Drupal Internationalization Presentation at OSCMS
- 1. Multilingual Drupal DrupalCon/OSCMS Sunnyvale, California 2007
- 2. I. Introduction - Status of Multilingual Drupal 5 Core - i18n.module overview - practical examples of challenges and i18n - Future of multilingual Drupal Core and Contrib
- 3. II. Multilingual Drupal 5 Core Status - Language detection, negotiation, and paths - Simple string/data translation - Structured data translation - Localizable variables
- 4. I18n.module Overview An overview of main features of the i18n.module
- 5. IV. Practical examples from ICA - International Council on Archives (7 languages, CCK, Views, etc.) - Content handling - Relate a French news item to an English event - Document repository – use documents in languages not enabled on the site.
- 6. IV. Practical examples from ICA
- 7. IV. Practical examples from ICA
- 8. IV. Practical examples from ICA
- 9. IV. Practical examples from ICA
- 10. IV. Practical examples from ICA
- 11. IV. Practical examples from ICA
- 12. Implemented fully - Language management - Language negotiation Partially implemented -Multilintual variables *interface pending - Multilingual path aliases Outlined - Content (nodes) To-Do - Taxonomy, menus. V. Budapest results and Drupal 6+
- 13. V. Improved language management and detection BEFORE (Drupal 5) -
- 14. V. Improved language management and detection AFTER (w/ patch to HEAD) -
- 15. V. a. language form per language (w/ patch to HEAD) -
- 16. V. b. language for path aliases BEFORE (Drupal 5)
- 17. V. b. language for path aliases AFTER (patch to HEAD)
- 18. V. Progress – multilingual Drupal and i18n contrib Language Management Language Negotiation Localization Configurable Strings Content (Nodes) Taxonomy Variables Path aliases Menú items Blocks Translations Workflow Views Implemented by Contrib Modules Implemented by Drupal Core
- 19. User defined stings Current experimental module: i18n strings Picks up strings on the fly and stores them Provides basic translation interface API tt($stringid, $default, $language) Usage tt('content_type_name:story', 'Story') tt('profile_field_name:1', 'Address') III. I18n Contributed Module Developments
- 20. User defined strings – Interface 1 III. I18n Contributed Module Developments
- 21. User defined strings – Interface 2 III. I18n Contributed Module Developments
- 22. VI. Moving Forward Goals for support Easier usage Increase experiences Upgrading for the future I18n book Lots to do, things are moving, patches are in the queue