Auto choose language from the browser language

basj

Hello,
I just installed this locale : http://vanillaforums.org/addon/vf_fr_fr-locale
and enabled it in the dashboard.

How to make that a french user (ie who has a browser with default "browser language" = FR) automatically sees the forum in french ("Toutes les discsussions" instead of "All discussions") when going on the forum's hompage ?

Thanks in advance.

x00

This assumes that browser even send the Accept-Language header of course. It require development but is possible.

I'll PM you.

basj

Thanks for your answer. Ok I understand that it's not available with the current code, and it needs developement. I will think about this.

Something maybe easier : is there an URL writing technique that allows to change language / locale ?

Example :

• http://vanillaforums.org/discussions => english
• http://vanillaforums.org/discussions?lang=fr => french

Is there such way of writing the URL that allows another language ?

x00

https://github.com/vanillaforums/Addons/tree/master/plugins/Multilingual

basj

do you mean, by default (without this plugin), it is impossible to have multiple locales available ?

why is it possible to enable many locales in "Dashboard > Addons > Locales" then ?

(I'm asking these questions to understand how it works internally).

peregrine

why is it possible to enable many locales in "Dashboard > Addons > Locales" then ?

I've wondered this as well. it may be that enabling multiple locales makes things work with multilingual plugin.
Otherwise only the default locale you selected is looked at, as far as I recall.