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4.0 Operating Instructions

  1. install "xLanguage" as a regular module

  2. select basic languages (from an available language list) and add extended languages (after selecting basic language) from module Admin page for instance, to make language switch between: English, Simplified Chinese (gb2312), Traditional Chinese (big5) and UTF-8 Chinese:

    base 1: * name: english; * description(optional): English; * charset: iso-8859-1; * code: en (or another like "xen", not a true language code, just the tag for indicating English content)

base 2: * name: schinese; * description(optional): Simplified Chinese; * charset: gb2312; * code: zh (or anyother like "sc", not a true language code, just the tag for indicating Chinese content)

***extended lang of schinese ***

1) name: tchinese;
    * description(optional): Traditional Chinese; 
    * charset: big5 
    * code: zh-TW (the true language code of Traditional Chinese) 
    * base: schinese

extended lang of schinese 

2: name: utf8; 
    * description(optional): Simplified Chinese UTF-8; 
    * charset: UTF-8 
    * code: zh-CN (the true language code of Simplified Chinese) 
    * base: schinese

  1. make the block "language selection" visible

  2. add multilingual content with according tags specified for each base language (in step 3) to your modules, templates or themes[Skip this step if you do not use multi-language content display but only use charset encoding]:

    wrap content of each language with respective tag specified in step 3: [langcode1]Content of the language1[/langcode1] [langcode2]Content of the language2[/langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...

    if two or more languages have same content, you do not need add them one by one but use delimiter "|": [langcode1|langcode2]Content shared by language1&2[/langcode1|langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...

    A real example: suppose the lang_codes specified in step 4 are: English-en; French-fr; SimplifiedChiense-sc: My XOOPS[sc]我的XOOPS[/sc]

    OR:

    [english|french]This is my content in English and French[/english|french][schinese]这是我在中国的内容[/schinese]

  3. automatic conversion of content from one charset(extended language) to another [Actually on action needed in this step]

  4. if you would like to insert hardcoded scripts for language switch in your theme or any template besides the language selection box:

    1) modify /modules/xlanguage/api.php "$xlanguage_theme_enable = true;"

    2) config options "$options = array("images", " ", 3); // display mode, delimitor, number per line";

    3) insert <{$smarty.const.XLANGUAGE_SWITCH_CODE}> into your theme or template files anywhere you prefer it present