Locale - Multi-language

Question

Hello,
since we're building a multi-language portal, I was wondering how one could go about doing such a thing.
Is there some documentation describing such a situation? (except for the manuals :( )
First there is a anonymous authentication. Can I separate two language-groups within the same domain? Setting the language
fixed for Anonymous is not an option (except if I set up two domains, one for each language)
Does the portal detect the browser Locale? It doesn't work for me
thanks
Bob

Answer 1

Assuming your iPS domain is "MyDomain", you should have a "MyDomain"
sub-directory under "/etc/opt/SUNWips/desktop/" (SP2).
Assuming you want user "xyz" to see a French version of the site.
These are the steps we used to do localization for user "xyz" (locale =
"fr_FR"):
- copy the "MyDomain" sub-dir to "MyDomain_fr_FR" sub-dir under
"/etc/opt/SUNWips/desktop/" .
- change templates under "MyDomain_fr_FR" sub-dir as needed (e.g., code
display text in French). Restart iPS after modifying templates.
- log into Admin Console, navigate to user "xyz", click on "User" menu,
change the "User's Default Locale" field to "fr_FR".
- go to Server Management >> show advanced options. Add locale "fr_FR" to
the "Available Locale" list.
- add properties files to the "/opt/SUNWips/locale" directory as needed.
For example, to show edit labels in French, you may want an
iwtBookMarkProvider_fr_FR.properties file in addition to the default
iwtBookMarkProvider.properties file.
- log into portal desktop as user "xyz", you will see the look-and-feel you
customized under the "MyDomain_fr_FR" sub-directory. User "xyz" can choose
language preferences by going into the Edit User Info page. You need to
logout and log back in to see the changes in your language preference.
"Bob Lannoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1103_998294858@bl_port...
Hello,
since we're building a multi-language portal, I was wondering how onecould go about doing such a thing.
Is there some documentation describing such a situation? (except for themanuals :( )
>
First there is a anonymous authentication. Can I separate twolanguage-groups within the same domain? Setting the language
fixed for Anonymous is not an option (except if I set up two domains, onefor each language)
Does the portal detect the browser Locale? It doesn't work for me
thanks
Bob