Utilizing SQL server we assign several language classes (they don't even
have to be languages - they could be a "space" or "dogs" or "your favorite
band") to the database, and each language class would then have a set of
templates with associated code and graphics. Changes to the interfaces are
stored in the SQL database to make additions/modifications/removal of
templates easy.
>From there we either assign session variables, database variable, or cookies
the associate a particular user to a particular language template.
(preference given to specific need, though as each mail user is
"registered" - I would suggest storing the preference into the database).
The cool thing is a user wouldn't have to log-in/log-out when making a
change. They could be "deep" into their mail, and on the fly change the
interface.
Providing the code, you could set up hundreds of "custom" interfaces a
domain. The fact that it's one domain makes it no different than if it was
twelve, or more.
So, in steps
(1) recognize the user
(2) recognize the user preference
(3) pull the correct interface from the database
(4) changes can occur on the fly!
Hope that helps!
Stephen R. Cassady
President, Ububik new media
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Edgar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:23 PM
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Subject: RE: Multi-lingual front end
OK then so how do you do it,
Remember we are not talking here of simply doing a "custom" interface but of
providing two or more different interface for the same domain/server and
allowing the user to switch between them at will....
Rob
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Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 10:33 AM
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Subject: Multi-lingual front end
Yes, this is possible, you just have to write an interface in something :
Cold Fusion, ASP, PHP, CGI/Perl.
I'm needing to write an interface at the moment (utilizing Cold Fusion), but
there are also other commercial products out there that should perform the
functions you are asking for right now.
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 09:44:51 +0200
From: "Luis P�rez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Multiple language version of webmail
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wrote that same, two months ago and i still haven=B4t an answer. I think =
is this not still implemented by IPSWITCH, and think is an terrible error.
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From: "Robert Edgar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:09:38 +0800
>Just before I spend any real time building this, thought I better check
>whether its possible.
>
>What I want to do is have one IMail server with one set of accounts but
>allow people to optionally display the webmail pages in various languages
>ie I would have the default set of webmail pages as the english version th=
en
>another set would be in chinese (I mean all the buttons, column titles etc=
>get translated). Somehow when they log in I would direct somebody to one s=
et
>and another user to the custom set of webamil apges in an other language,
>this has all to be dynamic ie a user may one day view the chinese pages an=
d
>the next view english so I cant create accounts etc on different url's or
>server if you get my meaning.
>
>Is this possible?
>
>Rob
>
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