Language issues

[schacke]

I have used this guide to translate lables. http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/make-fabrik-multilingual-with-fabrik-itself/

Is it possible to translate tip text the same way?

And I can't get the language filter {lang} to work in frontend - only backend.

 

[rob]

Hi
The tip text is run through Joomla's translation feature so you can use Joomla's language override feature to translate the text for you. Here's is an outline of the process:

Edit your element which has the tip text you wish to translate
Copy its tip text and replace it with a language constant string. E.g. if your tip text was 'This is my tip text', replace that with 'FABRIK_TIP_THIS_IS_MY_TIP_TEXT'
Save the element
Go to Extensions->language
Select overrides
Press new
In the "language constant" field enter 'FABRIK_TIP_THIS_IS_MY_TIP_TEXT' (without the quotes)
Then in the enter the translation in "Text"
Finally select the language and press save
Create a new language override for each language you wish to translate.

Btw in the latest code on github this method can also be used for the element labels.

 

[schacke]

Okay - thank you! (The labels are easier to translate with Fabrik itself)

And regarding the {lang} in the list prefilter. Am I right, that it's not working frontend - or is it just an error on my site?

 

[troester]

What is your exact pre-filter setup?

 

[schacke]

The language field is Land(raw) containing en_GB or da_DK

 

[troester]

Is working on my site.
How do you switch the language?
Enable Fabrik Debug (in Options) and append &fabrikdebug=1 to your URL (or ?fabrikdebug=1 if it's the first URL parameter).

 

[schacke]

Oh - I hoped it was a general problem I'm using Falang on the frontend. Maybe that's why it only works in backend.

I don't expect you to go through the debug info but here's the link, in case you do: http://detkanblivebedre.dk/da/psykologer/find-en-psykolog?fabrikdebug=1

 

[troester]

It's doing a
WHERE ( dkbb_psych.country = 'da-DK' )
(see table:mergeJoinedData get ids)
So it's looking like Falang is setting da-DK instead of da_DK (as Joomla is doing)

 

[schacke]

Okay - so the only solution would be to use Joomlas language system instead i guess. Thanks for the effort!

 

[troester]

Out of interest:
the language override is working in the frontend?

Prefilter: you could use an "eval" prefilter, fetching the language and replacing - with _ if necessary.

 

[schacke]

So far it works fine. I have only translated the main menu for now

And thanks for the tip. Will see how far my skills can take me...

 

[troester]

I have only translated the main menu for now

With Falang I assume?
I would suggest to test if the Joomla language override is working with Falang running, I don't know if it's possible to combine these two if Falang is setting da-DK and Joomla (+ Fabrik) are checking for da_DK.

An other translation extention is Josetta (working directly with the Joomla multilanguage stuff). I've used both (and Joomla only) - it's complicated any way

 

[schacke]

Yes - with Falang. I just tried to publish the Joomla language switcher, but nothing shows up. So I guess they can't be combined.

 

[schacke]

Hmm. Don't ask me why this works, but it does:

I found this prefilter eval in the forum:
$lang =& JFactory::getLanguage();
return $lang->getTag();

And then I changed the language values in my country table from xx_XX to xx-XX.

 

[troester]

$lang =& JFactory::getLanguage();
return $lang->getTag();

This should do the same as {lang}.
Yes, if it's returning xx-XX and you change your country table to xx-XX this prefilter (and your original one) will do - in the frontend.
Is it still working in the backend?

 

[schacke]

You're right! But in backend only {lang} doesn't work. But that doesn't matter