[TYPO3] strange problem with languages

[G.Unger]

  .... greaaaaaaat ;)

thx a lot! that is exactly what I was looking for.

rgds, GUIDO



Am 14.07.2008 um 16:19 schrieb Xavier Perseguers:

> Hello Guido,
>
>> in your post I read, that you use an extension or hook to change the
>> default language for subtrees.
>
> That's right!
>
>> I have a setup using multitree page concept with templavoila like  
>> this:
>>
>> 0 - ROOT
>> 1 - - SWISS (4 languages eng/ger/fr/it)
>> 1.1 - - - menu 1
>> 1.2 - - - menu 2
>> 1.3 - - - menu 3
>> 2 - - SOUTH AMERICA (3 languages eng/br/pt)
>> 2.1 - - - menu 1
>> 2.2 - - - menu 2
>> 2.3 - - - menu 3
>> 3 ..........
>>
>> do I understood right, you have a solution to use e.g.
>>
>> 1 - SWISS -> default language german (translate to eng/fr/it)
>> 2 - SOUTH AMERICA -> default language brasilian (translate to eng/pt)
>
> This idea is following:
>
> - let user write in their native language using sys_language_uid = 0,
> then let them translate content to another language using standard
> mechanism. This means that you will need to add to TYPO3 root the
> default language itself (in the following English) although normally  
> you
> don't need to because it's just the default language.
>
> - I XCLASSed TemplaVoila to remove from the list of languages not yet
> translated the language that is defined as "default" one for a  
> subtree.
> This step is not needed but prevents the default language from  
> appearing
> twice in the list, once as "default" and once as language taken from  
> the
> list of possible languages to be translated to.
>
> Here are the steps (I assume that you need German, French, Italian and
> English and I made choice about order creation of the languages but  
> you
> may adapt as you wish):
>
> 1) Create the German language (id=1), then French (id=2), then Italian
> (id=3) and finally English (id=4). sys_language_uid = 4 overlay will  
> be
> used when the default language is not English.
>
> 2) Describe for each subtree the name and flag of the default language
> using page TS:
>
> mod.SHARED {
> 	defaultLanguageFlag = fr.gif
> 	defaultLanguageLabel = French
> 	disableLanguages = 2
> }
>
> 3) Create the menu
>
> lib.languages = HMENU
> lib.languages {
> 	special = language
>
> 	special.value = 1,0,2,3
>
> 	1 = TMENU
> 	1 {
> 		NO = 1
> 		NO {
> 			stdWrap.setCurrent = DE || EN || FR || IT
> 		}
> 	}
> }
>
> 4) Create the template:
>
> # sys_language_uid = 0: English
> # sys_language_uid = 1: German
> # sys_language_uid = 2: French
> # sys_language_uid = 3: Italian
> # sys_language_uid = 4: English (non English default language)
> config {
> 	linkVars = L
> 	sys_language_uid = 0
> 	language = en
> 	locale_all = en_GB
> }
>
> page {
> 	config.htmlTag_langKey = en_GB
> 	meta.language = en_GB
> }
>
> // *************************************************************
> // German
> // *************************************************************
> [globalVar = GP:L=1]
> 	config {
> 		sys_language_uid = 1
> 		language = de
> 		locale_all = de
> 	}
> 	page {
> 		config.htmlTag_langKey = de
> 		meta.language = de
> 	}
>
> // *************************************************************
> // French
> // *************************************************************
> [globalVar = GP:L=2]
> 	config {
> 		sys_language_uid = 2
> 		language = fr
> 		locale_all = fr
> 	}
> 	page {
> 		config.htmlTag_langKey = fr
> 		meta.language = fr
> 	}
> 	
>
> // *************************************************************
> // Italian
> // *************************************************************
> [globalVar = GP:L=3]
> 	config {
> 		sys_language_uid = 3
> 		language = it
> 		locale_all = it
> 	}
> 	page {
> 		config.htmlTag_langKey = it
> 		meta.language = it
> 	}
> 	
>
> // *************************************************************
> // English
> // *************************************************************
> [globalVar = GP:L=4]
> 	config {
> 		sys_language_uid = 4
> 		language = en
> 		locale_all = en
> 	}
> 	page {
> 		config.htmlTag_langKey = en
> 		meta.language = en
> 	}
> 	
>
> [global]
>
> 5) Create an extension template for each subtree that should have a
> default language that is not English. E.g. French default language:
>
> 	# French (Default)
> config.sys_language_uid = 0
>
> 	# German
> [globalVar = GP:L=1]
> 	config.sys_language_uid = 1
>
> 	# Italian
> [globalVar = GP:L=3]
> 	config.sys_language_uid = 3
>
> 	# English
> [globalVar = GP:L=4]
> 	config.sys_language_uid = 4
>
> [global]
>
> lib.languages {
> 	special.value = 1,4,0,3
> }
>
> Beware: overriding ilb.languages.special.value is really needed to use
> sys_language_uid = 0 instead of 2 when default language is French. The
> same applies for other languages
>
> Cheers
>
> -- 
> Xavier Perseguers
> http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html
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