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Setting Language via Link

Setting Language via Link
01/06/04 (Edited 03/10/14)

If you have more than one language installed, the most appropriate language will be selected for site viewer's based on the language their web browser reports. This isn't always accurate/ideal though, so the user needs a manual override. If the language selector is switched on at Admin -> Settings -> Switches, users can select a language from a dropdown selector -- if the switch is off, they can only select their language in their profile.

Sometimes you may want to replace the language selector with a set of text or graphical hyperlinks. Here's an example of how to do that:
<a href="index.php?action=setlanguage&returnto={CURRENTURLENCODED}&languagegroup=English">English</a> <a href="index.php?action=setlanguage&returnto={CURRENTURLENCODED}&languagegroup=Spanish">Spanish</a>

To use national flag images, place this HTML in your template (presumably the wrapper) where you want it, perhaps in the spot currently occupied by the language selector:
<a href="index.php?action=setlanguage&returnto={CURRENTURLENCODED}&languagegroup=English"><img src="{IMAGESURL}/flags/us.png" ></a>
<a href="index.php?action=setlanguage&returnto={CURRENTURLENCODED}&languagegroup=Spanish"><img src="{IMAGESURL}/flags/es.png" ></a>

Repeat for each language you have.




Description Creating links to change the current language, optionally with national flag images.
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