Multiple languages

Hi Wayne,
There's no built in method. It would be possible, with some customization (probably quite a small amount), to use two different "languages.asp" filesto get the site text to display in alternative languages, but getting the products to be displayed in two different languages would be much more tricky IMHO.

Edited by Hamish - 05-November-2008 at 5:50am

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Hi Wayne - Yes, it's possible to do this for multiple languages. We added Spanish and French for NovaFlex Group (http://www.novaflex.com/) a couple of months ago.

Regards,

Erik Crago

President and CEO

Port City Web, LLC

erik@portcityweb.com

www.portcityweb.com

800-291-7147 ext 702

Hi Wayne - We did it at the database level, as well as with the languages file so that it would scale for future languages. We modified the public side of the site to display the language the customer selects. Then we used a cookie to set the language. We also changed the admin pages so that translators could login and modify their language content, or the main admin can copy and paste in the translated content.

We also proposed that the website try to detect the language that the person has set (like Spanish, German, etc) for their computer/browser and automatically serve that language unless they change it. We can also do a session cookie should their browser not accept client cookies. The key is to NOT use machine translated language, as it's not reliable.

If you would like to talk about this over the phone, feel free to call us at 800-291-7147. You can dial extension 2 and Amy will talk to you about this some more. My VP of Development and I can jump in the call if necessary too.

Thanks,
Erik

You may want to look at how Anna at www.jewel.se has dealt with the multi-language issue - she simply runs two sites. However, she hired Mark Shipp (mark@cognecy.com) to perform a database revision that allows the two stores to share inventory levels.

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RBP Limited Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 04-July-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote RBP Limited Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Multiple languages Posted: 05-November-2008 at 5:34am
	Hi, is there a way to customise productCart to display the products and the productCart text in the language file in multiple languages? Cheers Wayne

Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05-November-2008 at 5:49am
	Hi Wayne, There's no built in method. It would be possible, with some customization (probably quite a small amount), to use two different "languages.asp" filesto get the site text to display in alternative languages, but getting the products to be displayed in two different languages would be much more tricky IMHO. Edited by Hamish - 05-November-2008 at 5:50am
	Editing ProductCart Code? See WIKI Guidelines for Editing ProductCart's ASP Source Code

RBP Limited Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 04-July-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote RBP Limited Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05-November-2008 at 6:46am
	Thanks Hamish, I thought that would be the case. Cheers Wayne.

Erik @ Port City Web Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 07-November-2008 Location: Portsmouth, NH Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Erik @ Port City Web Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07-November-2008 at 12:24pm
	Hi Wayne - Yes, it's possible to do this for multiple languages. We added Spanish and French for NovaFlex Group (http://www.novaflex.com/) a couple of months ago. Regards, Erik Crago President and CEO Port City Web, LLC erik@portcityweb.com www.portcityweb.com 800-291-7147 ext 702

RBP Limited Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 04-July-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote RBP Limited Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07-November-2008 at 1:55pm
	That's great Eric, How did you go about doing that, that's exactly what I'm ofter. Any help would be great. Cheers Wayne.

Erik @ Port City Web Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 07-November-2008 Location: Portsmouth, NH Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Erik @ Port City Web Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07-November-2008 at 2:08pm
	Hi Wayne - We did it at the database level, as well as with the languages file so that it would scale for future languages. We modified the public side of the site to display the language the customer selects. Then we used a cookie to set the language. We also changed the admin pages so that translators could login and modify their language content, or the main admin can copy and paste in the translated content. We also proposed that the website try to detect the language that the person has set (like Spanish, German, etc) for their computer/browser and automatically serve that language unless they change it. We can also do a session cookie should their browser not accept client cookies. The key is to NOT use machine translated language, as it's not reliable. If you would like to talk about this over the phone, feel free to call us at 800-291-7147. You can dial extension 2 and Amy will talk to you about this some more. My VP of Development and I can jump in the call if necessary too. Thanks, Erik

rkeyes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07-January-2009 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote rkeyes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12-February-2009 at 2:14pm
	hi Erik, I am looking for a similar solution for having two languages on our site. currently, we have SKU numbers for each product in french or english. Would your solution, when we switch from English to French (for example), change all the products in the store to feature only the French SKUs? Or does it just change the text on the same items?

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12-February-2009 at 2:33pm
	You may want to look at how Anna at www.jewel.se has dealt with the multi-language issue - she simply runs two sites. However, she hired Mark Shipp (mark@cognecy.com) to perform a database revision that allows the two stores to share inventory levels.

Erik @ Port City Web Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 07-November-2008 Location: Portsmouth, NH Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Erik @ Port City Web Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12-February-2009 at 3:06pm
	Hi rkeyes – Our solution doesn’t require duplicate products/sku's in the database. If, however, you wish to have duplicate products, we could work with that. The way we did it is to have 1 sku per product, but have multiple languages for that product. You can check out the site I’m referencing at http://www.novaflex.com/ Thanks, Erik