Here's a converation that's been running privately that should be brought out in the open as others might benefit from and/or partake in.
--- Armelle Nedelec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found a web site which list a lot of CMS (Web Content > Management System) it's called, > > http://www.opensourcecms.com > > I'll try to see which of them support UTF-8 (and Arabic). It would be great to have a shortened list of those that are UTF-8 based which include RTL support and themes. I know a number of the more popular CMS (phpnuke, etc) are CP-1256 and we need to contact those developers and tell them to default to UTF-8 instead and possibly offer CP-1256 as an option. We really need to stress upon all developers that CP-1256 should NOT be developed and/or catered to. > I had a look at Xoops (Xoops.org), I feel it easier to use > than PHPNuke and don't think it needs PHP knowledge. > The two problems I see are : > > - Arabic version in Windows 1256 not UTF-8 Could you please let us know whom to contact so we can mass-mail them to tell them to use UTF-8 instead ? > - Don't see multi-language version (I saw an english, a french, > and an arabic version, not one with all of those languages) Yeah, this is important - but I don't see why it can't be done. I'd be more concerned with the content and I can't see why the content can't be made to include all those languages and more. Granted your theme would have to be RTL (ie. Arabic) or LTR (latin-based), but that is beside the point, no ? > I think it's important to have it if you want to put content in your > site and translate it. Thanks for looking into all of this, do please start contacting the developers to impress upon them the immense need to switch over to UTF-8 from CP-1256. Salam. - Nadim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
