Multi Language Support in Vanilla 2.1

yeehi

1) Will right to left languages, such as Arabic, be supported in the forthcoming Beta?

2) For a forum with an international community, would users be able to select the language of the forum GUI, for exampleone set of users opting for English headings, buttons and labels and another set choosing to view the forum interface in Arabic?

3) Will users be able to view forum pages using Google Translate and have the content of the posts appear in their selected language?

Maybe I should have made 3 questions!

(I can't see any buttons to help me insert hyper-links...)

HalfCat

1) Yes, and there is also a plugin for the current version: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/righttoleft-plugin

2) No, I don't think there is a plugin for this currently.

3) Yes, that's possible: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=en&tl=de&u=http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/21552/multi-language-support-in-vanilla-2-1

You can add urls with CTRL+L or like this: [description] (url)

-> remove the space between [description] and (url)

HalfCat

1) Yes, and there is also a plugin for the current version: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/righttoleft-plugin

2) No, I don't think there is a plugin for this currently.

3) Yes, that's possible: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=en&tl=de&u=http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/21552/multi-language-support-in-vanilla-2-1

You can add urls with CTRL+L or like this: [description] (url)

-> remove the space between [description] and (url)

emzi

@HalfCat said:
there is also a plugin for the current version: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/righttoleft-plugin

It seems the righttoleft plugin, version 1.0b (Released July 7), is not yet usable! I hope @Todd will improve it.
@yeehi, you can help make Vanilla Right-to-Left compatible.

2) For a forum with an international community, would users be able to select the language of the forum GUI

Maybe the worst suggestion: Integrate several Vanilla using jsConnect:
www.yourdomain.foo/ar
www.yourdomain.foo/en

Kasper

Even better, use the official Multilingual plugin for number 2: https://github.com/vanillaforums/Addons/tree/master/plugins/Multilingual

emzi

@kasperisager said: Even better, use the official Multilingual plugin

Thank you for the hint. I tested @Lincoln's Multilingual plugin now: it can't handle both rtl and ltr languages on one forum properly! It just change the locales!

Kasper

I tested @Lincoln's Multilingual plugin now: it can't handle both rtl and ltr languages on one forum! It just change the language

Well, that's pretty much the whole point of the plugin. If you want combined RTL and LTR support, you'll need to implement it yourself.