Creating Sites with "Multilanguage Pages" - how it happened

**kberov** · 10/09/2010, 21:08

Contao uses one page-tree per language to manage multi-language sites. That's OK.
That is quite suitable when you have different pages in different languages which do not obligatorily have corresponding page in the default language page-tree.
Have you tried to maintain such a site while it grows?

First you start with two languages, say English and German. Then your business expands. You want more customers from Europe. You add French, Swedish and Russian. You are good boy and search in the forum and try to follow the tutorials
http://www.contao.org/forum/topic/8093.html
All the time you feel something is missing - It should be easier!
A menu for switching languages in the site is simply not enough.
You have some ideas. You try to communicate with others and share http://www.contao-community.org/view...language#p1201
your ideas but still nothing...
Time passes, your site grows. You start another site (with two languages only) and now you are afraid of the possible success - quite strange huh?
Yes I know there are
http://www.contao.org/extension-list...nguage.en.html
and
http://www.contao.org/extension-list...lation.en.html.
But you are still unsatisfied. You just want it to be easier, lighter as Contao itself is.
Unavoidably and since you tweak the core for your needs from time to time you decide to solve the problem your own way.
Contao is Open Source Software and the code is all at your mercy.
Say that you have something working and it is working Ok for you. As much as you use it you realize it could be useful for others.
and you share it:

http://www.contao.org/extension-list...8nl10n.en.html

Then you write a manual and explain how to use the thingy
http://www.contao.org/extension-list...8nl10n.en.html.

Now you are satisfied. You just gave something back.
Every body can use it. Cheers!

**ramjet** · 10/10/2010, 07:27

It sounds like a great extension, and its certainly a great explanation of how it came about :D
I have a friend who wants a multilingual site, so I look forward to trying it soon...
Cheers kberov

**kberov** · 10/10/2010, 17:49

Yep, thanks, I wanted to attract some more attention

at least. And there is a link to the actual manual which I will maintain up to date.

**qrczak** · 10/10/2010, 19:05

Just installed. It's look really good and it's easy to use.

**kberov** · 10/10/2010, 20:01

Glad to read that it's easy to use. This was the main motivation point.
And hopefully it will be a viable alternative to the multiple-root approach which has its strengths of course.
I see you found the way to bitbucket.org and the code repository . Just great.

Any feedback is welcome!

**qrczak** · 10/10/2010, 22:16

Originally Posted by kberov

Any feedback is welcome!

Just one thing. The label for and icon "All" at the top on right. It's hard to see it. And "All"? All what? :-)
Maybe "Add for all pages" or something in this case the label will longer and more visible. And I make new proposition for icon.

**kberov** · 10/11/2010, 00:01

Thanks,qrczak, I will use your Icon,
About text...
It was "Localize all" or may be yours is ok... not sure yet . Thanks a lot

**taca** · 08/07/2011, 15:00

Hi.

It might be related to ticket #2769.

Currently, Contao assume words are separated by space but it isn't true for some of Asian languages.
So, with these languages, Contao's built-in search function dosen't work efficently.

Best regards.

**Hupport** · 10/10/2011, 13:56

Hi, kberov, just wondering if you could have a scenario where you applied multiple hostnames to the root node so all the content is shared and then assigned individual host names to certain content?

**jashvant** · 06/18/2012, 08:10

I want to add 2 language in my website.I think there is some pages are missing to change the language but i dont know which are that pages and how to create that pages.If any one have idea about this please reply...

**geung** · 06/22/2012, 14:50

a quick search of the forum, I hope this will give you an idea of how to start:

Multilanguage site options:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=206&p=618&hilit=multilanguage# p618

Change Language Module howto:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=949

And if you wish to use kberov's i18nl10n extension:
https://bitbucket.org/kberov/i18nl10n/wiki/Home

good luck

ecig12 · 02/14/2013, 07:12

As my experience you can use one language in website. Are you say some pages missing ,but are you not not run without pages First to make a all the pages.