Multilingualism tutorial : rubedo cms

August 2013
Multilingual websites
Version 1.3

Rubedo & multilingual websites
CONTENTS
I. Introduction
II. Concepts & Terminology
III. Translating a website

INTRODUCTION
Since version 1.3, Rubedo can handle multilingual websites
The following elements can be translated:
– Websites (title, description, keywords)
– Taxonomy
– Content types and media types
– Contents and assets
– Pages (title, URL, description, keywords…), block titles, some block contents
– Workspaces
The main objectives of this tutorial are the following:
– Clarify some concepts of multilingualism (interface language, working language,
active languages…)
– Show how to translate different elements of a website

INTRODUCTION
The following slides explain some concepts of multiligualism :
– Default language
– User interface language
– Activation of new languages
– Working language
– Localization strategy (available languages and content display strategy) for each
website
– Website translation tutorial

CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
Default language
– During install, a default language must be set.
– Other languages can be activated later from the back-office.
– If you are upgrading from an older version of Rubedo (v1.2.2 or older),
already created contents will be flagged with this language.

Rubedo user interface language (back-office and front-Office administration)
– Rubedo user interface language is a user setting. It is the language in which the interface of
Rubedo is displayed for each user (application titles in back-office, action bar, display
language of the top action bar in front-office, …)
Rubedo user interface (back-office)
in english
Rubedo user interface
(back-office)
in french

Rubedo user interface language (back-office and front-Office administration)
– Each user can change their own Rubedo user interface language in the
« Settings » application
– N.B. : in order for the new language to be taken into account, you must refresh
the back-office page in your browser (F5)
Rubedo user interface language
for current user

Active languages
– Other languages than the one set during install can be activated in Rubedo thanks to the
« Languages » application (in « Administration » menu)
« Languages » application

Language activation
– A language can be activated by clicking on the checkbox on the appropriate
row
You can also specify:
– The flag corresponding to this language
– The native name (it will be displayed in
the pulldown language menu in front-
office)
N.B. : « Languages » application is the
same for all websites managed by the
Rubedo instance

Working language
– The working language is the language in which the logged-in user will create
new contents, new pages, …
– The working language is specific to each user. It is not necessarily the same as
the Rubedo user interface language: a contributor can choose to display the
interface in english, but create contents in spanish.
– If only one language is active, then the working language is obviously this one.
– If several languages are active, the worling language can be specified by each
user thanks to a pulldown menu at the bottom right of the back-office user
interface, next to the search field.

« Sites » application is used to
specify different parameters for
multilingual websites:
– Default language:
Default language in which the website will be
displayed.
– Languages:
List of languages in which the website will be
translated.
– Localisation strategy:
→ Either « Only one » : only the elements (pages,
contents, assets…) that are translated in the
current language of the website are displayed.
→ Or « With fallback » : if a content is not
translated in the current language of the website, it
is still displayed in the default language.
– Use browser language:
If this checkbox is checked, then when a new
visitor arrives on the website, pages will be
displayed in the first place in the browser language.

TRANSLATING A WEBSITE
Translation of a website
Click on
« Add translation »

Choose the language in which
the website parameters will be
translated

Fill in website parameters (default
title, description, author,
keywords) in the new language
Save

Translation of taxonomy
For a given vocabulary, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the vocabulary will be translated

Fill in vocabulary parameters (name, description, help text) in the new language
and Save

For each of the terms, double-click on the field of the corresponding
to the new language to translate this term,
then Save.

Translation of a content type
For a given content type, in the « Properties » tab, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the content type will be translated

Fill in the name of the content type in the new language

For each field on a content type (« Edit » tab), label and tooltip can also be
translated: click on the flag next to the field, choose a different language
and fill in the translation in the field

Translation of a content
On a content, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the content will be translated

Translate the content in the new language and Publish (ou Submit / Draft)
In the content list, flags let you know in which languages
contents have been translated

Translation of a media type
For a given media type, in the « Properties » tab, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the media type will be translated

Fill in the name of the media type in the new language

For each field on a media type (« Edit » tab), label and tooltip can also be
translated: click on the flag next to the field, choose a different language
and fill in the translation in the field

Translation of a media
On an asset, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the asset will be translated

Translate the title and alternative text in the new language and Save
In the DAM (details mode), flags let you know
in which languages assets
have been translated

Translation of a page
On a page, in the « Properties » tab, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the page will be translated

Translate the parameters of the page (name, URL, title, description,
keywords) in the new language and Save
In the page list, flags let you know in which languages
pages have been translated

Translation of block titles on a page
On a page, each block title can be translated : click on the flag next to the field,
choose a different language and enter the title in the new language

Translation of some contents in a block
For blocks involving textual information, these contents can be translated:
click on « Add translation », choose a language and enter the text in the new language

Translation of a workspace
For a given workspace, click on « Add translation »

Choose the language in which the workspace will be translated

Translate the name of the workspace in the new language and Save

« Language menu » block
– The « Language menu » block (can be added,
like any block, on a page or a page mask) allows
a visitor to choose the language in which the
website is displayed from a pulldown menu
– Languages displayed in the menu are the ones
that have been selected for the current website
Default layout of the
Parameters of the

Front-office contribution
– When creating or modifying a content in front-office, contribution is always done in the
current language of the website (whether « inline » editing or full edit mode)
– In the case of a website with a fallback localisation strategy, editing a content which is not
yet translated in the current language allows to create a translation of the content in this
language
• For example: a website is displayed both in english and in french, english being the default
language, and with a fallback localisation strategy. If I want to see this website in french, a content
which is not yet translated in french will anyway be displayed (but in english). If I modify this
content in the front-office, a french translation will be created.
Next to the content title, a flag
reminds you of the language in
which you are editing this content

Thanks!
See also:
http://rubedo-project.org @Rubedo_project
Facebookhttp://www.webtales.fr

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