Hi Paul, Good to hear you again. :)
Paul Hastings wrote: > OÄuz Demirkapı wrote: > >> I know Ray does not have enough time to make it multi language enabled >> but you can do it easily by using PaulH's ResourceBundle CFC. >> >> http://www.sustainablegis.com/unicode/resourceBundle/javaRB.cfm >> > > OÄuz already knows this but it's worth pointing out again that just > translating > text isn't enough. you need to consider date/number/currency formatting > (thankfully cf7 handles a huge number of locales), even calendars (the > gregorian > calendar isn't the only one in the world) if the locales you need to support > require it, as well as collation, writing system directionality, etc. and of > course you need to "just use unicode" which cf makes a breeze these days. > Yes I know it needs lots of work to create a fully i18N supported application but if you just need forum application in a different language, i think it is not so complicated to convert it into your target language. We have also discussed with Ray long time ago. I have suggested to use same method like in BlogCFC but he mentioned that he did not have any time at that time and there was "is" not a huge amount of request for this process. >>> I don't believe any of the other cf forum apps have multilingual support >>> either. >>> > > boardfusion will eventually. www.boardfusion.org > I also created a forum application 4 years ago but after that time I could not find a chance to make it a product. You can see working copy of it via http://motorspor.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=forum.home It was designed for CF 5 (there was no CFMX) but converted CFMX later. It is a Fusebox 3 based application. > >>> building language independent code is a PITA, makes it hard to read the >>> code if you ask me. >>> > > i disagree w/rick too (of course ;-). it's no harder to read than anything > else. > but more to the point, the days of ignoring the rest of the world or making > them > work the way "we" do is long past. > I was just discussing this week with one of my coworker about CFStudio/Homesite usage. I pleased not using these applications which create trouble for my Unicode pages. I am also explaining every day and every day, why we need to use Unicode as a standard. :) I am planning also to prepare a full day class at next CFUnited about i10n & i18N and best practices. OÄuz Demirkapı TeraTech Inc. | Senior Developer 405 East Gude Dr Suite 207, Rockville, MD 20850, USA Voice: +1 (301) 424-3903 ext 111 | Fax: +1 (301) 762-8185 Web: http://www.teratech.com | E-mail: oguz.demirkapi <AT> teratech.com Winner in CFDJ awards Best Consulting. Member Team Fusebox. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259194 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
