docs/book/4operations.md
4.0 Operating Instructions
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1. install "xLanguage" as a regular module
1. select basic languages (from an available language list) and add extended languages (after selecting basic language) from module Admin page for instance, to make language switch between: English, Simplified Chinese (gb2312), Traditional Chinese (big5) and UTF-8 Chinese:
base 1:
* name: english;
* description(optional): English;
* charset: iso-8859-1;
* code: en (or another like "xen", not a true language code, just the tag for indicating English content)
base 2:
* name: schinese;
* description(optional): Simplified Chinese;
* charset: gb2312;
* code: zh (or anyother like "sc", not a true language code, just the tag for indicating Chinese content)
***extended lang of schinese ***
1) name: tchinese;
* description(optional): Traditional Chinese;
* charset: big5
* code: zh-TW (the true language code of Traditional Chinese)
* base: schinese
extended lang of schinese
2: name: utf8;
* description(optional): Simplified Chinese UTF-8;
* charset: UTF-8
* code: zh-CN (the true language code of Simplified Chinese)
* base: schinese
1. make the block "language selection" visible
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add multilingual content with according tags specified for each base language (in step 3) to your modules, templates or themes[Skip this step if you do not use multi-language content display but only use charset encoding]:
wrap content of each language with respective tag specified in step 3:
[langcode1]Content of the language1[/langcode1] [langcode2]Content of the language2[/langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...
if two or more languages have same content, you do not need add them one by one but use delimiter "|":
[langcode1|langcode2]Content shared by language1&2[/langcode1|langcode2] [langcode3]Content of the language3[/langcode3] ...
A real example: suppose the lang_codes specified in step 4 are:
English-en;
French-fr;
SimplifiedChiense-sc:
My XOOPS[sc]我的XOOPS[/sc]
OR:
[english|french]This is my content in English and French[/english|french][schinese]这是我在中国的内容[/schinese]
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automatic conversion of content from one charset(extended language) to another [Actually on action needed in this step]
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__if__ you would like to insert hardcoded scripts for language switch in your theme or any template besides the language selection box:
1) modify /modules/xlanguage/api.php "$xlanguage_theme_enable = true;"
2) config options "$options = array("images", " ",
3); // display mode, delimitor, number per line";
3) insert <{$smarty.const.XLANGUAGE_SWITCH_CODE}> into your theme or template files anywhere you prefer it present