Room:
Colorado
Time slot:
March 10th, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM The Drupal7 version of i18n, a module used by more than 30 000 websites, has recently moved from alpha to beta, but there is still work to be done. This is an opportunity to test a new version of this module just out of the press.
We will also look at best practices for multilingual sites.
Comments
Thanks all for an informative
Thanks all for an informative session and for helping this multilingual drupal newby understand how it all works and for all the great advice!
Language Assignment
Hi,
Language Assignment is the module I suggested you when we talked about VBO.
Links and Modules
Jose Reyero's introduction to the new Drupal 7 version of i18n:
http://reyero.net/en/drupal/drupal7_i18n_beta1_overview
Drupal 7's new multilingual systems, by Gábor Hojtsy (currently 5 different posts):
http://hojtsy.hu/blog/2011-feb-25/drupal-7039s-new-multilingual-systems-...
Wiki page for multilingual resources:
https://wiki.koumbit.net/DrupalL10n
An example of domain switching:
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/
https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/
RTL example:
http://www.justvision.org/
MODULES
Here's a list of modules we discussed:
I18n
http://drupal.org/project/i18n
Requires the Variable module:
http://drupal.org/project/variable
Global redirect
http://drupal.org/project/globalredirect
Localization update
http://drupal.org/project/l10n_update
Localization client
http://drupal.org/project/l10n_client
Transliteration
http://drupal.org/project/transliteration
Translation Overview
http://drupal.org/project/translation_overview
Select Translation
http://drupal.org/project/select_translation
(*not currently available on D7)
Entity translation
Let's not forget about the module that allows fields to be translatable from the UI (in D7): Entity Translation! :)
Tentative?
Why tentative? This definitely needs to be talked about! I'll be there. :)
Confirmed!
Confirmed at 5:45!
(I won't remove the "tentative" to keep the url intact)
Please bring your laptop as this is a hands-on session.