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Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development

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Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface

Managing languages


Joomla! 1.5 has a centralized approach to internationalization. The default language for the project is English; other languages are distributed separately as extensions. Although these extensions do not translate user-entered content, they do provide phrases for the core Joomla! extensions in other languages. Both the frontend and the backend of Joomla!'s user interface are internationalized; language packs for each are distributed separately.

The following examples assume that the French language packs are installed. If you do not already have them installed, they can be downloaded from Joomlacode at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/french/frs. Be sure to download both the frontend and backend language packs. To install them, go to Extensions | Install/Uninstall in the backend, then use the Upload Package File section to install both packages.

Once both language packs are installed, individual users can choose French, or French can be set as the default for the entire...