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Joomla! M17n (Multilingualization) 
PLEASE VIEW THE README FILE BEFORE INSTALLING, THANK YOU
ALSO, DO NOT POST YOUR PROBLEMS HERE, SEND US AN EMAIL. THANKS.
NOW WORKING WITH 1.5.2 AND 1.5.3 (1.5.1 still on our website)
CHANGES:
- Javascript fix for Menu Management in 1.5.2
- Language detection from external links
- Legacy Plugin Compatibility reworked, no more 404 errors
- Joomla SEF w/ Legacy Now Fixed
- Association Key mechanism fixed and enhanced
- Installation Process Rewritten for enhanced compatibility.
- ItemId Correspondance Keys, to allow users specifying "same" pages accross languages. E.g. Home(EN) = Accueil (FR)
- Active Navigation, to allow people to Hide or to Higlight the active language in the language selector
- Reimplementation on language and user filters for greater compatibility with other menus than mainmenu
- Several small fixes and changes for notices displayed and for solving minor issues and now supporting shared hosting providers.
- Enhanced documentation with more detailed descriptions of each option as well as a quick setup guide for beginners.
Some people may say "these things are easy to see" but I liked the extension and if someone that is considering to use it, read some of the comments below may get discouraged. I use joomla! 1.5.10 with greek language pack and M17n v1.5.2, I am a noob and I had no problem.
I only gave average rating, since i've found some bugs.
1. FrontEnd Article editing error. You can't edit your article from FrontEnd
2.If you have Menu Item with child, and you change the language for the parents menu item. The Child menu has become invisible in menu manager, both in Universal Language and in the specified language.
For future improvement, how about adding GroupKey, that grant access to specific UserGroup. I think it will save the hassle for typing individual user.
First of all thank You for this component! It is really simple and very convenient to use.
I have just one problem. When installing the component, it creates files and folders, and sets limited permissions for them. This may serve for good security. But, in some cases, when the installation failed for several server issues, I should delete the M17n folders manually. I cannot delete these folders, as I have not permissions, and also cannot change the permissions. The uninstall does not work, as the installation is not finished.
I think it would be better to set more privileges on the files that is installed on server.
After the installation is complete user could protect the files by himself, setting needed permissions.
And again, thanks for the component!
The only problem I have is that with the combination of Firefox-JAFlowlist (from Joomlart) the whole thing is bugged.
It works ok IE-JAFlowlist-
I like the simple logic behind the idea, though it took me some time to figure out how to manage the menu system.
Only the main page makes me worry since the main-page-articles show up in all languages whatever I try to set.
Short how-to: first of all; translate all of your sections and categories to the second (and 3rd...) language. Then, hit the menu and set all existing links to your 1st preferred language. Third step is to make new links to your 2nd preferred language. Things like the standard 'contact form' won't need any change at all, leave 'em to 'universal'.
Like SH404SEF or the SEO patch for joomla 1.5. After you install these, M17N doesn`t work proper. I hope in the future it will support these components / modules.
Works great! Highly recommended!
Oh wish that it would support the URL rewrites builtin to joomla like http://yoururl.com/en/index.html
I asked support about using it with joomla 1.5.3. It works but you have to reinstall the component and reset the M17n menu selector (module) to be shown on all pages.
Now works great and you don't lose any settings in your menus. ;-)
Great work, great support, great extension!
I'll do a few more testing but so far everything seems just fine.
edit:it seems that using m17n 1.5.1 brokes the creation of new menu entry in joomla 1.5.3. Sadly we'll need to wait for a new update ;)
Hi John,
Well people using the 1.5.3 version of Joomla should have M17n 1.5.2 installed. M17n 1.5.1 does not work with either Joomla 1.5.2 or 1.5.3. I will suggest to always use the latest M17n package if using the latest version of Joomla.
In joomla 1.5.2, it is impossible to insert a single article in any menu.
Hi Burk,
Well I am sorry that it fell on you but we have been quite busy these past two weeks and I was not able to handle M17n support during that time. I dedicate to M17n user support as much as time allows me and I really hope you will get better luck next time (as there will be more and more and more joomla updates). I will do my best to respond to support request in 24 hours but please be patient as sometimes it may take a few days (4 in your case).
Besides, if you did fix a bug or if you have it solved by someone else (like you told me by email), feel free to send us your contribution so we can provide it to the WHOLE community much more faster. Yet the new version also includes some changes you may find usefull. I strongly encorage every user who uses and likes the package to submit contributions, enhancements or simply suggestions to help us keeping this package a great tool (I think it is called Open Source and it does matter :) I hope you will be happy with the new release and I also hope that a next joomla update wont come out before june =)
M17n works perfectly with legacy plugin and 1.5 native. Its works better creating the menus from scratch. Technical support from developer is excellent.
Feature request:
Currently, I have to multiple every article in each language then it looks bad organization with articles in two languages. I can imagine it will a big mess with more than 2 languages.
2 solutions:
1.Include the language selector in the article manager
2.It will fantastic to access all articles from the language manager, clicking in the language. It will look more intuitive.
This modules works for Joomla 1.5 and it is in the fast-track to be the best solution for multilingual sites.
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your feedback. actually I am planning to develop the first of your two solutions in a near-future release, just like you can find it in the menu manager. Still, I will use the native language parameter that the contents already uses and I am going to try to "link" the menu and the content language so that one you change one it changes the other to keep it consistent and simple.
That will also allow me to go on with the M17n search and M17n frontpage components that are not functional at the moment. Also, it will provide us more control over the content management process when dealing with several languages and will allow us more interactivity in our future developments. I hope that will be done and published during the summer. Thank you again for your feedback.
I would recommend this extension, which can manage 3 languages on our site: , Spanish, Italian and Greek
However, the idea behind this extention is good. Thanks and keep up the good work, so we can up the rating in the future!
Hello. Problems with the legacy plugin compatibility are now fixed (1.5.1b) and documentation was updated with uninstall info. Full documentation in PDF is on the way. Thank you for updating your comments and voting after re-installing.
As requested above, please send us your support requests to joomla@sdic.ch BEFORE posting a comment or a vote as know issues may have known solutions...
Hello. We've had problems with the legacy plugin compatibility but they are now solved (1.5.1b). Thank you for updating your comments and voting once installed.
As required above, please send us your support requests to joomla@sdic.ch BEFORE posting a comment or a vote.
I have a tip for new users. It took me hours to find out:
In menu manager it seems like the item disapear when you change the items language (m17n parameters). But it doesn't.
Look for the new drop-down menu in the menu manager, where you can change the displayed language.
Just a quick tip... (maybe you will include in the documentation?)
Thank you for GREAT WORK!
Thanks to Jason and to whole SDIC team for this contribution!
Matej Bitenc