JOOMFISH 1.7 Tips & tricks

fabs · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:12 am

Hi joomfish experts!
I just dicovered that the lenght for the translation of metatags in joomfish is limited to too few characters. I would need to be able to put more words in the metatag translation field... which value do i have to adjust and where?
Thanks!
Fabs

consigliere · **Posted:** Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:42 am

yes I noticed the same issue, it's rare because sometimes the mysql field associated is medium text type, but the joomfish field is poorly restricted to a few number of characters.

I will really appreciate a fix to let joomfish enter more characters.

thanks

akede · **Posted:** Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:42 pm

consigliere wrote:

yes I noticed the same issue, it's rare because sometimes the mysql field associated is medium text type, but the joomfish field is poorly restricted to a few number of characters.

I will really appreciate a fix to let joomfish enter more characters.

thanks

Could you please report this to our tracker - it's definitly not the way it should be. Sorry

fabs · **Posted:** Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:03 pm

done: bug report is here:
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/go/artf7288?nav=1

consigliere · **Posted:** Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:42 pm

fabs wrote:

done: bug report is here:
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/go/artf7288?nav=1

thanks fabs and akede

eskimex · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:31 pm

I didnt see here how to load different templates according to the language selected.

I would like the template to change according to the language.

How would i do that?

thanks,
nathan

rued · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:55 pm

Hello Nathan,

I think you find this in the same Wiki as I was writing about some posts ago.

infograf768 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:05 pm

or here
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg183262

eskimex · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:03 am

Amazing!
thanks a lot guys!

I have two templates with different css files.

my fake template just says this:

Code:

<?php
  global $mosConfig_lang; 
 if ($mosConfig_lang=="english") 
include_once("english.php");
 else if ($mosConfig_lang=="hebrew") 
include_once("hebrew.php");
 ?>

Works like a charm

eskimex · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:26 am

Is there a way to translate from the front end? like side by side translation?

I want to be able to just fill in everything at once, and not have to go back to translate.

any ideas?

registoni · **Joined:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:17 am **Posts:** 11

Another trick I used with combination of http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,1023/Itemid,35/ JUMI module.
I needed weather conditons shown for 2 towns my home town, Samarkand and town where I am now, London. The data where I get the weather conditions in form of a picture is from the russian site: www.gismeteo.ru (it will produce weather in russian and english though but for more than 4300 towns around the globe).
Here are the html codes from the russian website:
FOR ENGLISH:

Code:

<a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/etowns/38696.htm'><img src='http://einformer.gismeteo.ru/38696-30E.GIF' border=0></a><br /><hr width="98%" size="1" /><a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/etowns/03372.htm'><img src='http://einformer.gismeteo.ru/03372-30E.GIF' border=0></a>

FOR RUSSIAN:

Code:

<a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/38696.htm'><img src='http://informer.gismeteo.ru/38696-30.GIF' border=0></a><br /><hr width="98%" size="1" /><a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/03372.htm'><img src='http://informer.gismeteo.ru/03372-30.GIF' border=0></a>

I used the JUMI module to output the html code for the weather conditions in the left position and directed it to open a small weather.php file in which I used tactic shown in some of posts here (multilangual modules http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,62236.msg329684.html#msg329684):

Code:

<?php
if ($mosConfig_lang== english )
echo "<a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/etowns/38696.htm'><img src='http://einformer.gismeteo.ru/38696-30E.GIF' border=0></a><br /><hr width=\"98%\" size=\"1\" /><a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/etowns/03372.htm'><img src='http://einformer.gismeteo.ru/03372-30E.GIF' border=0></a>";
?>

<?php
if ($mosConfig_lang== russian )
echo "<a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/38696.htm'><img src='http://informer.gismeteo.ru/38696-30.GIF' border=0></a><br /><hr width=\"98%\" size=\"1\" /><a href='http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/03372.htm'><img src='http://informer.gismeteo.ru/03372-30.GIF' border=0></a>";
?>

AND it worked. you can see in action here http://www.gigabit-samarkand.com/faridun/ - change languages to see it.

meyerula · **Joined:** Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:13 am **Posts:** 4

How would this work with joomla version 1.0.12.

Thanks,

Felipe Meyer

Mod note: please add your signature in your profile and not to each post.

registoni · **Joined:** Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:17 am **Posts:** 11

if you talking to me, then yes it did worked on joomla 1.0.12 (although a russian edition which I believe differs in only one file includes/database.php to be able to handle win-1251 encoding correctly)

simon_w · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:20 am

Just a quick one because I haven't seen this explicitly mentioned anywhere:

Because I use some of my own constants in my template and elsewhere, I keep my own custom language files, and call them with this line:

Code:

require_once( $mosConfig_absolute_path . '/templates/' . $cur_template . '/custom_' . $mosConfig_lang . '.php' );

This allows me to do all sorts of things, including (but not limited to):

Code:

<?php echo _YOUAREHERE; mospathway(); ?>

Code:

<link rel="search" href="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site . "/opensearch_" . $mosConfig_lang . ".xml"?>" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="<?php echo _OPENSEARCH_TITLE ?>" />

and to use translated constants for alt-text on language specific images.

It works quite nicely for me.

Thanks very much for Joom!Fish - it's the main reason I chose Joomla! for my sites, and I can't get by without it.

Simon

panter011 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:07 am

Hello Guys,

How will be the solution to have 'another template' depending on the language?

thanks

Javier

simon_w · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:39 am

Hi Javier,

There are two ways I can think of (I'm sure there are many others).

If you're using variations on the same template, you can keep different versions of the main index.php file, on a 'per-language' basis. At it's simplest, copy your template's index.php file to, e.g., index_english.php, (repeat for all languages), and then replace the index.php file with something like this:

Code:

<?php
global $mosConfig_lang;
require_once($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/templates/'.$cur_template.'/index_'.$mosConfig_lang.'.php');
?>

If you want a completely different (and ready-made) template for each language, the best solution might be to make copies of the whole template folder, rename them, e.g., mytemplate_english etc., and then make a tiny hack to the main Joomla! index.php file (located in the root of your Joomla! installation).

lines 218/219

Code:

// gets template for page
$cur_template = $mainframe->getTemplate();

would become

Code:

// gets template for page
$cur_template = $mainframe->getTemplate() . '_' . $mosConfig_lang;

then the whole template will run from a different folder dependant on the language. (but you have to hack a core file, so don't do it unless you're sure you're comfortable with that.)

Hope this helps a little - good luck!

Simon

edit:
whoops - just noticed this one's been answered already a few times on this very thread....
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,62827.msg726568.html#msg726568
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,62827.msg727702.html#msg727702

infograf768 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:15 am

Using JASubmit 2.1 and if you have the right language file in
.../components/com_ja_submit/language/

Edit the file
.../components/com_ja_submit/ja_submit.php

Change

Code:

# Get the language
if ( file_exists($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/components/com_ja_submit/language/'.$H_language) ) {
   require($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/components/com_ja_submit/language/'.$H_language);   } else {
   require($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/components/com_ja_submit/language/default.php');
}

to

Code:

# Get the language
    if (file_exists($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/components/com_ja_submit/language/'.$mosConfig_lang.'.php')) {
      include($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/components/com_ja_submit/language/'.$mosConfig_lang.'.php');
    } else {
      include($mosConfig_absolute_path.'/components/com_ja_submit/language/english.php');
    }

Hope it helps.

matrix845 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:09 pm **Posts:** 917

55thinking wrote:

The following tips apply for Joomfish 1.7 stable & joomla 1.0.7. Not tested with other configuration

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIP 4 - HOW TO LOAD A MODULE DEPENDING OF THE LANGUAGE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MODULE - http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic ... #msg329684

http://www.designguru.org to load language-specific modules -->

if ($mosConfig_lang== english )
{mosLoadModules ( 'inside_r', -2 );}
?>

if ($mosConfig_lang== french )
{mosLoadModules ( 'inside_rfr', -2 );}
?>

Feel free to add your own tips in the thread below!!!

NEXT PENDING ISSUE FOR ME IS NOW A FULL COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN JOOMFISH & OPEN-SEF

When you write this

if ($mosConfig_lang== english )
{mosLoadModules ( 'inside_r', -2 );}
?>

you must to put the language between ' , so you must to write 'english' and so for each languages.

Br

Pierpaolo

mordechai · **Joined:** Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:58 pm **Posts:** 23

About TIP 1 $:-\$
I did excatly as you wrote, but nothing happend. (in IE. in Firefox the English lost its template altogether)
see here: http://www.ebood.co.il
any ideas?

gevorg · **Joined:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:38 pm **Posts:** 8

Hi
when I type title of site or modul name(for example Main Menu) in Armenian I have problem in user page I see this Մենյու but menus translate correct.
what I can do?

Laus · **Joined:** Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:54 am **Posts:** 14

I have an accordion js module on my site which has labels for opening and closing the panel, now I could change the whole template to accommodate, but I just wondered if there is another way? Here's the js:

Code:

var panelSize = 110;
var effectDuration = 750;
var openString = "Open Panel";
var closeString = "Close Panel";
var transition = Fx.Transitions.bounceOut;
 
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,r){e=function(c){return c.toString(a)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--)r[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c);k=[function(e){return r[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--)if(k[c])p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c]);return p}('w.j(9(){c()});c=9(){$(\'2\').4=$(\'2\').v(\'r\',{p:m,b:b});$(\'2\').4.i(-5);$(\'2\').3=0;$(\'u\').d.q=5+\'o\';$(\'n\').d.l="k";$(\'6\').7.8=a;$(\'h\').g(\'f\',9(){s($(\'2\').3==1){$(\'2\').4.e(0,-5);$(\'2\').3=0;$(\'6\').7.8=a}t{$(\'2\').4.e(-5,0);$(\'2\').3=1;$(\'6\').7.8=x}})};',34,34,'||fxContainer|state|fx|panelSize|fxTrigger|lastChild|nodeValue|function|openString|transition|initPullDown|style|start|click|addEvent|fxTab|set|onDomReady|visible|visibility|effectDuration|fxPadding|px|duration|height|top|if|else|fxTarget|effect|window|closeString'.split('|'),0,{}));

It is 'Open Panel' and 'Close Panel' text I would like to change dependent on language, but could I possibly duplicate the js and call it something like controlpanel-en.js within the template index.php?

The script is called in using this line in template index.php:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/js/controlpanel.js"></script>

Can I use a command within script calls dependent on $mosConfig_lang ?

Thx for giving it your consideration.

Laus · **Joined:** Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:54 am **Posts:** 14

OK, figured it out for myself - amazing what you can do when you try!

I replaced the following in the template index.php file (which is where the js is called):

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/<?php echo $mosConfig_lang;?>_js/mootools_pack.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/<?php echo $mosConfig_lang;?>_js/MooTools.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/<?php echo $mosConfig_lang;?>_js/controlpanel.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/<?php echo $mosConfig_lang;?>_js/accordion.js"></script>

With this:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/js/mootools_pack.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/js/MooTools.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/js/controlpanel.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/templates/<?php echo $mainframe->getTemplate(); ?>/js/accordion.js"></script>

and I created a duplicate of my js folder, one for each language and named them [language]_js which thens calls the scripts from the specific folders, which I could then change to suit the language.

Hope this helps someone, to help themselves

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