>> Finally, I would recommend against using any cgi >> variables or geographic > lookup data as the sole determination of language. Great > to use this to > initiate the language on the first visit, but store a > language id in a > session or client variable and reference that to drive the > actual content so > you can provide links to alternate languages. If your > system provides (or > enforces) a means of associating pages, you can even > provide links to the > same page in all available languages (Tapestry does this), > i.e. product > information for product x in Spanish, English, German and > French. :)
> no, its generally considered best practice to > transparently try to sniff a > users language/locale preferences & fall back on some > default language if > you can't accomplish this. and your app should *always* > offer users the > chance to manually swap preferences--and lets not use any > of those childish > language flags, you'll end up insulting somebody--since > you should be using > unicode, its best to offer language choices in each > language (french in > french. thai in thai, etc.). it goes without saying that > once sniffed or > manually determined you should stock that preference away > somehow & use that > info on subsequent visits. Isn't that what I just said? ... (except that I did neglect to mention printing the name of the language in that language... Asian languages obviously require non-latin characters to print the language name in the language, but it applies with other languages as well. I know Welsh for instance doesn't look or sound anything like "welsh" when it's printed or said in welsh. ) s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
