> > In the matter of finding language files for first time users I think as > long as there is no drop down, flags or other direct links on the first page > of wp.org, users tend to use other means to find the information directly > in their native language, instead of browsing around on a site in a language > maybe not so familiar. (This has been pointed out to me a bunch of times by > our Swedish portal members) > > If reorganized to make it easier to find on wp.org I'll be sure to > reconsider a locale site. As is now, I still can't see the point, more than > as an _extra_ reference.
There is already something like this. Below are screenshots of what Serbian visitors of wordpress.org and wordpress.org/download see when they visit those pages. http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wphomele7.jpg http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wpdownloadrz2.jpg Check out code on those pages just above </body>. 2008/10/27 Mattias Tengblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sure in other cases a locale site at wordpress would be a benefit, but in > case of automatic updates it doesn't really matter. It could easily be > checked against SVN. I think this should be up to the language teams to > decide. Lets say the update checks the locale site first, if nothing there > the SVN is checked. > > http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language#Swedish_-_Svenska_.28sv_SE.29 > well organized ;) > > In the matter of finding language files for first time users I think as long > as there is no drop down, flags or other direct links on the first page of > wp.org, users tend to use other means to find the information directly in > their native language, instead of browsing around on a site in a language > maybe not so familiar. (This has been pointed out to me a bunch of times by > our Swedish portal members) > > If reorganized to make it easier to find on wp.org I'll be sure to > reconsider a locale site. As is now, I still can't see the point, more than > as an _extra_ reference. > > // Mattias > > Peter Westwood skrev: >> >> Mattias Tengblad wrote: >>> >>> Ok, my point here is that this is supposed to be an *automatic update >>> service* for the users. Where in this do the extra site help if the users >>> never gonna visit it anyway. In that case why not just check SVN directly >>> like a extra site would for the update? >>> >>> Sure it can be a good reference point but not for an _automatic_ update! >>> Just some sort of middleman. Or am I missing something here? Do you still >>> need to manually download the language file from a page? >>> >> I think the point is that by having the site there is a process for >> publishing the zip file which includes the translated files and there is a >> place for new users to find a translation of WordPress when they visit >> wordpress.org >> >> BTW - It would be nice to have a page on the main wordpress.org site which >> linked to all the hosted I18N sites which I wanted to do from my recent blog >> post [1] >> >> westi >> >> [1] - http://westi.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/wordpress-in-your-language/ >> > _______________________________________________ > wp-polyglots mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-polyglots >
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