i have installed two 'links 2' scripts, one is french the other is english.

(http://... .net/fr/index.shtml) + (http://... .net/en/index.shtml)

they have the same category tree/structure.

then in a french category page, i wish to do a link to the same category page in english.

ex : in 'http://... .net/fr/mycategory/index.shtml'

i wish this link to be created automatically :

<a href="http://... .net/en/mycategory/index.shtml">Visit the english page</a>



Do you have an idea how to do ?

tanx

I think this will do what you want... Add the red parts, and change the location and appearance of the link (second red part) as you like. From site_html_templates.pl:

# First let's get the name, number of links, and last modified date...
$url = "$build_root_url/" . &urlencode($subcat) . "/";
$en_url = "$build_root_url/en/" . &urlencode($subcat) . "/";
if ($subcat =~ m,.*/([^/]+)$,) { $category_name = &build_clean($1); } else { $category_name = &build_clean($subcat); }
$numlinks = $stats{"$subcat"}[0];
$mod = $stats{"$subcat"}[1];

# We check to see if we are half way through, if so we stop this table cell
# and begin a new one (this lets us have category names in two columns).
if ($i == $half) {
$output .= qq|</td><td class="catlist" valign="top">\n|;
}
$i++;

# Then we print out the name linked, new if it's new, and popular if its popular.
$output .= qq|<dl><dt><strong><a class="link" href="$url">$category_name</a></strong> <small class="numlinks">($numlinks)</small> |;
$output .= qq|<small><sup class="new">new</sup></small>| if (&days_old($mod) < $db_new_cutoff);
$output .= qq|</dt>|;
$output .= qq|<dd><span class="descript">$description </span></dd>| if (!($description =~ /^[\s\n]*$/));
$output .= qq|<a class="link" href="$en_url">Visit the english page.</a>|;
$output .= qq|</dl>|;
}


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie

tanx a lot for your help.

actually the result is that the link 'visit the english page' is
'http://... .net/fr/en/my_category/index.shtml'
(and then it does not work, it should be 'http://... .net/en/my_category/index.shtml')

because the initial link is
'http://... .net/fr/my_category/index.shtml'.

also, the 'visit the english page' appears in the 'homepage' (and this, i don t need) but not in the category pages. i would have liked to include the 'visit the english page' as <%en_category%> in the templates in order to put it at the bottom of the category pages.

do you think i still can get it work ?

cheers.

Change;


...to...


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Or, instead of $build_root_url, just put the url in longhand: $en_url = "http://... .net/en/" . &urlencode($subcat) . "/";

Try this, in the category.html template, add the red:

<!-- Links in this category. -->
<%if links%>
<h2>Links: </h2>
<%links%>
<%endif%>
<%en_category%>

Then in db_utils.pl, add this:

##XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
## alt language link, called by <%en_category%>
sub en_category {
# --------------------------------------------------------
#
$en_category = &site_html_en_category;
return $en_category;
}
## end mod
##XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Then, in site_html_templates.pl, add this:

sub site_html_en_category {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine will build an alt language link.

return &load_template (en_category.html', {
%rec,
%globals
} );
}

At the top of this file, add your new sub to the list under %globals like so:
en_category => &en_category,

Finally, in the template directory, create a new file named en_category.html, and make the code how you want the link to appear:

<A HREF="http://... .net/en/$category">See this category in English.</A>

No guarantees But this should be the right direction, anyway. Not that ther isn't an easier way, maybe, but I have similar things done on my site...


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie

Yes ! Thank you, it works !!! but it gives the english category link close to the french one in the categories list.

actually i wished only one english link to appear in the bottom of the page according to the french category page the visitor is in.

thanks for your help.

i replaced :
return &load_template (en_category.html', {
by :
return &load_template ('en_category.html', {

but actually the link appears exactly like that
<A HREF="http://... .net/en/$category">See this category in English.</A>

'$category' is not replaced by anything ...
then i tried with '$en_category' in 'en_category.html' too, unsuccessfully ...

My bad, yes it should be ( 'en_category.html', {

Try adding this to it; category => $category, like so:

sub site_html_en_category {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine will build an alt language link.

return &load_template (en_category.html', {

Category => $category,
%rec,
%globals
} );
}
(Note capital 'C', then lowercase 'c')

Maybe this will work... for the link, use

<A HREF="http://... .net/en/($in{'Category'})">See this category in English.</A>


If not, it will end up being something similar.... we'll figure it out eventually!


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie

same result. the link appears like :
<A HREF="http://... .net/en/($in{'Category'})">See this category in English.</A>

with no value instead of : ($in{'Category'})

OK, I guess the translation needs to come from somewhere besides the template. Change this, adding the red:

##XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
## alt language link, called by <%en_category%>
sub en_category {
# --------------------------------------------------------
#
$en_cat = ($in{'Category'})
$en_category = &site_html_en_category;
return $en_category;
}
## end mod
##XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


And then make the link like so:

<A HREF="http://... .net/en/<%en_cat%>">See this category in English.</A>


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie

thanks for your continuous help.

well, i added a ; at the end of your code or links2 did not want to start at all :

$en_cat = ($in{'Category'}) ;
$en_category = &site_html_en_category;
return $en_category;

still, the result is : Unknown Tag: en_cat, instead of what should appear in place of <%en_cat%>.



If you have any further idea it is most welcome, however, thanks again for your kind help. If i don t give you fast answer from now on it will be because i must be offline for several weeks, but for sure i will give you answer if you have any new idea. Thanks again. Jigme.

Well, at least it did something different!

Add the new name like you did the other, here:

Then, in site_html_templates.pl, add this:

sub site_html_en_category {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine will build an alt language link.

return &load_template (en_category.html', {
%rec,
%globals
} );
}

At the top of this file, add your new sub to the list under %globals like so:
en_category => &en_category,

en_cat => &en_cat


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie

Well, i get this message 'Error including libraries: Undefined subroutine &main::en_cat'.
Ok i give up. Thank you very much for your kind efforts for helping.

cheers