Poor man's multilanguage enhancement v2.0 - enhanced

Fexxx · Post by **Fexxx** » Sat 6. Aug 2005, 12:47

navigation = site strucure (category title:) ?

ChantalC · Post by **ChantalC** » Mon 5. Sep 2005, 00:11

Hi Fulvio,

I tested your script. It's working good, but the switching is too slow.

When does your next Version come?

I could need it.

Fulvio Romanin · Post by **Fulvio Romanin** » Wed 7. Sep 2005, 16:27

sorry, here it is:
same usage, paste this code below in a file called languages.js

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/*
* Shows document in specified language, via Javascript
* For use with phpwcms language extensions
*
* Remembers user preferred language via cookies. Language cookie expires at end of session (browser close)
*/
var strCurrentLanguage = 'IT'; // language to start with (default language)
var aAvailableLanguages = new Array('IT','EN','DE'); // array pf available languages in the document
var strLanguageCookieName = 'currentLanguage'; // name of the cookie where selected language is stored
var strInvisibleOnLoadClass = 'invisibleonload'; // name of the class wick marks elements invisible on page load (this script makes them visible)
var bLanguageDebug = false; // if set to true show alerts during transoformation steps

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Do not edit below this line
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
function addEventFunction(strEvent, fFunction, oObject)
{
if (!oObject) oObject = window;
if (oObject.addEventListener) {
oObject.addEventListener(strEvent, fFunction, true);
return true;
} else if (oObject.attachEvent) {
return oObject.attachEvent('on'+strEvent, fFunction);
} else {
return false;
}
}
function setLanguageCookie()
{
document.cookie = strLanguageCookieName+"="+strCurrentLanguage;
}
function getLanguageCookie() {
var strCookie=""+document.cookie;
var iPos=strCookie.indexOf(strLanguageCookieName);
if (iPos==-1) return "";
var iPos2=strCookie.indexOf(';',iPos);
if (iPos2==-1) iPos2=strCookie.length;
return unescape(strCookie.substring(iPos+strLanguageCookieName.length+1,iPos2));
}
function langTagOpen(strLanguage)
{
return '{'+strLanguage+'}';
}
function langTagClose(strLanguage)
{
return '{/'+strLanguage+'}';
}
function stripLanguage(strText,strLanguage)
{
var aSplittedText = strText.split(langTagOpen(strLanguage));
var strLanguageText = aSplittedText[0];
for (var i = 1; i < aSplittedText.length; i++) {
var aSplittedText2 = aSplittedText.split(langTagClose(strLanguage));
strLanguageText += aSplittedText2[1];
}
return strLanguageText;
}
function parseTextLanguage(strText)
{
var strLanguageText = strText;
for (var i = 0; i < aAvailableLanguages.length; i++) {
if (aAvailableLanguages != strCurrentLanguage) {
strLanguageText = stripLanguage(strLanguageText,aAvailableLanguages);
}
}
strLanguageText = strLanguageText.replace(new RegExp(langTagOpen(strCurrentLanguage),"g"),'');
strLanguageText = strLanguageText.replace(new RegExp(langTagClose(strCurrentLanguage),"g"),'');
return strLanguageText;
}
function parseLanguageDocument()
{
if (bLanguageDebug) alert('languages.js: Starting...');
var prefLanguage = getLanguageCookie();
var prefOk = false;
for (var i = 0; i < aAvailableLanguages.length; i++) {
if (aAvailableLanguages == prefLanguage) prefOk = true;
}
if (!prefOk)
setLanguageCookie();
else {
strCurrentLanguage = prefLanguage;
setLanguageCookie();
}
parseLanguageElements();
if (bLanguageDebug) alert('languages.js: Translation done.');
}
function parseLanguageElements(oNode)
{
if (!oNode) oNode = document.body;
if (strInvisibleOnLoadClass=="") return;
if (oNode.className == strInvisibleOnLoadClass) {
if (!oNode.innerHTML) return;
if (!oNode.originalHTML) oNode.originalHTML = oNode.innerHTML;
oNode.innerHTML = parseTextLanguage(oNode.originalHTML);
if (bLanguageDebug) alert('languages.js: Translated block.');
oNode.style.visibility = 'visible';
if (bLanguageDebug) alert('languages.js: Block made visible.');
}
if (!oNode.childNodes) return;
for (var i = 0; i < oNode.childNodes.length; i++)
parseLanguageElements(oNode.childNodes);
}
function changeLanguage(strLanguage)
{
if (strLanguage == strCurrentLanguage) return;
for (var i = 0; i < aAvailableLanguages.length; i++) {
if (aAvailableLanguages == strLanguage) {
strCurrentLanguage = strLanguage;
setLanguageCookie();
parseLanguageElements();
}
}
}
addEventFunction('load',parseLanguageDocument);

ChantalC · Post by **ChantalC** » Thu 8. Sep 2005, 14:41

Hi Fulvio,

First thanks for your new langague code.

I have uploaded your new languages.js file, but now the switch between the languages works not anymore. Now I see both Languages = DE and EN.

Fulvio Romanin · Post by **Fulvio Romanin** » Fri 9. Sep 2005, 14:13

you should have links like

<a href="#" onmouseover="changeLanguage('IT');">link</a>

it's working on http://www.fieradellamusica.it - try to look at the source code...

ChantalC · Post by **ChantalC** » Fri 9. Sep 2005, 21:57

Yes, I had this links. I only changed the languages.js file.

But I don't understand it anymore, the new file will not work. I'm driving crasy.

Working with the old languages.js: http://www.artdeco-zeidler.de/index.php?tische

Not working the new languages.js: http://www.artdeco-zeidler.de/index.php?sofa

Do you have any idea?

Fulvio Romanin · Post by **Fulvio Romanin** » Fri 9. Sep 2005, 22:12

did you insert
<style type="text/css">.invisibleonload {visibility:hidden}</style>

before?

ChantalC · Post by **ChantalC** » Fri 9. Sep 2005, 22:25

Yes, I have seen this in your sourcecode.

ChantalC · Post by **ChantalC** » Sun 18. Sep 2005, 18:56

Fulvio Romanin wrote:did you insert
<style type="text/css">.invisibleonload {visibility:hidden}</style>

before?

Now it works great. Thanks for this script.

I found the required parts to set the "invisibleonloads".

Thanks.

Fulvio Romanin · Post by **Fulvio Romanin** » Mon 19. Sep 2005, 02:20

glad you liked it

sebby · Post by **sebby** » Sat 28. Jan 2006, 17:44

Hello all-

For those beginners like me experiencing difficulties with the second version of this nice script from Fulvio, don't forget the following changes in your template:

(1) Add this line in your html head:
<style type="text/css">.invisibleonload {visibility:hidden}</style>

(2) your multilang content must be delimited by the "invisibleonload" class tag:

<div class="invisibleonload">{CONTENT}</div>

so open your header with: <div class="invisibleonload"> and close your tag in the footer section of your template '</div>').

Cheers !

Sebby

Fulvio Romanin · Post by **Fulvio Romanin** » Sat 28. Jan 2006, 22:55

thx sebby!

Evoplure · Post by **Evoplure** » Tue 28. Mar 2006, 16:45

brans wrote:I have added this mod to the dev forum:
--...--/index.php/topic,117.0.html

I found some problems installing the mod, so I made some changes in the code. They worked for me, but I don't know if they will be useful for other people. Anyway, I posted that changes in:

--...--/index.php/topic,185.0.html

tsl · Post by **tsl** » Fri 8. Sep 2006, 08:20

Thanks Fulvio for this excellent mod

It just made my week!

I have however a question:
Is it possible to make the switch to other laguages only when you actually click on a link or i.e an image? Now the switch is made just by moving the cursor over it (probably from the "onmouseover" tag). It's also set when you click off course.

Thank you
-tsl-

tsl · Post by **tsl** » Sat 9. Sep 2006, 15:52

Ok, just changed from onmouseover to onClick in the links did it!

Another question...
How can I limit the built in search content type in wcms v1.8 to only display the current lang content?
Possible?

Thanks
-tsl-