4.0 Operating Instructions

  1. install “xLanguage” as a regular module

  1. select basic languages (from an available language list) and add extended languages (after selecting basic language) from module Admin page for instance, to make language switch between: English, Simplified Chinese (gb2312), Traditional Chinese (big5) and UTF-8 Chinese:

    base 1: * name: english; * description(optional): English; * charset: iso-8859-1; * code: en (or another like “xen”, not a true language code, just the tag for indicating English content)

    base 2:
    • name: schinese;
    • description(optional): Simplified Chinese;
    • charset: gb2312;
    • code: zh (or anyother like “sc”, not a true language code, just the tag for indicating Chinese content)

    *extended lang of schinese *

    1. name: tchinese;
      • description(optional): Traditional Chinese;
      • charset: big5
      • code: zh-TW (the true language code of Traditional Chinese)
      • base: schinese

extended lang of schinese

2: name: utf8;
  • description(optional): Simplified Chinese UTF-8;
  • charset: UTF-8
  • code: zh-CN (the true language code of Simplified Chinese)
  • base: schinese
  1. make the block “language selection” visible

1. add multilingual content with according tags specified for each base language (in step 3) to your modules, templates or themes[Skip this step if you do not use multi-language content display but only use charset encoding]:

wrap content of each language with respective tag specified in step 3:

[langcode1]Content of the language1[/langcode1] [langcode2]Content of the language2[/langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...

if two or more languages have same content, you do not need add them one by one but use delimiter “|”:

[langcode1|langcode2]Content shared by language1&2[/langcode1|langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...

A real example: suppose the lang_codes specified in step 4 are:
English-en; French-fr; SimplifiedChiense-sc:

My XOOPS[sc]我的XOOPS[/sc]

OR:

[english|french]This is my content in English and French[/english|french][schinese]这是我在中国的内容[/schinese]

1. automatic conversion of content from one charset(extended language) to another [Actually on action needed in this step]

1. __if__ you would like to insert hardcoded scripts for language switch in your theme or any template besides the language selection box:

  1. modify /modules/xlanguage/api.php “$xlanguage_theme_enable = true;”

2) config options “$options = array(“images”, ” ”, 3); // display mode, delimitor, number per line”;

  1. insert <{$smarty.const.XLANGUAGE_SWITCH_CODE}> into your theme or template files anywhere you prefer it present