If there are two variants of the website, one for each language, and the user would simply like to view the website in one of the two languages, then using a link to point to the particular language variant would be fine. The browser would then use a GET request to retrieve that particular page for that language. The links on that language-specific page would continue to point to other language-specific pages. It is also possible that the website could detect a request header named "Accept-Language" and respond with a page appropriate to the languages specified in that header. If you are trying to send a single request that rewrites every html file stored on the server to be translated to a different language - that's a very different beast.
_____ From: www-talk-requ...@w3.org [mailto:www-talk-requ...@w3.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Tejo Alonso Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:27 AM To: www-talk@w3.org Subject: Change language. POST or GET Hello, first of all, apologies if it is not the correct place to ask for this issue. I want to know how is the correct way to change the language of a website: - a link that invokes a HTTP GET method - a button that invokes a HTTP POST method AFAIK: - GET should not be used for operations that cause side-effects. - The GET method means retrieve whatever information So, how can we consider change the language of a website? What do you think? Best regards, Carlos Tejo
