[LGM] Our website translation

[Louis Desjardins]

2015-03-18 11:43 GMT-04:00 ginger coons <ginger at adaptstudio.ca>:

>  On 03/18/2015 10:07 AM, Louis Desjardins wrote:
>
>  2015-03-18 6:08 GMT-04:00 Manuel Schmalstieg <webdev at ms-studio.net>:
>
>> Indeed, Polylang is currently one of the best multilingual solutions.
>>
>> We have opened a thread for the technical dissussion here:
>> https://github.com/libregraphicsmeeting/htdocs-2015/issues/5
>>
>> I just activated the plugin, so Louis can start entering the translations.
>>
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I just tested and everything seems to work fine. Great!
>
>  I need the logo in vector format. The PNG file available in the Press
> Kit page is somewhat limited for various print usage!
>
>  I would need the full visual "Beyond the first decade" please.
>
> It's all already available in the github repo.
>

I understand. However I was thinking about the specific "Press Kit" page
and how it can smooth our relationship with any media. If someone wants to
grab the PNG file, that’s easy. If that person needs for any reason the
vector file, can we put the links on the web page?

Louis

>
>
> -g
>
>
>
>> Once the pages are translated, we can build the menu for the French
>> version (under Appearance, Menus : Main Navigation French).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Manuel
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra
>> <elisa.dcg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have a positive experience with the plugin polylang.
>> > https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/
>> > Easy to install, set up, understand, and use.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > 2015-03-18 1:40 GMT+01:00 ginger coons <ginger at adaptstudio.ca>:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I am back with my initial question: what’s the procedure to have a
>> French
>> >> version of our website?
>> >>
>> >> There's a list of relevant plugins here:
>> >> http://codex.wordpress.org/Multilingual_WordPress
>> >>
>> >> If anyone has had any experiences with them (positive or otherwise)
>> maybe
>> >> they can chip in their opinions?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I see only good reasons to have it in French and if someone wants to
>> step
>> >> in and provide a translation in other languages as well, all the best.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Louis, it's very nice that you're volunteering to translate the site
>> into
>> >> French! As with many things involved in LGM organizing, I'd love to
>> see a
>> >> discussion about how we can sustain initiatives like a multi-lingual
>> website
>> >> from year-to-year, rather than having each year be ad hoc and based on
>> the
>> >> choices of the local team and whoever has the time and passion for a
>> >> particular issue.
>> >>
>> >> Maybe we can have a broader discussion about how to support the
>> >> internationality of LGM, both this year and in future years.
>> >>
>> >> -ginger
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Toronto
>> >>> "While English is the predominant language spoken by Torontonians,
>> >>> Statistics Canada reports that other language groups are significant,
>> >>> including the Chinese languages (particularly Cantonese and Mandarin),
>> >>> Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Tamil, Portuguese, Persian,
>> >>> Arabic, Russian, Polish, Gujarati, Korean, Vietnamese, and Greek.
>> >>> Canada's other official language, French, is spoken by 1.2% of the
>> >>> population."
>> >>>
>> >>> /pippin
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