RE: [WSG] LInks Multi-language

Ted Drake Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:36:26 -0700

This is a bit of a tangent, but……

I put together a test page for using the hreflang attribute selector to display  the language a targeted web site is written in and the flag for the country next to the link. Does that make sense? Essentially, you would put something like this in the code:  <a href="" hreflang="fr-ca">foo</a>.

The CSS would add (IN FRENCH) after the text and the Canadian Flag in front of the link.

Here’s the link to the post: http://www.last-child.com/attribute-selectors-to-provide-language-information/

And to the sample page: http://www.last-child.com/international.html

Ted

www.last-child.com

From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Pennell
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 3:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [WSG] LInks Multi-language

On 6/30/06, Steve Olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I agree - another option is to use small icons that are flags of the nations
associated with the destiny language

But (as per the link I posted above) languages are spoken in more than one country. The name of the language, in that language, is the easiest way of communicating the language options you have.

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