Choosing language at publishing time

Monday 29 January 2007 3:40:58 am

hello,

on fsfe.org we have been playing with ezp 3.8.6 to test the multilanguage features. We are stuck on a usability question: when users decide to create new content (say an article) the are brought to a 'select the language' page and then to the normal edit page. The default process looks something like:

create --> select language --> write content --> publish

We don't like the extra step and would prefer to select the language within the 'write content' phase. Would that be possible? and how?

thanks
stef

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Tuesday 30 January 2007 12:53:04 pm

Try to add this

<input type="hidden" name="ContentLanguageCode" value="{ezini('RegionalSettings', 'Locale')}" />

in your form

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Thursday 01 February 2007 2:34:31 pm

Hi,

Creating the draft as the first step is more a pain and has quite a lot of added problem (not to mention the effect on the speed before seeing the form ;)

Would it be a solution for your problem to offer 2 buttons create english and create italian ? (or offer a select with all the languages, or a drop menu or...)

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Sunday 17 June 2007 4:49:57 am

You can add this code ( taken from the admin/.../children.tpl template ) next to the 'New Topic' etc. buttons.

{* Language Selector  *}

{def $can_create_languages=fetch( content, prioritized_languages )}

    {if ne( $can_create_languages|count, 1 )}
    <script type="text/javascript">
    <!--
        {literal}
        function updateLanguageSelector( classSelector )
        {
            languageSelector = classSelector.form.ContentLanguageCode;
            if ( !languageSelector )
            {
                return;
            }

            classID = classSelector.value;
            languages = languagesByClassID[classID];
            candidateIndex = -1;

            for ( var index = 0; index < languageSelector.options.length; index++ )
            {
                var value = languageSelector.options[index].value;
                var disabled = true;

                for ( var indexj = 0; indexj < languages.length; indexj ++ )
                {
                    if ( languages[indexj] == value )
                    {
                        disabled = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if ( !disabled && candidateIndex == -1 )
                {
                    candidateIndex = index;
                }

                languageSelector.options[index].disabled = disabled;
                if ( disabled )
                {
                    languageSelector.options[index].style.color = '#888888';
                    if ( languageSelector.options[index].text.substring( 0, 1 ) != '(' )
                    {
                        languageSelector.options[index].text = '(' + languageSelector.options[index].text + ')';
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    languageSelector.options[index].style.color = '#000000';
                    if ( languageSelector.options[index].text.substring( 0, 1 ) == '(' )
                    {
                        languageSelector.options[index].text = languageSelector.options[index].text.substring( 1, languageSelector.options[index].text.length - 1 );
                    }
                }
            }

            if ( languageSelector.options[languageSelector.selectedIndex].disabled )
            {
                window.languageSelectorIndex = candidateIndex;
                languageSelector.selectedIndex = candidateIndex;
            }
        }

        function checkLanguageSelector( languageSelector )
        {
            if ( languageSelector.options[languageSelector.selectedIndex].disabled )
            {
                languageSelector.selectedIndex = window.languageSelectorIndex;
                return;
            }
            window.languageSelectorIndex = languageSelector.selectedIndex;
        }

        window.onload = function() { updateLanguageSelector( document.getElementById( 'ClassID' ) ); }
        {/literal}

        languagesByClassID = new Array();
        {foreach $can_create_classes as $class}
        languagesByClassID[{$class.id}] = [ {foreach $class.can_instantiate_languages as $tmp_language}'{$tmp_language}'{delimiter}, {/delimiter} {/foreach} ];
    {/foreach}
    // -->
    </script>
    {/if}

    

    {if and(eq( $can_create_languages|count, 1 ), is_set( $can_create_languages[0] ) )}
        <input name="ContentLanguageCode" value="{$can_create_languages[0].locale}" type="hidden" />
    {else}
        <select name="ContentLanguageCode" onchange="checkLanguageSelector(this)" title="{'Use this menu to select the language you wish use for the creation and click the "Create here" button. The item will be created within the current location.'|i18n( 'design/admin/node/view/full' )|wash()}">
            {foreach $can_create_languages as $tmp_language}
                <option value="{$tmp_language.locale|wash()}">{$tmp_language.name|wash()}</option>
            {/foreach}
       </select>
    {/if}
    {undef $can_create_languages}


{* /Language Selector  *}

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