[thelist] Multi-Language Sites (As in English & Spanish)
s t e f
evolt at nota-bene.org
Sat Mar 13 13:23:35 CST 2004
<quote who='Administrative HQ' when='13/03/04 19:21'>
<snip />
> 3. Use HTML entities for all non-English letters and
> also include a metatag with the character encoding,
> like:
>
> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;
> charset=windows-1252">
>
> You can't know what various browsers might do so give
> them all the help you can.
<snip />
Of course David meant:
charset="iso-8859-1" or chaset="iso-8859-15", which are the European
alphabets.
windows-1252 will give more than unexpected results in other OS'es, for
obvious reasons.
Otherwise, very interesting post.
What can be nice too, is to add a link to other languages on each page,
and not only on the home page. No flags, either.
Check <http://www.eleganthack.com/widgetopia/archives/003893.html> this
for details (mind the wrap!)
Oh, and if a given article is translated, a direct link to its
translation is a good idea, too.
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s t e f
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