24 Responses to “Translate Elgg”

1. pe says:

   23 July 2011 at 17:04

   thank you very useful information, I think your blog has good content and article of interest to be discussed and serve as an example of writing a good article

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   • pianist says:

     26 July 2011 at 06:24

     Thank you

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2. Nicky Kooy says:

   23 July 2011 at 18:16

   Make a another post about this sometime

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   • pianist says:

     26 July 2011 at 06:26

     I'll publish an article about translating in the next month

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3. August Rosario says:

   2 August 2011 at 17:34

   Hello! Very valuable advice on this post!

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4. Bac says:

   8 August 2011 at 12:18

   Very nice blog. Thanks for the great tips!

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5. diman says:

   9 January 2012 at 12:51

   Great website, Thanks a lot, for the reat hints!!

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   • pianist says:

     10 January 2012 at 16:18

     Thx, man

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6. suro says:

   24 June 2012 at 16:07

   I already changed all my language, but some are still in english.
   what all the language is already here, or are there others?

   thk's

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   • pianist says:

     25 June 2012 at 10:34

     Not all of the changes in languages via the strings (as 'item:item'). Some files and plugins contain the text in English.
     You need to find this text and replace it with your own language or (best way) add your own string

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     • suro says:

       25 June 2012 at 18:00

       but it's still on file? or in another file?

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       • alexfalk says:

         26 June 2012 at 09:36

         >>but some are still in english<<
         Write some examples here

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7. David says:

   5 July 2012 at 05:59

   Can I translate Privacy, Terms and About pages (2 languages)

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   • pianist says:

     5 July 2012 at 09:55

     Sure.

     Just create new file in the languages folder for 'External Pages' plugin:

     Go to elgg/mod/externalpages/languages
     And create new languages file (or files)

     Example for Spanish & German:

     1. Create the new files
     elgg/mod/externalpages/languages/es.php
     elgg/mod/externalpages/languages/de.php

     2. Change from Spanish to French
     $spanish = array(
     'expages' => "Páginas del sitio",
     'admin:appearance:expages' => "Páginas del Sitio",
     'expages:about' => "Acerca de",
     'expages:terms' => "Términos",
     'expages:privacy' => "Privacidad",
     'expages:contact' => "Contacto",
     …s k i p e d…
     );
     add_translation("es", $spanish);

     3. Change from English to German
     $german = array(
     'expages' => "Externe Seiten",
     'admin:appearance:expages' => "Externe Seiten",
     'expages:about' => "Impressum",
     'expages:terms' => "AGBs",
     'expages:privacy' => "Datenschutz",
     'expages:contact' => "Kontakt",
     …s k i p e d…
     );
     add_translation("de", $german);

     Done!

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     • David says:

       5 July 2012 at 13:51

       and their content?

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       • pianist says:

         6 July 2012 at 10:57

         It's impossible without a rewriting of the plugin
         Try to use CustomHTML (http://elgghacks.com/custom-html/), CustomTabs (http://elgghacks.com/custom-tabs/) or AnyPage (http://community.elgg.org/plugins/868809/1.2/anypage) plugins and create the static pages with your own contents.

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8. Priya says:

   10 July 2012 at 05:40

   Hi pianist,

   I want to put a date picker plugin in my page. I'm working with elgg 1.8.6. I got this plugin. but i want to change the date format like 2012-03-23 to 23-03-2012. Is there any possible solution please let me know.

   Thanks

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   • pianist says:

     10 July 2012 at 10:45

     In first, try this plugin – 'Flexible Friendlytime': http://community.elgg.org/plugins/833432/1.4/flexible-friendlytime-18x
     In second, if you using 'jQuery Datepicker' plugin then read this tutorial: http://keith-wood.name/datepick.html
     And in third, just find into your plugin 'yyyy-mm-dd' and replace it with 'mm-dd-yyyy'

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9. Priya says:

   11 July 2012 at 10:34

   Hi pianist,

   Thanks u very much for ur reply. I found this.

   It works fine.

   Thanks.

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10. David says:

    9 August 2012 at 14:27

    Can I add language selector like this:

    netaof . dk ?

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    • pianist says:

      10 August 2012 at 08:56

      Sure.
      Just integrate it: http://community.elgg.org/plugins/384977/2.0/language-selector

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      • David says:

        10 August 2012 at 15:53

        And how to put it in footer?

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        • rvr says:

          10 August 2012 at 19:18

          in language_selector\start.php
          replace strings between 46-50
          function language_selector_pagesetup(){
          if(elgg_get_plugin_setting("show_in_header", "language_selector") == "yes"){
          elgg_extend_view("page/elements/header", "language_selector/default");
          }
          }
          with
          function language_selector_pagesetup(){
          if(elgg_get_plugin_setting("show_in_header", "language_selector") == "yes"){
          elgg_extend_view("page/elements/footer", "language_selector/default");
          }
          }

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        • David says:

          10 August 2012 at 19:58

          Thanks,

          I already do that

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