Comments on: Multilingual blog solution http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/ The Weblog of Vincent Oberle - Thoughts and opinions about technology and business Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: moshu http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-8428 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:14:23 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-8428 Probably, I am a bit late to "the party" - but for WP bloggers now there is an excellent tool/plugin for multilingual blogging. See more details in my <a href="http://crosscultural.transycan.net/blog/archives/2006/07/19/multilingual-blogging-revisited/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> Probably, I am a bit late to “the party” - but for WP bloggers now there is an excellent tool/plugin for multilingual blogging. See more details in my blog

]]> by: flo http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-734 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:51:25 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-734 Thank you for your kind answer... This topic is interesting, as it leads to a reflexion on ergonomy on blogs. I think the best solution will always be that offering simplicity of use for the author and access for the reader (home page in the langage of country is the most relevant). Thank you for your kind answer… This topic is interesting, as it leads to a reflexion on ergonomy on blogs. I think the best solution will always be that offering simplicity of use for the author and access for the reader (home page in the langage of country is the most relevant).

]]> by: Vincent Oberle http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-733 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:04:21 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-733 This is a good remark, how to handle the main page of the blog. A pre-homepage would be an option, where the user chooses the language. Another solution is to have as the default homepage the mix of both languages. Or set as default homepage one of the language, offering in the sidebar or header part the option to switch to the other language. Finally it is also possible to detect from which country the visitor comes and choose the language accordingly (not 100% accurate of course, and would require eg a cookie to save the chosen setting for upcoming visits). About sub-categories, with Wordpress it is possible to put a post in several categories and create sub-categories. So yes, I think you could subscribe to a RSS feed of only one sub-category (if this was your question). This is a good remark, how to handle the main page of the blog.

A pre-homepage would be an option, where the user chooses the language.

Another solution is to have as the default homepage the mix of both languages. Or set as default homepage one of the language, offering in the sidebar or header part the option to switch to the other language.

Finally it is also possible to detect from which country the visitor comes and choose the language accordingly (not 100% accurate of course, and would require eg a cookie to save the chosen setting for upcoming visits).

About sub-categories, with Wordpress it is possible to put a post in several categories and create sub-categories. So yes, I think you could subscribe to a RSS feed of only one sub-category (if this was your question).

]]> by: flo http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-731 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:12:58 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-731 oops sorry for the AZERTY errors : not really me. Must have typed fast. Please consider you have read "selection", "imply". hope to read from you soon another question occurs to me : in your hypothesis, could you create subcategories (thematical, ie vertical) ? oops
sorry for the AZERTY errors : not really me. Must have typed fast. Please consider you have read “selection”, “imply”.
hope to read from you soon

another question occurs to me : in your hypothesis, could you create subcategories (thematical, ie vertical) ?

]]> by: flo http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-730 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:45:54 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/06/23/multilingual-blog-solution/#comment-730 hi I read your reply to LLM with great interest, however, not being a specialist I am wondering about one thing : RSS feed are meant for aggregation : very relevant thus to be able to aggregate a category that corresponds to your mother tongue/choice of tongue. (substituting "horizontal RSS selaction to "vertical" is a novating use). But before the reader is at the stage of aggregating and feeding his reader, he has to meet a Home Page : what happens then ? Which category is supposed to appear "spontaneously" then ? Does that implies a pre-home page ? Or maybe I missed smth and you can use RSS "internally". But I don't figure it out. What is your advice ? hi
I read your reply to LLM with great interest, however, not being a specialist I am wondering about one thing :
RSS feed are meant for aggregation : very relevant thus to be able to aggregate a category that corresponds to your mother tongue/choice of tongue. (substituting “horizontal RSS selaction to “vertical” is a novating use).
But before the reader is at the stage of aggregating and feeding his reader, he has to meet a Home Page : what happens then ? Which category is supposed to appear “spontaneously” then ? Does that implies a pre-home page ?

Or maybe I missed smth and you can use RSS “internally”.
But I don’t figure it out. What is your advice ?

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