Well we used a database for our first multi-language application and it turned out to be the best decision all in all. It became alot easier to add support for other languages down the road and extending it (apps, intranet, etc.) was *alot* easier.
I suppose you could do it with sessions, but that doesn't exactly seem like the most stable approach. Since you'd need to keep the different language content somewhere anyhow, it means you'd probably end up with a DB anyways. I suppose if you're a sucker for punishment, you could use XML... All in all its probably best to the database route, if for no other reason than ease of extending it down the road. Cheers, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 3:35 PM Subject: CF & Localization > Hi all, > I have been asked to do redesign a website, in both English and French. > This is the first time I have had to deal with a multi-language support. I > do not want to duplicate a static site with French translated files. My > question is what is the best approach in doing this? Should I use a CMS? > What I would like to do is move them to a CF based environment and > dynamically load the french text, but I guess that would require a > database right? Or, I suppose I could set a language session variable, > default English, and have a link on the site "Francais", change the > session variable to French and then the French text shows. > Ideas, thoughts? Thanks / Merci ;) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211107 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
