MODX :: MODX Internationalization [Solved]

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DESIGNfromWITHIN Reply #1, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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I wrote this post:
MODX Multilingual – Setting up Babel http://designfromwithin.com/blog/995/modx-multilingual-setting-up-babel/
It seems a lot of people are struggling with this.

Following this tut does not work 100%:
http://www.multilingual-modx.com/blog/2011/seo-friendly-multilingual-websites-with-modx-and-babel.html
I changed the tut a bit and I have got it to work now, but not exactly the way I want it.

What is working now:

What I would like:

The issue:

How do I get the root link to work without having /com/en/ added behind it?

Some of the code used:

.htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
....
# Rewrite www.domain.com -> domain.com -- used with SEO Strict URLs plugin
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^your-website-url\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://your-website-url.com/$1
 [R=301,L]
....
# The Friendly URLs part
# detect language when requesting the root (/)
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Language} !^(en|nl|de) [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ en/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^$ nl/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^$ de/ [R=301,L]
 
# redirect all requests to /de/favicon.ico and /nl/favicon.ico
# to /favicon.ico
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(en|de|nl)/favicon.ico$ favicon.ico [L,QSA]
 
# redirect all requests to /de/assets* and /nl/assets* to /assets*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(en|de|nl)/assets(.*)$ assets$2 [L,QSA]
 
# redirect all other requests to /de/* and /nl/*
# to index.php and set the cultureKey parameter
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(en|de|nl)?/?(.*)$ index.php?cultureKey=$1&q=$2 [L,QSA]

Lexicons:

base_url: /nl/
cultureKey: nl
site_start: 11
site_url: http://www.modxtutorials.com/nl/

base_url: /de/
cultureKey: de
site_start: 22
site_url: http://www.modxtutorials.com/de/

base_url: /en/
cultureKey: en
site_start: 1
site_url: http://www.modxtutorials.com/en/

I have tried this, does not work:

base_url: /
cultureKey: en
site_start: 1
site_url: http://www.modxtutorials.com/

Gateway plugin (OnHandleRequest checked):

<?php
    //make sure the plugin does not run on the mgr context (the manager)
    if ( $modx->context->get( 'key' ) != 'mgr') {
        /**
        * grab the current context from the request "c" parameter (or context_param_alias from system settings)
        * the alternative .htaccess friendly URL rewrite rule must be activated
        */
        $cntxt_param = $modx->getOption('context_param_alias', null, 'cultureKey');
        if ( isset( $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] ) && $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] != '' ) {
            switch ( $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] ) {
 
                case 'nl':
                $modx->switchContext('Nederlands');
                $modx->setOption('cultureKey', 'nl');
                break;
 
                case 'de':
                $modx->switchContext('Deutsch');
                $modx->setOption('cultureKey', 'de');
                break;
 
                default:
                // Set the default language/context here
                $modx->switchContext('web');
                $modx->setOption('cultureKey', 'en');
                break;
            }
        }
    }
?>

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strochli Reply #2, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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What helped for me was:

1. Disable language detection in the .htaccess (lines 12-15)
2. Remove all "en|" entries in the .htaccess as this is the default language
3. Context settings

web

base_url: /
cultureKey: en
site_start: 1
site_url: http://mysite.com/

Nederlands

base_url: /nl/
cultureKey: nl
site_start: 11
site_url: http://mysite.com/nl/

Deutsch

base_url: /de/
cultureKey: de
site_start: 22
site_url: http://mysite.com/de/

Gateway-Plugin

<?php
//make sure the plugin does not run on the mgr context (the manager)
if ( $modx->context->get( 'key' ) != 'mgr') {
    /**
    * grab the current context from the request "c" parameter (or context_param_alias from system settings)
    * the alternative .htaccess friendly URL rewrite rule must be activated
    */
    $cntxt_param = $modx->getOption('context_param_alias', null, 'cultureKey');
    if ( isset( $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] ) && $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] != '' ) {
    switch ( $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] ) {
 
        case 'nl':
        $modx->switchContext('nl');
        break;
		
	case 'de':
        $modx->switchContext('de');
        break;
 
	default:
        // nothing because web is default
        break;
    }
	$modx->setPlaceholder('context_key', $modx->context->get( 'key' ));
    }
}

4. Install Babel after you did all the settings.

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DESIGNfromWITHIN Reply #3, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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You sir, Are my personal hero now!

My gateway plugin is a bit different but this works for me:

<?php
//make sure the plugin does not run on the mgr context (the manager)
  if ( $modx->context->get( 'key' ) != 'mgr') {
    /**
     * grab the current context from the request "c" parameter (or context_param_alias from system settings)
     * the alternative .htaccess friendly URL rewrite rule must be activated
     */
    $cntxt_param = $modx->getOption('context_param_alias', null, 'c');
    if ( isset( $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] ) && $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] != '' ) {
      switch ( $_REQUEST[$cntxt_param] ) {
          
        case 'nl':
          $modx->switchContext('Nederlands');
          $modx->setOption('cultureKey', 'nl');
          break;

        case 'de':
          $modx->switchContext('Deutch');
          $modx->setOption('cultureKey', 'de');
          break;
          
        default:
        // nothing because web is default
        break;

      }
    }
  }

MODX Internationalization [Solved]#

DESIGNfromWITHIN Reply #1, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

strochli Reply #2, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

DESIGNfromWITHIN Reply #3, 5 months, 2 weeks ago