Multi language site with custom url language code

[Mervin]

Hi,
Thanks for all,

I am working on a multi language website, where I need to specify a custom url language code for all languages when sef is enabled
For example
1. http://example.com/english-keyword instead of http://example.com/en or http://example.com ( since english is set to default language )
2. http://example.com/german-keyword instead of http://example.com/de
3. http://example.com/french-keyword instead of http://example.com/fr

all sub urls should be created automatically by using above custom language code and the site is virtuemart enabled,

is this possible? if yes kindly give me the solution

Thanks
Mervin Thomas

[VMCheckout]

Yes, it is very important for a website, when user reach on your website from different part of the world, they want to see or buy things from the website in their own language. For this problem you can use "JA Multilingual Extension". It can change your website language according to the user country location.

[SharkyKZ]

You can change URL language code for each language in Language Manager.

[Mervin]

Hi SharkyKZ,
Thanks for your reply, just to make sure the changes of url language code wont affect any language fuctionalities right?
( loading language content from the other component, plugins, modules ).

And the URL language code is limited character, is it possible to increase the limit?

Thanks
Mervin Thomas

[infograf768]

A change in the URL Language Code for a content language will have no effect in functionalities.

sef limit is set to 50 characters in 2.5

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sef` varchar(50) NOT NULL

which is I guess much enough.

[Mervin]

Hi infograf768
Thanks for your reply,

in the admin, I cant add the letters beyond the limit, will this

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`sef` varchar(50) NOT NULL

remove the limit from backend so that we will add more characters?

[infograf768]

You can't change the limit without editing your database _languages table.
You could run this query with phpmyadmin:

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ALTER TABLE `yourtableprefix_languages` MODIFY sef varchar(255) NOT NULL;

[Mervin]

Hi
Thanks for your reply

I removed limit by editing maxlength( it was maxlength=7) for of the field "sef", in the xml file
administrator\components\com_languages\models\forms\language.xml

and thanx for all the replies.
I will check it custom url language code with urls.

Mervin Thomas

[infograf768]

That was easier indeed...