[Plugin] EasyLingual : Multilingual site by TVs

Hi,

Uup ... I found it. The code can be download from here :
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,32807.0.html

NOT from this page :
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,32807.15.html

I’ll try it. Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

Hi AHHP,

I’m new in Modx. Need help please .... I’ve download your plugin .. (thanks for your plugin ... made it run, but what next ?

This is what I did :
1) Login to Manager (using Modx 0.9.6.3) , Goto : Resources -> Manage Resources -> Plugins -> New Plugin
GENERAL :
Plugin Name : EasyLingual
Description : plugin to create multilingual sites v0.99
Plugin Code (php) :
// RTL languages. Add yours...
$RTLs = array("en", "de", "it");
etc ...etc ...
$modx->documentObject[’content’]; => DON’T FORGET ’;’ at the end .... IMPORTANT !!

CONFIGURATION :
Plugin Configuration : &default_lang=default language;string;en
Default Language : en

SYSTEM EVENTS :
OnLoadWebDocument => Ticked at this
OnLoadWebPageCache => Ticked at this

Click SAVE

2) Go to Template Variable -> New Template Variable :
Variable name : decontent
Cation : decontent
Description : deutsch content
Input Type : TextArea
Sort Order : 0

Template Access :
Minimal Template => Ticked on this

Click SAVE

Create the same template Variable with the name : depagetitle, itcontent, itpagetitle, encontent, enpagetitle

3) Go To Template -> click at minimal template
Change from [*#content*] to [*[%lang%]content*]


It shows nothing (the page without error, but still the same as before).

*) What I need to do next ? Chunks / Snippets ?
Can you give me example of that ?

Many Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

Hi All forum friends,

I change the template to Stargazer, see : http://modxcms.com/Stargazer-Template-2152.html

4) At Stargazer template I add this (Resources -> Manage Resources -> Templates -> Stargazer) - after Header:

<div id="mylang">
| <a href="[~[*id*]~]&lang=en" title="English">English</a> | <a href="[~[*id*]~]&lang=de" title="Deutsch">Deutsch</a> | <a href="[~[*id*]~]&lang=it" title="Italiano">Italiano</a> |
</div>

Click SAVE.


And add this to css file (assets\templates\stargazer\style.css) :

#mylang {
width: 900px;
height: 20px;
position: absolute;
left: 40px;
}

Save this css file.

5) Create a document, assign Stargazer template to it.

TESTING :

From FrontEnd, I can see :
| English | Deutsch | Italiano |

If I click at English , at browser tab for Url I see : http://localhost/index.php?id=11&lang=en
If I click at Deutsch, I see : http://localhost/index.php?id=11&lang=de
And as I click at Italiano, I see : http://localhost/index.php?id=11&lang=it

I just get the same content for these 3 links ....

It seems that this plugin work, but HOW TO TRANSLATE the content with the same id (=11) ?
Shall I create Chunk/Snippets/TV ? If yes, can any body give me example for this ?

Many Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

You should better read the plugin explanation first, for every language you must create TV associated with used template.
So start from the beginning again.

Quote from: pedmajungne at Feb 12, 2009, 11:16 AM

I just get the same content for these 3 links ....

It seems that this plugin work, but HOW TO TRANSLATE the content with the same id (=11) ?
Shall I create Chunk/Snippets/TV ? If yes, can any body give me example for this ?

Many Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

HI Labasus,

Thanks for your reply. I have create 6 TVs (please see point 2) at my previous post) :

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2) Go to Template Variable -> New Template Variable :
Variable name : decontent
Cation : decontent
Description : deutsch content
Input Type : TextArea
Sort Order : 0

Template Access :
Minimal Template => Ticked on this => now change to Stargazer.

Click SAVE

Create the same template Variable with the name : depagetitle, itcontent, itpagetitle, encontent, enpagetitle

--------------------------------------------------------

In that TVs, what should I give in these fields :
Input Option Values: , Default Value: & Widget: ??

At this time, I just put NOTHING there .... is it the problem ? What should be in those fields ?

Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

Tvs are the same as adding extra fields to your documents. When you have created a tv and assigned it to the same template you can see the extra field showing WHEN editing the document settings.

http://www.modxcms.com/documentation.html

HI MrHaw and other friends,

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I’m a newbie ...
I found the problem : As I copy/paste the plugin, it was not complate ... , as I wrote in point 1) about adding the ’;’ tag, there was actually some more code after it .... ... Sorry ...
I just downloaded the plugin again, copy/paste it again to plugin ....

Now I can see the Field / Text Area , below the original document (6 new TextArea, it was from the TV I created before)...

Thanks for all of your help.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

Hi All,

I have successfully translated the content to different language at BackEnd. But at FrontEnd the content is still the Original one (the same content for the 3 languages), although the URL is changed ...

Do I missed something ? Shall I create Chunks/Snippet to make it work ?

Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

Hi All,

I found the problem : The page was cacheable ....
I edited the document, at Page Settings I unticked the Cacheable !!
It works now ...

Thanks AHHP & other friends ...
Nice Plugin !!

Just a question :
Is it possible to use my old multilingual data ? I need so many weeks/months to type it one by one to Modx system. Is it a ’converter’ for this or any tips ?

Example of Product table:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| Product_Id | Product_Desc_en | Product_Desc_de | Product_Desc_it |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| 1 | Some English desc | Some German desc | Some Italian desc |
| 2 | .....


Many Thanks.
Best Regards,
- pedma -

This question is off topic, better create new one for this task or just outsource some guru to do that.
Last stuff will not takes lot of time:)


Quote from: pedmajungne at Feb 14, 2009, 04:33 AM

Just a question :
Is it possible to use my old multilingual data ? I need so many weeks/months to type it one by one to Modx system. Is it a ’converter’ for this or any tips ?

Example of Product table:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| Product_Id | Product_Desc_en | Product_Desc_de | Product_Desc_it |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| 1 | Some English desc | Some German desc | Some Italian desc |
| 2 | .....