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size=2>OK,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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So it appears that I've found the answer to my first question. If you pass
the parameter "__locale=<blah>" to the engine, it will display the
specified locale's information, apparently defaulting to English if no content
is available in the requested language. However, in the process, I did
notice a "bug" in the editor, whereby changing languages also changes the
current "Element" to be the first element in the list. Upon subsequent
edits, you cannot fill in the "missing" elements for the language you have
chosen unless you specifically go into the "Elements" editor and enable the
other page elements. Maybe this is the intended behavior?? In either
case, it is certainly confusing... Or maybe I'm just not used to it yet
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So, anyone have an answer on the second question, re: adding more languages to
the dropdown?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=482045221-22112004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=482045221-22112004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ben</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
opencms-dev-bounces@opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces@opencms.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Gavin, Ben<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 22, 2004 3:23
PM<BR><B>To:</B> opencms-dev@opencms.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [opencms-dev]
OpenCMS 6.0-alpha2 Multi-language support<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm
in the process of evaluating whether or not OpenCMS will fit well for a new
application we are developing. I like the new 6.0 editor and apparent
support for multiple language content, but I am a little confused on two
points. Searching the mailing list archives has not turned up much, and
the documentation is pretty bare [or nonexistant]. I am hoping that
someone can answer these questions for me, as I'd rather not go back to the
5.x version of OpenCMS.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. I see that I can choose the template and
edit the content in a variety of languages [English/German by default].
However, I am uncertain how I notify the server that it should serve me a
specific languages' content. I've tried specifying various querystring
arguments, URL modifications and altering my browsers accepted language
choice, but none seem to have any effect on the content generated. How
do I tell the OpenCMS system to spit out the alternate languages for a given
content page?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. I see English and German are included by
default in the 6.0 distribution. I also found that I can get Spanish
added to the option list if I install the 5.x localization package, however,
the Spanish option is not included in the preferences dialog of the
administration interface [even though it is available in the content
editor]. How do I go about adding additional content languages [_not_
administrative localizations]?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Ben</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Benjamin Gavin</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Skyline Technologies, Inc</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>920.437.1360 ext. 168</FONT> <BR><A
href="http://www.skylinetechnologies.com/"><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.skylinetechnologies.com/</FONT></U></A>
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