I tried to investigate that and it is clear that content localized by session/browser preferance only *cannot* be properly indexed by search engines. Localized version of content must have 1) own URL, 2) must have properly set Content-Language in HTTP headers (can be set by meta tag also). -- Jiri
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:05 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > I do not know. This may help: > > http://www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/language.asp > > On Apr 19, 5:03 am, jiri <jiri.zahra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, routes_in fragment seems to be what I was looking for. Session > > variable for remembering last selected language - I like that, I am > > going to include that also. > > > > I am not sure about handling language purely using sessions in > > general. It could be worthful if you have an app like webmail for > > example and you want to translate it. But in case of site with content > > in multiple languages I believe that right way is to have pages > > (content) in different languages to have different URLs. How can > > search engine handle different language version of page/article if > > language is handled using sessions(and browser language setting) > > only? > > > > Jiri > > > > On 18 Dub, 17:41, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > Personally I do not user routes much and I like to do > > > > > if request.vars.force_language: session.force_language > > > if session.force_language: T.force(force_language) > > > > > and have button in the 'index' page that reload the index page in > > > various languages > > > > > <a href="{{=URL(r=request,vars=dict(force_language='fr- > > > fr'))}}">French</a> > > > > > Because of the session var, web2py will remember my preferred > > > language. > > > > > Massimo > > > > > On Apr 18, 10:35 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > routes_in = ( > > > > ('/yourapp/static/(?P<any>.*)','/yourapp/static/$any'), > > > > ('/yourapp/$language/(?P<any>.*)','/yourapp/default/$any?_language= > > > > $language'), > > > > ) > > > > > > and in your model > > > > > > if request.vars._language: T.force(request.vars._language) > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > On Apr 18, 9:49 am, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > > > > > By the way, I believe the T("...") handles short phrase better, but > if > > > > > you need to deal with some long article such as company background > > > > > description, it will also be a good choice to manually organize > your > > > > > file as: > > > > > yourapp/static/en/about.html > > > > > yourapp/static/de/about.html > > > > > ... > > > > > > > On Apr18, 10:09pm, Jason Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > It's my understanding the web2py takes care of all the multi > language > > > > > > stuff automatically, no need to set it in the browser. > > > > > > Just set the language file and make sure to put a T("") Around ya > > > > > > strings. > > > > > > br- > > > > > > Jason Brower > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 04:14 -0700, jiri wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > I am new to web2py and I am working on multi-language site > using this > > > > > > > framework. What is the best way to structure URLs for such > site? > > > > > > > Previously I used this scheme (see below) in Pylons framework, > it was > > > > > > > mapped using routing module to "lang" parameter and then > correct > > > > > > > language was set up just before selected controller function > (by URL) > > > > > > > was called. What I need to do to use this scheme in web2py or > what is > > > > > > > the recommended way to do this? > > > > > > > > > /en/about/ > > > > > > > /en/products/ > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > /de/about/ > > > > > > > /de/products/ > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > /es/about/ > > > > > > > /es/products/ > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > Jiri > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
