Joomla language file

In order to provide a translation you need to create a file named en-GB. Please note that the language string must be enclosed in double quotes, as per Joomla!

This code only works in and later. Specifies the details for displaying a dashboard for the component in the Administrator area for the site. Components do not support configuration definitions in the manifest. This was a way implemented in Joomla!

They can define configuration options for multiple levels using the config. Configuration options for Components are defined in a separate file named config. See Standard form field types for a list of allowed form field types and example XML form field definitions.

Specify the namespace to be used for autoloading the plugin. The given namespace will autoload to the root directory of your extension by default however you can optionally add a "path" attribute to the namespace element to specify a subpath within your extensions root directory. You have to include the sql folder in the administration files as described in Back-end files. Their database driver types are described by the driver attribute, their character sets by the charset attribute.

Since 1. For example, in order to go from version 1. The final structure of the sql folder will look like this assuming a MySQL database. This method can still be used all Joomla! However since Joomla! By storing extension language files in the extension folder, you benefit by isolating and protecting your extension's language files. For example, an administrator removes a language from their Joomla!

Your extension's language files will not be removed. They will remain in place and will be available if the language is installed again. The structure of the language folder for frontend and backend is the same.

You put them in the language tag e. You have to specify those folders in the front-end and back-end files too. In your manifest, simply include the ' language' folder in your files section. The sub-directories for each language will automatically be copied. For example, a. In that case and only that case, the. This last one not being included in that language folder but in root or any other folder not installed. This lets us display 2 different descriptions: one from the sys.

This can be extremely useful when the installation also uses some scripts and requires a different value for the description. The sys. Language file used by the installation script during the installation of a component the first install , not an upgrade obeys specific rules described in the article, Specification of language files. This also applies to KEYs used in the manifest file. When upgrading or uninstalling the extension not installing , it is the sys.

Thereafter, if present, the sys. One advantage of installing the files in the extension "language" folder is that these are not touched when updating a language pack. This is handy as they are available if, later on, a user installs the corresponding pack.

Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the archive and install it using the extension manager of Joomla.

You can add a menu item of this component using the menu manager in the backend. Home What is Joomla? Download Launch. Put the tags for every language you want to manage and the plugin will only display the text for the current language in the page. Example of use : It is based on the language tag like en-GB that you can find using the debug function of the plugin see options of the plugin. It is very useful if you are using multilingual Translate Helper By ZyX. This plugin finds all words, texts on the page and puts an icon near to it.

When you click the icon, a popup window will apear and you can edit this word or text. All changes will be saved to tha language file, so you don't need to edit those files manualy. Whith this plugin you can edit words and texts of all language files of all extensions from the page where those words and texts are used CTransifex By compojoom. CTransifex is a Joomla extension that grabs the latest translation files from transifex and automatically builds a joomla language pack with them.

Linguise automatic translation By Linguise. Linguise Joomla module offers a direct connection to our automatic, high-quality translation service, with possible access to multiple translators for content revision. The automatic translation is free during the first month and up to translated words, no language number or page view limitation. Translation made easy! Add a quick and easy method for your end users to translate entire pages by simply selecting their own language from a pop-out drop-down.

With close to 60 language translations available, NS Translate uses the Google Translate API to provide automatic translations of your site on the fly without spending hours translating articles and menus to different languages Simple plugin to filter content of an article, module, or any content, based on current language. Google Translator widget By Santosh Padire.