I'm with you Paul. Content will be provided to us, which makes that side of it a lot easier, so I think we should be abl;e to do thi9s.
Thanks a lot for your help. will -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 12:06 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: multilingual dynamic sites, particularly hindi > Thanks Paul, that is all very useful. The DB will be sqlserver 2k so no > probs there. I guess the main thing is the font, and installing it on the > users system if they dont have it? if your user base is ie then i think its smart enough to know when to d/l & install "missing fonts" but so should your users. having a link to some info (in the correct locale) on this is usually a good idea. but no, fonts aren't the "main thing". getting the correct locale to the user is the "main thing". that implies good app/db design & content (which is the nastiest part of i18n work, getting content properly xlated is mind numbing work) but also the other cultural "norms" for each locale you intend to serve: date/time & currency/number formats, gender issues, etc. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.303 / Virus Database: 164 - Release Date: 11/24/2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
