[thelist] Multilingual Sites: Best approach?
Dave Stevens
itsallaboutashlee at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Nov 4 09:17:59 CST 2005
Thanks Joan, that was something I had failed to
consider - glad you brought it up at this early stage!
Dave
--- "Joan Olivé M." <jolive at tinet.org> wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> You must consider also, in what concerns design,
> that your first drafts must
> be done in german.
>
> What I mean is that english text normally should
> appear shorter than the
> same in german, spanish, etc.
>
> Extra space must bu considered in buttons, etc.
>
> Also, concerning tipography, you must have all your
> fonts with availabilitie
> for special caracthers
>
> Regards from Barcelona
> Joan Olivé M.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Stevens" <itsallaboutashlee at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 1:00 PM
> Subject: [thelist] Multilingual Sites: Best
> approach?
>
>
> > This month sees me implementing my first project
> with
> > multiple languages. All content on the site in
> > question will be available in at least four
> languages,
> > though obviously with the ability to scale to
> further
> > languages if the demand exists.
> >
> > Before I get started, I'm hoping I could gather an
> > opinion on the best approach to handling this site
> > wide language customisation - my initial thought
> was
> > to go with a cookie set with information about the
> > requested language within it, however I'm aware of
> the
> > concerns some people have with cookies and so is
> there
> > a better way to achieve this?
> >
> > Your thoughts and opinions on the subject are
> > appreciated - I'm totally open to any workable,
> > accessible, compliant solution!
> >
> > Regards
> > Dave Stevens
> > www.davestevens.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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