so that does mean I'm on the right lines, or not? ;-) Ian W
----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake Hollywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Multi-Lingual Strategies That different records in different languages, which is what I suggested. He was looking for a way to have 1 record be in several languages at the same time. I.E the pants way would be to have contentFRENCH contentENGLISH As columns, so it is not scalable or dynamic. Russ Michaels CFDeveloper.co.uk ColdFusion Developer Community To join the developers discussion list send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com -----Original Message----- From: Ian Westbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2003 09:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Multi-Lingual Strategies >You cannot have the same page or the same database > record in multiple langauges at the same time. why not? I'm currently pitching for a project and that's just what I was planning to do? this would be the db structure: id page lang content ... so it might be 1 index en welcome to... 2 index fr bienvenue �... 3 index sp recepci�n a... would that not work? then you just pull stuff from that table based on the page/language variables and put it in the relevant places on the page... ? Ian W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake Hollywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:51 PM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Multi-Lingual Strategies > Then you will need a magic translator that translated your cfm page to > different languages. You cannot have the same page or the same > database record in multiple langauges at the same time. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 August 2003 21:35 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Multi-Lingual Strategies > > > So, for scalability, its just add another file and content to the DB. > I am not sure about this methodology and I am sure it works for you. > > Basically we would like to have say cfusion.cfm and using the same > flag type language selector the page is refreshed and the content > inserted in its chosen lang. > > ... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Snake Hollywood > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08/08/03 19:54 > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Multi-Lingual Strategies > > We did one using the following method. > > Anywhere on the site you can click a language flag, which sets a > session var for your desire language. This var just contains the name > of the language. Eg session.lang=french > > We then append this var to any file names, so that the right language > file is used. > > E.g > > Cfinclude template="filename_#session.lang#.cfm" > In the same way you could have all file sin different folders > according to language, and us ethe session var to specify a folder > name. > > Same with any data pulled form database > > Select from content > Where (your custom criteria) > And language = '#session.lang#' > > HTH > > Russ Michaels > Macromedia/Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > > Satachi Internet Development > > Phone: 0870 787 3610 > Tech Support: 0906 9607800 > FAX: 0709 2212 636 > http://www.satachi.com > email general: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > email support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Join our ColdFusion Developer discussion lists. > Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 August 2003 16:57 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Multi-Lingual Strategies > > > Anyone got any real good references or examples of using multi-lingual > content with a site? i.e. storing in a DB and using one page to > display the data depending on user selection. We are about to move > away from a current system and would like to see what everyone else is > doing ;-) > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
