Term: multilanguage

Drupal for multiple languages, part three: all language versions of a node at once

In the first and second articles of this series, we configured Drupal core and content types. Now we're doing something more special in a effort to make our site more usable for our customers and save time when creating new content.

Drupal for multiple languages, part two: content types configuration

In the first article of this series, we configured Drupal core. Now we have to configure all the content types.

This site has four different content types: page, project, partner (this is for internal use) and article. Those articles are the blog posts. I am not using the blog module here, a blog is just a bunch of articles sorted by date, you don't need the blog module for that.

Anyway, Let's focus on our subject: configuring the content types to work in multiple languages.

Drupal for multiple languages, part one: core configuration

 If you need to build a multilingual site, Drupal is one of the best choices available. Properly configured, it works fine for the admin, for the user and for SEO. It will require some extra work on your side, but you can bet it will pay.

This post covers the first part of the process: configuring Drupal.

SEO friendly multilanguage hack for iCMS

THE PROBLEM:

Although good for users, iCMS multilanguage system has some flaws that are damaging both the SEO effectiveness of any iCMS-powered multilingual site and the user experience.

ImpressCMS powering a site in chinese OK!

www.ocex.net was the first ImpressCMS powered site featuring both an asian language, and a european one at the same time. The languages for this site were English, Spanish and Chinese, and all them work flawlesly up to the present day.

This site was possible because of the changes introduced in ImpressCMS 1.1, and it's a 'live' demonstration on how serious the ImpressCMS project is regarding international support.