SMF2.0:Languages: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:19, 25 October 2013

The following applies only to version 2.0

Edit Languages

A table lists all the installed languages along with additional information. The table consists of the following columns:

Default - Allows you to define the language used by default, for example for guests or members who have not changed the language in their profile.
Language Name - The name of the language
Character Set - The character codification of the language installed.
Users - The number of members using that particular language.
Locale - The code that defines the language. Please see Wikipedia:Locale for details

Edit a Language

Settings for each language are edited by clicking on the Language Name. By clicking on the Language Name it is possible to change some settings of the language:

Character Set
Locale
Dictionary
Spelling
Enable "Right to Left" Mode

Edit Language Entries

From the drop-down list, select "General Strings" (which covers most of the strings in SMF), or one of the other choices to see all of the language entries (also referred to as language strings). These contain words like "hello" and "password incorrect", which are used throughout your forum. If you change these entries, and select the Save button at the bottom of the page, you can change how information is displayed on your forum. Where you find strange formatting ($1$s, or {USER_NAME}), keep the strange formatting, in order to continue to provide the correct information to you and your forums users.

Add Language

Here you can download directly new languages from the Simple Machines website. There is a box where the English name of the language can be inserted to search for it on the Simple Machines website.

The results are presented in a table with details of the languages available based on the search terms. In the last column, Install is a link that, once selected, will start the installation procedure.

In the first step, all the language files are checked against the already installed files for that language and the page reports if the files are writable, the version number if the file already exists, and, in the last column , Copy. A checkbox allows you to select which files to copy to the local forum. If no files are checked, all files are automatically installed.

Settings

In this page is possible to set the Default Forum Language from a drop-down menu and define if the users are allowed to select which language in which they want to view the forum by checking the Enable user-selectable language support checkbox.

Additional Information

How to add or change phrases used by the forum software

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 == Edit Languages ==
 A table lists all the installed languages along with additional information. The table consists of the following columns:
-*'''Default''' - Allows to define the language used by default for example for [[guest]]s or members who has not changed the language in their [[profile]].
+*'''Default''' - Allows you to define the language used by default, for example for guests or members who have not changed the language in their [[profile]].
 *'''Language Name''' - The name of the language
 *'''Character Set''' - The character codification of the language installed.
-*'''Users''' - The number of [[member]]s using that particular language.
+*'''Users''' - The number of members using that particular language.
 *'''Locale''' - The code that defines the language. Please see [[Wikipedia:Locale]] for details
 ===Edit a Language===
-Settings for each language are edited by clicking on the '''Language Name'''. These include
+Settings for each language are edited by clicking on the ''Language Name''. By clicking on the ''Language Name'' it is possible to change some settings of the language:
-by clicking on the ''Language Name'' it is possible to change some settings of the language:
 *Character Set
 *Locale
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 *Spelling
 *Enable "Right to Left" Mode
 ====Edit Language Entries====
-From the drop-down list, select "General Strings" (which covers most of the strings in SMF), or one of the other choices to see all of the language entries (also referred to as language strings). These contain words like "hello" and "Password incorrect", which are used throughout your forum. If you change these entries, and select the '''Save''' button at the bottom of the page, you can change how information is displayed on your forum. Where you find strange formatting ($1$s, or {USER_NAME}), keep the strange formatting, in order to continue to provide the correct information to you and your forums users.
+From the drop-down list, select "General Strings" (which covers most of the strings in SMF), or one of the other choices to see all of the language entries (also referred to as language strings). These contain words like "hello" and "password incorrect", which are used throughout your forum. If you change these entries, and select the ''Save'' button at the bottom of the page, you can change how information is displayed on your forum. Where you find strange formatting ($1$s, or {USER_NAME}), keep the strange formatting, in order to continue to provide the correct information to you and your forums users.
 == Add Language ==
-Here [[administrator]]s can download directly from Simple Machines website, new languages. A box is presented where the English name of the language can be inserted to search it on Simple Machines website.
+Here you can download directly new languages from the Simple Machines website. There is a box where the English name of the language can be inserted to search for it on the Simple Machines website.
-Once the results are presented in a table with details of the languages available based on the search terms. In the last column '''Install''' is a link that once selected will start the installation procedure.
+The results are presented in a table with details of the languages available based on the search terms. In the last column, ''Install'' is a link that, once selected, will start the installation procedure.
-In the first step all the language files are checked against the already installed files for that language and the page reports if the files are writable, the version number if the file already exists and in the last column '''Copy''' a checkbox allows to select which files copy to the local forum.
+In the first step, all the language files are checked against the already installed files for that language and the page reports if the files are writable, the version number if the file already exists, and, in the last column , ''Copy''. A checkbox allows you to select which files to copy to the local forum. If no files are checked, all files are automatically installed.
 == Settings ==
-In this page is possible to set the '''Default Forum Language''' from a dropdown menu and define if the users are allowed to select in which language see the forum checking the '''Enable user-selectable language support''' checkbox.
+In this page is possible to set the ''Default Forum Language'' from a drop-down menu and define if the users are allowed to select which language in which they want to view the forum by checking the '''Enable user-selectable language support''' checkbox.
-==Additional informations==
+==Additional Information==
-[[Languages_--_How_to_add_or_change_phrases_used_by_the_forum_software|How to add or change phrases used by the forum software]]
+[[Languages_--_How_to_add_or_change_phrases_used_by_the_forum_software|How to add or change phrases used by the forum software]]}}
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