Most people are aware that Joomla is an international community and consists of much more than the English-only Joomla.org family of sites. Many non-English countries have their own language-specific resources such as localized websites, documentation and forums. So how do we bring internationalization to the main Joomla.org sites?
How can non-English community members find local Joomla resources?
Currently, by using a (local) search engine.
How does the current Joomla.org family of sites engage international non-English community members?
The only current option for the main information on the Joomla.org family of sites is to utilize an online translation tool such as Google Translate. However, there are language-specific forums on forum.joomla.org
Possible Improvement - Local Language Information Pages
In June of 2010 I participated in the JoomStew radio show along with fellow guests Sander Potjer and Radek Suski titled “Measuring Community”, a discussion around a chapter in Jono Bacon’s book, The Art of Community.
During this interesting show, I was able to discuss localization with Sander. Sander is very active in the Dutch community (joomlacommunity.eu) and pointed out that the connection between the joomla.org sites and the local non-English community sites needs improvement. When I asked what he thought would be a way to accomplish that, he referred me to another international website that displays a small notice based on the language detected in your browser settings pointing you to information in your own language.
The Joomla.org sites have always been unintentionally English-centric. To increase discovery of the many non-English Joomla communities, we started an initiative to compile international information pages which would provide a gateway to these local communities and some translated “About Joomla” information. To accomplish that we compiled a short English page with the most important resources and put it on the docs.joomla.org website. After a call for volunteers to start developing these pages, the response was amazing - the main document has already been translated to nearly 30 different languages/countries! Thanks to everyone who contributed so far!
For the next phase, it’s now time to make the international pages available on the Joomla.org site. We hope to have more information on this phase soon.
For Free consultation on regarding Joomla Development, Joomla Experts, Hire your Joomla Programmers, Joomla Designers log on to http://www.dckap.com/
Source: http://community.joomla.org
How can non-English community members find local Joomla resources?
Currently, by using a (local) search engine.
How does the current Joomla.org family of sites engage international non-English community members?
The only current option for the main information on the Joomla.org family of sites is to utilize an online translation tool such as Google Translate. However, there are language-specific forums on forum.joomla.org
Possible Improvement - Local Language Information Pages
In June of 2010 I participated in the JoomStew radio show along with fellow guests Sander Potjer and Radek Suski titled “Measuring Community”, a discussion around a chapter in Jono Bacon’s book, The Art of Community.
During this interesting show, I was able to discuss localization with Sander. Sander is very active in the Dutch community (joomlacommunity.eu) and pointed out that the connection between the joomla.org sites and the local non-English community sites needs improvement. When I asked what he thought would be a way to accomplish that, he referred me to another international website that displays a small notice based on the language detected in your browser settings pointing you to information in your own language.
The Joomla.org sites have always been unintentionally English-centric. To increase discovery of the many non-English Joomla communities, we started an initiative to compile international information pages which would provide a gateway to these local communities and some translated “About Joomla” information. To accomplish that we compiled a short English page with the most important resources and put it on the docs.joomla.org website. After a call for volunteers to start developing these pages, the response was amazing - the main document has already been translated to nearly 30 different languages/countries! Thanks to everyone who contributed so far!
For the next phase, it’s now time to make the international pages available on the Joomla.org site. We hope to have more information on this phase soon.
For Free consultation on regarding Joomla Development, Joomla Experts, Hire your Joomla Programmers, Joomla Designers log on to http://www.dckap.com/
Source: http://community.joomla.org
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