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Thread began 5/23/2012 6:05 am by Stuward | Last modified 2/03/2014 12:15 am by Jonas | 2138 views | 10 replies |

Stuward

two languages powercms

I have read this forum but still have a question.

For the client I have a regular website in two languages. It contains a news-section database with powercms. I have read that making two seprate my_sql databases works for the best and that you can host them to a different (sub)domain.

But I like to keep both languages on one the same domain and ftp. Now I thought about using just two different folders (one per language) and both homepages in the hom directory

../ENG
../CH

How can i accomplish this?

i have bought the Supersuite

Regards, Stuward

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

you will need to create 2 separate dreamweaver sites, one that works on the /ENG section of the site. and the other to work on the /CH.

this will allow you to create 2 separate CMS Systems on for each language.

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Stuward

Thanks Jason, I will explore this way of working...

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Stuward

Jason, one question:

i created both databases and seprate dreamwaever sites and they work ok. But how do I manage to trigger the right database per language?

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CraigRBeta Tester

are multiple sites really necessary ?

I am currently working on a site in 3 languages with the text content maintained using powercms builder

I do not have separate sites, i have the language set using a session variable and a PHP case statement which inserts the appropriate language content based on the session variable. All of the content is managed within a single instance of power cms for example for the home page, i have sections called content-english, content-dutch and content-greek. Seems to work well.

If you are interested i can post some code

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Stuward

Hi Graig,

Yes I am interested in your solution. The most important is that it works appropriately.
It would be great if you shared your code if you like!

Stuward

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CraigRBeta Tester

Basically, I have a form at the top of each page, with flag icons, which, when submitted, set a session value to the chosen language.

Then I have a block of php code to set the menu and content accordingly.

eg Menu

<div id="topNavigation">
<?php switch ($_SESSION['language']) {
case 'english': //use the english
require_once("CSSMenuWriter/cssmw0/menu.php");
break;
case 'greek': //use the greek
require_once("CSSMenuWriter/cssmw0/greek/menu.php");
break;
case 'dutch': //use the dutch
require_once("CSSMenuWriter/cssmw0/dutch/menu.php");
break;
default: //use the english
require_once("CSSMenuWriter/cssmw0/menu.php");
}
?>
</div>



then something similar for the content areas..

<div id="content">
<?php switch ($_SESSION['language']) {
case 'english': //use the english
echo WA_getCMSContent($database_PowerCMSConnection, $PowerCMSConnection, 'Home Page', 'content_english');
break;
case 'greek': //use the greek
echo WA_getCMSContent($database_PowerCMSConnection, $PowerCMSConnection, 'Home Page', 'content_greek');
break;
case 'dutch': //use the dutch
echo WA_getCMSContent($database_PowerCMSConnection, $PowerCMSConnection, 'Home Page', 'content_dutch');
break;
default: //use the english
echo WA_getCMSContent($database_PowerCMSConnection, $PowerCMSConnection, 'Home Page', 'content_english');
}
?>
</div>



All content is managed by a single CMS.

Don;t know if this approach suits your needs but it works well here.

The site is still very much under development, but here s a link to the home page...

eleanamansion.forthwebsolutions.com

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Stuward

Thanks Graig, this is a great and very simple solution. I will use it!

Since I am a dutchman, just one remark with your translation at the menu of eleanamansion.forthwebsolutions.com


Lokaliteit > "Locatie"
Rond Lesvos > "Omgeving Lesbos"
Contacteer Ons > "Neem contact op" (or just: "Contact")

Thank you very much!

Stuward

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CraigRBeta Tester

Ok, thanks for that, the original translations were done by a Greek man and passed to me, so I have updated accordingly.

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Stuward

Ok Graig, I have send a PM to you...

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