RE: [WebDNA] multi-language sites in current versions of webdna?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2010
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 105665
interpreted = N
texte = We were using WebCat in the late 90's to serve multi-lingual websites. It was the only thing we could find that could handle the double-byte character sets. We progressed to the point of developing sites in multiple languages for Disney, Lazard, Daimler Chrysler, Kodak etc. We used language tags to denote the duplicate files, databases, photos, etc throughout the site. Something like logo_EN, logo_ES, logo_JA, etc. for the same file in different languages. Then we used different charsets in the header to denote which language. These days you just use Unicode. We also had a "source language" and then a copy of each database for each "target" language. Content_EN.db, Content_ES.db, etc... We also had to figure out how to use the translations for double-byte languages like Japanese and Thai in Photoshop and Illustrator without messing up the encoding when you copy and paste the text from the translations. There are other issues.....feel free to contact privately if you need some more pointers. I know there are others on the list that currently do this with much less effort than we used in the 90's. With the use of Unicode thing have been greatly simplified. Hopefully they will chime in here with some updated info. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Govinda [mailto:govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:03 PM To: WebDNA talk Subject: [WebDNA] multi-langauage sites in current versions of webdna? Hi All I have a new client who will need me to make the same site in several languages (more than a few languages)... and my very first thought about how to approach this was to make mirror databases with the very same content (whose records will populate the text blocks).. but just make one mirror db for each language, where all the fields and records are the same, with the only difference being that each db is a language-translation of the other. (I.e. "content_english.db", "content_spanish.db", "content_hindi.db", etc. ) I have never before had to pay much attention to char encoding.. and I am expecting this is suddenly going to be a big issue, and so i want to start by asking you who have worked on multi-language *Webdna* sites - - What did / do you experience? - What are the issues I should be aware of as a newbie multi-lingual website webmaster? ... And specifically to my initial idea of how to best approach this project, - Can webdna store other languages' characters in its native db format? ...Even if the character belongs to a charset that is not a single-byte encoding? (not sure if I said/understood that right ;-) . And/Or.. what better/other question(s) should I be asking? Thanks for any feedback/guidance! ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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We were using WebCat in the late 90's to serve multi-lingual websites. It was the only thing we could find that could handle the double-byte character sets. We progressed to the point of developing sites in multiple languages for Disney, Lazard, Daimler Chrysler, Kodak etc. We used language tags to denote the duplicate files, databases, photos, etc throughout the site. Something like logo_EN, logo_ES, logo_JA, etc. for the same file in different languages. Then we used different charsets in the header to denote which language. These days you just use Unicode. We also had a "source language" and then a copy of each database for each "target" language. Content_EN.db, Content_ES.db, etc... We also had to figure out how to use the translations for double-byte languages like Japanese and Thai in Photoshop and Illustrator without messing up the encoding when you copy and paste the text from the translations. There are other issues.....feel free to contact privately if you need some more pointers. I know there are others on the list that currently do this with much less effort than we used in the 90's. With the use of Unicode thing have been greatly simplified. Hopefully they will chime in here with some updated info. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Govinda [mailto:govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:03 PM To: WebDNA talk Subject: [WebDNA] multi-langauage sites in current versions of webdna? Hi All I have a new client who will need me to make the same site in several languages (more than a few languages)... and my very first thought about how to approach this was to make mirror databases with the very same content (whose records will populate the text blocks).. but just make one mirror db for each language, where all the fields and records are the same, with the only difference being that each db is a language-translation of the other. (I.e. "content_english.db", "content_spanish.db", "content_hindi.db", etc. ) I have never before had to pay much attention to char encoding.. and I am expecting this is suddenly going to be a big issue, and so i want to start by asking you who have worked on multi-language *Webdna* sites - - What did / do you experience? - What are the issues I should be aware of as a newbie multi-lingual website webmaster? ... And specifically to my initial idea of how to best approach this project, - Can webdna store other languages' characters in its native db format? ...Even if the character belongs to a charset that is not a single-byte encoding? (not sure if I said/understood that right ;-) . And/Or.. what better/other question(s) should I be asking? Thanks for any feedback/guidance! ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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