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Posted by dorayme on 04/11/07 02:46
In article <Xns990EC25398DA3arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121>,
Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Ikke <ikke@hier.be> writing in
> news:Xns990FD6D72022ikkehierbe@195.130.132.70:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I'd like to set up a new site, which has to be multilingual (english,
> > and my native language). However, the entire site will be written in
> > html.
> >
> > Now I'd like to ask whether or not this is possible - I know it's
> > possible to translate all the pages and use index-en.html and
> > index-nl.html etc, or even use subdirectories, but I'm still faced
> > with some problems.
> >
> > First, there is only one index.html - which language should I use
> > here? Logic dictates that english is more popular than dutch, yet most
> > of my visitors will be dutch.
> >
> > Second, is there a way to remember the language a user selected? I'm
> > thinking cookies here - is it possible to use cookies without using
> > JavaScript? And reading them? If I'm using JavaScript, I'll be
> > limiting my audience a little, I'm afraid...
> >
> > Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions on this subject are very very
> > welcome!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ikke
> >
>
> You could put a small paragraph or two in each language which briefly
> explains what your site is. Offer links such as <a
> href="en/somepage.html">Some Page in English</a> and <a
> href="nl/somepage.html">Some Page in Dutch</a>.
>
> You could also make use of a querystring and use the querystring
> throughout the site, eg. somepage.php?lang=en. Then on somepage.php test
> for the language value and serve the appropriate text.
You could also try to find someone who should be an expert in all
this by now, one Italian, at present living in Sweden, called
Luigi. He has the benefit of every kind of advice on all this.
https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/index.php
He at least might let you know some of the hurdles you face.
--
dorayme
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