Multiple Language packs

MrTraveler · Post by **MrTraveler** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 4:55 pm

Hi, I did a search and couldn't find what I was looking for so I'm posting.

Can I have two languages running on one board? Say like English and Spanish?

Ashe · Post by **Ashe** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 5:30 pm

Not on the same page, but you can offer multiple languages to choose from. Just add the /lang_[something]/ directory to your /languages/ directory and it will be added to the dropdown list in the Profile page.

MrTraveler · Post by **MrTraveler** » Thu Sep 12, 2002 9:19 pm

Thanks

Balint · Post by **Balint** » Fri Sep 13, 2002 1:12 pm

Hi!

You can additionally try the Select Default Language At Login MOD.

So you can choose between english and spanish with a link... e.g.

http://www.yoursite.com/phpBB2/index.ph ... ge=english

or

http://www.yoursite.com/phpBB2/index.ph ... ge=spanish

Yours,
Bálint

MrTraveler · Post by **MrTraveler** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 4:14 pm

Balint wrote: Hi!

You can additionally try the Select Default Language At Login MOD.

So you can choose between english and spanish with a link... e.g.

http://www.yoursite.com/phpBB2/index.ph ... ge=english

or

http://www.yoursite.com/phpBB2/index.ph ... ge=spanish

Yours,
Bálint

Yup...that's what I'm doing

farmer580 · Post by **farmer580** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 11:33 pm

I have installed the language packs. The encoding seems to be correct for the selected language. To view the pages, I have to manually select the encoding from the Internet Explorer (View|Encoding|Select Encoding). The global default encoding (View|Encoding|Auto-Select) always chooses Western European (ISO).

Is there a way to set this on the server side to avoid these extra steps for users?

Thanks in advance !

Balint · Post by **Balint** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:16 pm

Hi!

Yes, there is a possibility: in your spanish (or other language) lang_main.php right at the top:

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$lang['ENCODING'] = "iso-8859-1";

replace it with:

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$lang['ENCODING'] = "iso-8859-2";

(just an example for hungarian language encoding).

To find out your encoding-number, please use google: http://www.google.de/search?q=iso-8859

Regards,
Bálint

farmer580 · Post by **farmer580** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 3:20 am

I used the language package supported by phpBB (2.0.4) and I checked the lang_main.php, and it has correct ENCODING set. But the forum still does not automatically display with the correct encoding.

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//setlocale(LC_ALL, "en");
$lang['ENCODING'] = "gb2312";
$lang['DIRECTION'] = "LTR";
$lang['LEFT'] = "LEFT";
$lang['RIGHT'] = "RIGHT";
$lang['DATE_FORMAT'] =  "Y-m-d";

xlilxdevilodex · Post by **xlilxdevilodex** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 8:45 pm

Hello!

My problem is that I have a message board in the ElForo.de site(elforo.de/mywebheaven, it is). And I see that the languages available are

1. Catalan
2. Galego
3. Spanish

These three are ok with me(I understand them), but I wanted to make 'english' appear on the list, too! I know there's a way, since my online friends have forums hosted at the elforo.de site, too, and their forums have 'english' in the list.

What do I have to do for english to appear!(I have tried asking my 'freinds' already, but they say the forums just came like that, with english in the list...

)do I have to install something, is it something I have to do when I sing up for the service, or is that I got my forums at the wrong site?

I really need help with this!!!! Thank you for your time.

xXx Odette xXx

bboyshady · Post by **bboyshady** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:31 pm

ok, I don't know were u guys talkin about

Trust · Post by **Trust** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:32 pm

bboyshady wrote: ok, I don't know were u guys talkin about

If you don't know that, why are you posting then

xEik · Post by **xEik** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 6:31 pm

Download the phpBB 2.0.4 full package from here to your computer (if you don't know which one to choose, take the zip one). Unzip it. In the unzipped files you'll find a folder called language, inside there is a folder called lang_english. Upload this folder and its contents to your language folder (it should be elforo.de/mywebheaven/language). That should be enough.

However, I see that forums in elforo.de come prepackaged. In case you can't upload anything, what I explained above won't help you and you'll have to contact your webadmin and he'll probably place that directory with its information for you.

xlilxdevilodex · Post by **xlilxdevilodex** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:13 pm

Thanks for your help. And yes, you where quite right, I couldn't upload the package myself, but I contacted the administrator of the elforo.de site, and they'll probably have it installed for me in no time.

Again, thanks for you help!

xXx Odette xXx

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