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A WordPress plugin that allows you to blog in multi-language, and users to select which to read. If your want to localize and present your blog in different languages (totally with title, rss, categories working, not just the post) and allows visitors to pick the language they want, this plugin is for you.

xLanguage allows you to blog in different language, and allows user to select which version to read. It works for blog post, page, tags, categories. The user language preferences will also select the right theme and plugins MO files.

Customization is the No. 1 design goal, after all that’s probably the reason why you want to setup a multilingual blog. The language configuration combination is highly customizable to facilitate multiple fallbacks. Every UI is extracted out, which could be optionally overridden by theme design without touching the plugin file at all.

This plugin works by inserting W3C standardized <span lang=”..”> tag in the post content, and a XML parser will be involved to extract them when served, extracting all elements with the matching lang=”..” tag. The permalinks and RSS feeds are also presented correctly. For single line data such as post title, a special but simple syntax is introduced.

The language preference is detected from browser’s preferences, as well as from Cookie if user visited before. Widget and template functions are also provided to allow user to switch the language easily.

Please read on for the installation, complete usage guide, screenshots, comparisons and known problems. If you found this plugin useful, please consider supporting it.

Please feel free to let me know if you need additional template functions, or if you have any idea that could make this a even better plugins for you.

Notice

If you hit the following error message after installation:

can not redeclare class xLanugagePlugin on line 996 in xlanguage.php

Resetting the xLanguage configuration would help. To do that, please go to “Settings -> xLanguage -> Options” in the Admin control panel, Scroll to the very bottom and reset it.

This is a known problem but I can never reproduce this so have no idea how to fix it. Any volunteer in helping me is very welcome!

Change Log

v2.0.4 (r124177)

• A better handling logic about the parser log file failover.
• Updated robot list - code merged from the WassUp 1.7.1
• No need to upgrade if your installation has been working perfectly, although upgrading might bring SEO benefits as the search engine list has been updated.

v2.0.3 (r105104)

• A bug that causing infinity redirection loop is fixed (#23)
  No need to upgrade if your installation is working perfectly. If you gave a try before and found that the URL generated does not work or causing infinity loop, please give another try with this.

v2.0.2 (r92141)

• Critical bug fixed: The SQL in get_pages_in_current_lang() is invalid (#22)
  Please upgrade if your theme used get_pages() function.

v2.0.1 (r84024)

• New features: Now you can hide those post written in foreign that reader can’t read. See the updated user guide in the next few pages.
• Now it’s easier to put the flag icons! See the updated user guide in the next few pages.
• Support Wordpress 2.7.0

v1.3.3 (r44242)

• #9 is regressed causing xLanguage installation dead on arrival. Now fixed together with #10.
• This new version should solve the v1.3.2 installation problem.

v1.3.2 (r44032)

• #9 is fixed - xLanguage should be usable in WP-MU now.

v1.3.1(r43326)

• #8 is fixed - The static homepage bug introduced in v1.3.0.

v1.3.0 (r42456)

• New feature #4 is implemented. In addition, to http://example.com/page/something/lang/en, now it could be http://example.com/lang/en/page/something.
• No other bug is fixed.

Licensing

This plugin by Sam Wong is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL.

Entry was posted on 21 January 2008 at 6:21.

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