multiple files, each with its own set of properties which then are 
> translated into the appropriate language.
> 
> But you are right, the handling of siblings is a burden on 
> the content 
> producers - at least to begin with they tend to get confused, but 
> eventually they pick up on the concept.
> 
> On the other hand the use of top-level language folder gives you more 
> flexibility in my mind (not less as you state) - you do not 
> need to have 
> all the pages in all languages, some of the pages can be made as 
> siblings, others as copies. Folder and filenames may be 
> different from 
> one language to another - this would not be possible if you 
> do not have 
> a separate directory for each language.
> 
> Brs
> Claus
> 
> Nagy Attila wrote:
> > Dear list!
> > 
> > I have a problem with displaying a content in a given 
> locale other than 
> > the default one.
> > What I want to do is to modify my default template so, that 
> it will show 
> > my content with a given locale, and not the default one. 
> Can this be 
> > accomplished with jsp tags? As I've seen the cms:include 
> always includes 
> > the default one (or if there is a locale property set, than 
> that one), 
> > but I wasn't able to change that behavior programatically.
> > Here is what I've tried so far, but to no avail:
> > 
> >      Locale loc = new Locale("hu_HU");
> > 
> >      cms.getRequest().setAttribute("locale",loc);
> >      cms.getRequestContext().setLocale(loc);
> >      cms.getResponse().setLocale(loc);
> > 
> > As I debugged it, only the second gives some sort of effect 
> (I mean the 
> > method call at least changes its value, the other ones are totally 
> > effect less) but neither of these affect the returned 
> content's locale.
> > 
> > I know - as I have read in many places - that the proposed solution 
> > would be to create as many subfolders as the needed locales 
> are, and put 
> > siblings in these folder trees with the locale property set 
> > correspondingly, but this puts a lot of effort to the user 
> as it has to 
> > take care of the siblings, not to mention that the site 
> structure will 
> > be similar for all languages.
> > Otherways I can't believe that this can't be done. So the 
> conclusion is 
> > that I am the dumb, and I need some help. :D
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Tylla.
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > This mail is sent to you from the opencms-dev mailing list
> > To change your list options, or to unsubscribe from the 
> list, please visit
> > http://lists.opencms.org/mailman/listinfo/opencms-dev
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Claus Priisholm, CodeDroids ApS
> Phone: +45 48 22 46 46
> cpr (you know what) codedroids.com - http://www.codedroids.com
> cpr (you know what) interlet.dk - http://www.interlet.dk
> -- 
> Javadocs and other OpenCms stuff: 
> http://www.codedroids.com/community/opencms
> 
> _______________________________________________
> This mail is sent to you from the opencms-dev mailing list
> To change your list options, or to unsubscribe from the list, 
> please visit
> http://lists.opencms.org/mailman/listinfo/opencms-dev
>