Re: [libreoffice-projects] [libreoffice-website] Evaluation of askbot - how to deal with different languages

On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 09:34 +0100, Alexander Werner wrote:
> Hi Drew, Christian, *,
>
>
> Am 25.11.2011 um 14:15 schrieb drew:
> > My question was - do you know of one? Again I thought I was clear, that
> > you seemed to say that you did not.
>
> A multi-language q&a site that seems to work quite well can be found at shapado.com.

Thanks - Knew that one, but don't see it as multi-lingual, all parts
(UI, Tags, Q + A) are in a single language, based on url.[1] 
What am I missing, or perhaps change of browser language preference is
not enough to show what you mean?

> My current plan is to use language tags and automatic tag filters based on the set/determined 
> locale of the user for askbot.

OK - well maybe we have been talking past each other - two roads to the
same desired result. The same split, just using tags vs table prefix.
OK. 

This might have a few advantages even, and then of course allow the
multilingual user to switch language from the UI.


> > laughing - and I couldn't do without it...but it won't help if there is
> > multiple languages on the same page.
>
> I personally think there shouldn't be multiple languages on the same page. If someone thinks a 
> question is noteworthy enough to translate it, he's able to add another question and answer it 
> himself.
>
> > > You wrote that you probably wouldn't use the mixing bowl and throw in
> > > all languages into the same system - so what is your
> > > counter-proposal/what to do instead?
> >
> > I suppose I'd do the opposite.
>
> This is a quite horrible idea actually…. Think of 105 installations of askbot, 105 databases, 105 
> vhosts etc. For askbot it should be quite manageable, as only the settings file must be adapted 
> and this can be scripted to share a single installation between multiple settings. But the other 
> maintenance overhead is… huge.

HUH - no one in there right mind would make 105 vhosts, nor 105
databases; 1 vhost, 1 database, multiple tables and separate
configurations, you know that. Straw man arguments waste everyone's
time.

Best wishes,

//drew

[1] Changed my browser preference from En to De - shapado.com  is still
English, olaverde.shapado.com/ is still Spanish.


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