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This is an old revision of WikkaLocalization made by DarTar on 2005-08-12 11:10:50.

 

Wikka Wiki Localization


See also:

The WikkaReleaseNotes latest Wikka release supports only English as a user interface language. WikkaInternationalization Interface localization in different languages and HandlingUTF8 unicode support are currently being discussed in the development section.
Several users have adapted the Wikka engine to work with different languages and writing systems. On this page you will find some information on how to modify Wikka to support your language.
 


Table of contents
  1. Using different charsets
  2. Translating UI strings
  3. Localized packages

Using different charsets


The default charset used by Wikka is iso-8859-1. If your database supports unicode (MySQL MySQL 4.1+), you may want to change the default charset to utf-8. To do so, you will have to modify a line in actions/header.php:

original:
  1.     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />


modified:
  1.     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />


Further examples of Wikka websites using custom charsets can be found on this page.

Translating UI strings


The source of Wikka is currently not optimized for UI strings translation, although we are progressively making the code i18n-ready. Most of the UnderDevelopment new actions and handlers announced on this site already contain a UI string section that can be easily modified. To translate UI strings, edit the constant values without removing the variables (strings introduced by a % sign, like: %d, %s etc.), for example:

original:
    define('ACTION_DELETE_LINK_TITLE','Delete %s');


modified:
    define('ACTION_DELETE_LINK_TITLE','Elimina %s');



Localized packages


Some user-contributed packages with a localized interface are available for downloading. Please note that these packages have not been tested by the Wikka Development Team (you should contact the authors for issues related to the use of these packages).

Chinese
AuthorCityPig
Code base1.1.6.0
CharsetUTF-8
Size612.62Kb
Last update2005-02-14
URLhttp://www.vixual.net/wikka/wikka.php?wakka=Archive2005021701
Downloadwikka_1160_vixual_20050214.tgz


Japanese
AuthorShoTanaka
Code base1.1.6.0
CharsetUTF-8
Size624.84Kb
Last update2005-07-08
URLhttp://wiki.netabi.com/DownLoad
DownloadJapanese_Wikka_UTF8.zip



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