Hi, On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:24:33 -0700 "Chris W. Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (now to the entire list) > > Mark McCulligh <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Friday, September 12, 2003 11:48 AM said: > > > I am trying to create both an English and Japanese version of a site. > > The English done and I have the Japanese translation in a word doc. > > Can someone point me in the right direction on how I do this. I know > > it has something to do with the META setting. > > I have only dabbled in this so I don't know the proper terms and > technologies used, but I'll try to pass on what I've learned. > > It requires a few things. > > 1. PHP needs to send the proper header. (At the top of each page.) > > <? > header("Content-type: text/html; charset=EUC-JP"); > ?> Or, you can just declare it inside you're <head> tags (as mentioned previously). Also, depending on the charset you're using, you might need "shift_jis" instead of "euc-jp". ("euc-jp" is recommended though esp. if data is coming from a database.) > 2. You also need to send the correct language info from within the page > itself. I suggest going to a japanese page and looking at the source. > > 3. You need an editor that can handle the japanese language. I stopped > trying to make japanese pages because I could not find a suitable editor > (granted I didn't try very hard and I wasn't about to buy something). Quanta works fine for me. ( http://quanta.sourceforge.net/ ) And you don't have to buy it ;) Actually, as long as you can change the default font used (and assuming you have the fonts installed), *most* editors should do just fine. - E - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo! http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
