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| <h2 id="native-language-nl-websites">Native Language (NL) Websites<a class="headerlink" href="#native-language-nl-websites" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Apache OpenOffice supports users around the world via our many OpenOffice localizations, via |
| native language mailing lists and support forums, and by translations of our website. This |
| page describes the steps to create and maintain an NL website. Following these steps you |
| can create a website translation like our <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/es/">Spanish</a>, |
| <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/tr/">Turkish</a> or <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/nl/">Dutch</a> websites.</p> |
| <p>Making updates to the Apache OpenOffice project's websites is simple. It's even easy |
| for non-committers (new contributors - like you) to create a patch to request that |
| pages are updated by the project community.</p> |
| <h2 id="the-xx-website">The XX Website<a class="headerlink" href="#the-xx-website" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>The easiest way to get started is with the <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/xx/">XX website</a>.This |
| website is a extract of the most-commonly visited pages from the English website, including:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>The home page</li> |
| <li>The product description pages</li> |
| <li>The "Why OpenOffice?" pages</li> |
| <li>The download page</li> |
| <li>The support information pages</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Altogether, there are around 30 pages in the XX website. These are the ones that you will |
| want to translate.</p> |
| <h2 id="creating-the-test-directory">Creating the Test Directory<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-the-test-directory" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>In many cases there will already be an NL website for your language, but perhaps one that is |
| badly out-of-date or is non-standard. However, until your new translation is ready to go it |
| is probably best not to wipe out the existing NL page. So initially you will probably want |
| to do your work in a test directory.</p> |
| <p><strong>Let's take a concrete example:</strong> |
| <br/> |
| Suppose your target language is Italian (it). You will want to do |
| the following. If you are not a committer and are not familiar with Subversion then you |
| will want to get help with these steps by asking on the mailing list.</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Make a copy (svn copy) of the |
| <a href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/">ooo-site/trunk/content/xx directory</a> |
| as ooo-site/trunk/content/test-it. In the copy replace all instances of "/xx" in paths, |
| files and also within files with "/test-it". Then replace occurrences of "xx" with "it" (not "test-it") |
| and rename the "msg_prop_l10n_xx.js" file to "msg_prop_l10n_it.js"</li> |
| <li>Also make a copy of |
| <a href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/templates/xx/">ooo-site/trunk/templates/xx</a> |
| and call the copy ooo-site/trunk/templates/test-it.</li> |
| <li>Commit these changes and publish via the CMS</li> |
| <li>If you are a committer then you can translate the contents of the files in /test-it |
| locally or via the CMS, whatever you prefer. If you are not a committer then ask someone |
| to do an "svn export" of the new /test-it and send a ZIP file of the contents.</li> |
| </ol> |
| <p><strong>Important:</strong> |
| <br/> |
| In any case, the complete "/xx" directory and its files are used as a template. |
| Please always copy it to a different location first before you start any editing!</p> |
| <h2 id="translating-the-website">Translating the Website<a class="headerlink" href="#translating-the-website" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>The files will be in two main formats:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| <p>HTML files.</p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p>Markdown text files. |
| <a href="https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics">Need to know more about Markdown Text?</a></p> |
| <p>In your translation, do not change the file or directory names. Be careful to preserve |
| the markup of the HTML and the indentation levels of the MDText files.</p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <h2 id="the-template">The Template<a class="headerlink" href="#the-template" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>You will notice that there is more on the openoffice.org website than what you see in the |
| /test-it content files. The content files give the central part of each page, but the |
| header, footer as well as navigation menus are generated by the template. There are special |
| MDText files that you will need to translate for the template. They are:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>/xx/topnav.mdtext</li> |
| <li>/xx/why/leftnav.mdtext</li> |
| <li>/xx/product/leftnav.mdtext</li> |
| <li>/xx/brand.mdtext</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>For example, the /xx/topnav.mdtext has lines like this:</p> |
| <pre><code>[Product][m0] |
| [Download][m1] |
| [Support][m2] |
| </code></pre> |
| <p>Here you should translate the words "Product", "Download" and "Support". Also, at the |
| bottom of the file you will see hyperlinks, which should not be changed, and text hints for |
| the hyperlinks which should be translated.</p> |
| <p>A special word about brand.mdtext. This contains several values that control the overall |
| branding on the website. The name and logo must not be changed, since these are our |
| trademarks, but the "tagline" can be translated. Note also the announcement and |
| announcement url fields. These control the blue announcement that is the top of every |
| website page. That should be translated and the URL changed if needed. For example, in a |
| new release you would want to point to a translated version of the release notes, if they |
| exist.</p> |
| <h2 id="other-hints">Other Hints<a class="headerlink" href="#other-hints" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>A few other things to watch out for.</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Some files contain an Apache License header at the top of the page. You should not |
| translate that.</li> |
| <li>Some files contain comments. These don't need to be translated, but no harm is done if |
| they are.</li> |
| <li>The /download/index.html requires special care since the language strings are stored in |
| a the separate Javascript file "msg_prop_l10n_xx.js". The file "index.html" contains only |
| the variables. Look for the further section if you need more help on this.</li> |
| <li>It is easy to miss the social networking messages in /download/index.html. |
| These are in the HTML header block and in function shareTwitter(). The string is something |
| like "Join the OpenOffice revolution, the free office productivity suite with over 275 |
| million trusted downloads." |
| You should translate these, but adapt if needed to keep the string within the 280 limit |
| for Twitter.</li> |
| </ol> |
| <h2 id="how-to-find-the-right-text-for-the-file-at-the-right-place">How to find the right text for the file at the right place?<a class="headerlink" href="#how-to-find-the-right-text-for-the-file-at-the-right-place" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>All texts, mouse over titles and link URLs that can be localized are collected in the |
| "msg_prop_l10n_xx.js" files. The variables are named and sorted via the sections they are |
| displayed in and have also comments to keep the overview.</p> |
| <p><strong>Example:</strong> |
| <br/> |
| // Extensions: Strings in the blue box (top) (used in "index.html"). |
| <br/> |
| Here the text for the headline in the blue box for the extensions is stored: |
| <br/> |
| l10n.dl_ext_blue_box_headline_text = "Get Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Dictionaries";</p> |
| <p>Please note that not all text is always displayed. Some are only shown in case of errors to |
| handle a special behavior.</p> |
| <p><strong>Example:</strong> |
| <br/> |
| // Download: Strings for error text in the sub-red box (used in "download.js"). |
| <br/> |
| Here the text for the left download button is shown when the selected options do not lead to |
| a correct download: |
| <br/> |
| l10n.dl_full_link_error_text = "No full installation available";</p> |
| <h2 id="you-can-see-the-variables-and-text-but-cannot-find-the-respective-files">You can see the variables and text but cannot find the respective file(s)?<a class="headerlink" href="#you-can-see-the-variables-and-text-but-cannot-find-the-respective-files" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>The "msg_prop_l10n_xx.js" files contains already a lot of strings. But it is maybe not |
| wished to localize everything that is existing. So, we can keep the "/xx" example section |
| small.</p> |
| <p>For example, the following variables point to files that are not existing yet. You have to |
| create them first:</p> |
| <p>l10n.dl_analyze_headline_text = "How to report a broken download link?"; |
| <br/> |
| --> "analyze.html"</p> |
| <p>l10n.dl_help_link = "<a href="https://www.openoffice.org/download/full_vs_lp.html">https://www.openoffice.org/download/full_vs_lp.html</a>"; |
| <br/> |
| --> "full_vs_lp.html"</p> |
| <p>Also many links in the navigation bar refers to global webpages.</p> |
| <h2 id="nl-specific-content">NL-Specific Content<a class="headerlink" href="#nl-specific-content" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>It may be desired to add language-specific custom content to the website. For example:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>A localized Arabic website might want a special page dedicated to a description of how |
| to use the bidirectional text features in OpenOffice. The Tamil website might want a page |
| that links to a particular open source font download that is recommended.</li> |
| <li>There may be a local OpenOffice-related event that you want to publicize.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>New content pages can be added to your NL directory and links page from a navigator or |
| from a news article on the home page as appropriate.</p> |
| <h2 id="after-translation">After Translation<a class="headerlink" href="#after-translation" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Once your translation is done, you can check it in (if you are a committer) or ask someone |
| to help you check it in and publish it to the website. Review the published pages to verify |
| that the translation is as you want it, and that all links work. Once it is ready you can |
| rename your "test" directory and make it the new NL website for your language!</p> |
| <p><strong>Please Note:</strong> |
| <br/> |
| If there is an existing NL website it is recommended that you do the switch |
| over like this:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>First delete the existing NL page, e.g., svn del /it. Commit and publish that change.</li> |
| <li>Then rename the content/test-it directory, e.g., svn move content/test-it content/it.</li> |
| <li>Also rename the templates/test-it to /templates/it</li> |
| <li>Commit these changes and commit them via the CMS</li> |
| </ol> |
| <p>This order is recommended, with the commit and publish after the deletion of the old |
| directory due to a CMS build issue we've run into if all these steps are done together in |
| a single commit.</p> |
| <h2 id="maintaining-nl-websites">Maintaining NL Websites<a class="headerlink" href="#maintaining-nl-websites" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Do try to check your NL website every few weeks to see if any changes are needed. Try to |
| keep it in sync with the English website. Is there a new announcement header? A new |
| release? A new blog post?</p> |
| <h2 id="you-got-stuck-and-need-help">You got stuck and need help?<a class="headerlink" href="#you-got-stuck-and-need-help" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>You can always refer to the global webpages at "<a href="https://www.openoffice.org/">https://www.openoffice.org/</a>". The directory |
| and file structure is the same.</p> |
| <h2 id="you-need-a-helping-hand">You need a helping hand?<a class="headerlink" href="#you-need-a-helping-hand" title="Permalink">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>You can get in contact with us via the |
| <a href="/mailing-lists.html#localization-mailing-list-public">L10N mailing list</a>. |
| See the general explanation for |
| <a href="/mailing-lists.html#using-mailing-lists">what a mailing list is</a>.</p> |
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