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Choosing language I see http://github.com/ and OpenBSD.org got 2 examples how to. Github has a dropdown and openbsd.org just links. Which kind of UI for this use case could you recommend? I now take the parameter hl=el for instance for greek which switches i18n internals to greek or other language and present available languages like this

{% get_current_language as LANGUAGE_CODE %}&nbsp;<b>{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}</b>{% get_available_languages as LANGUAGES %}{% for LANGUAGE in LANGUAGES %}{% ifnotequal LANGUAGE_CODE LANGUAGE.0 %}&nbsp;<a href='?hl={{ LANGUAGE.0 }}'>{{ LANGUAGE.0 }}</a>{% endifnotequal %}{% endfor %}

It's possible to think other parameter handling than for instance http get hl=el for a greek ui and there is no obvious standard. Most sites seem to use a dropdown where a combined dropdown with most common languages directly by links also look feasible option. I hope you can comment or recommend these alternatives.

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The default l10n middleware looks for a session variable or cookie with the name django_language.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-10-28 04:58:13

By default I set this variable to http accept language header. Do you agree that's a good idea? It's possible to imagine a Greek user using a computer in London that has english http accept header needing a user defined variable to know to display in greek. I now do it with get parameter hl=el also conceivable as locale=el

LarsOn 2010-10-28 05:11:52

If you only look at that header then you don't need to set the variable; like the documentation says, it looks at that first.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-10-28 05:13:58

Thanks for the info. So I understand that django will make the choice by default when i18n is loaded in the templates.

LarsOn 2010-10-28 05:35:32

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