Re: Newbie asks about multi-lingual website strategies

tedd wrote: > At 9:37 AM -0400 11/27/07, Jeff Benetti wrote: >> Any any and all comments are welcome, it will be a learning curve no >> matter >> which route I take so a little advice on the best direction pros cons >> would >> be great. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Jeff > > Jeff: > > If it were me, I wouldn't use any problematic browser detects schemes > (they don't work) or any of that high-thought stuff -- it's beyond me. whether it's beyond you or not only you can judge, but I disagree that it's problematic. I should note that I recommend using browser language preference detection (as per my previous post) as a means to initially select a [hopefully] suitable language BUT that this should be done in addition to offer the user an explicit mechanism for language selection. > > I would simply use a "click here" for English/French/Whatever link and > then pull all the language specific stuff from the dB. Then throw the > user's choice in a session and carry-on -- simple. > > It wouldn't be any different than a php style sheet switcher, like this: > > http://sperling.com/examples/styleswitch1/ > > Instead of green/red/blue/black, why not English/French/Spanish/German? > > HTH's > > Cheers, > > tedd > >