Kristen Pol - Drupal 7 Multilingual Sites [2012, PDF, ENG]

Preface

Chapter 1: Multilingual Overview, Use Cases, and Modules
Considerations and use cases
Different types of language support
Some things to think about
Example use cases
Simple blog site
Consulting company site
E-commerce site
Our demo site
Multilingual Drupal overview
Speaking the same language... terminology
Pieces of the multilingual puzzle
Interface
Content
Configuration
A look at the modules
Summary

Chapter 2: Setting up the Basics: Languages, UI Translation, and System Settings
Getting up and running
Using your own site
Using the demo site
Roles, users, and permissions

Working with languages
Adding languages with the Locale module
Detecting languages
URL
Session
User
Browser
Default
Detection method order
Our choice
Switching between languages

Interface and string translations
Translating the interface
Automatic translation updates
Adding and fixing interface translations
Contributing translations back to the community
Translating English strings
Modifying the settings.php file
Using the String Overrides module
Creating a custom English language
Reusing custom translated strings

General system configuration
Updating regional settings
Date and time formats
Translating site variables
Customizing the contact form

Summary

Chapter 3: Working with Content
Nodes
Enabling multilingual support
Node translation model
Configuring node translation
Synchronizing shared fields
Extra content type options
Field translation model
Configuring field translation
Using the language switcher
Non-node entities
Comments
Language assignment
Comment display
Users
Taxonomy terms
Custom entities
Node listing and search pages
Home page
Taxonomy term pages
Search
Summary

Chapter 4: Configuring Blocks, Menus, Taxonomy, and Views
Blocks
Language-specific blocks
Translating blocks
Blocks provided by modules
Menus
Language-specific menus
Multilingual menus
Node pages
Pages with the same link
Pages with different links
Taxonomy terms
Taxonomy translation module
Language-independent terms
Language-specific terms
Localized terms
Mixed-language vocabulary
Updating the field label
Views
Multilingual views
Language-specific views
Nodes using field translation
Non-node views
Comments
Taxonomy terms
Users
Views text
Summary

Chapter 5: Panels, SEO, and More!
Panels
Panel panes
Language-specific panel pages
SEO
Multilingual and international SEO
Friendly URLs
Removing special characters from path aliases
Page title and meta tags
Meta Tags module
Meta Tags Quick module
Page Title module
Home page optimization
Duplicate pages
Translation management and workflow
Who can translate?
Content administration
Contributed modules
Lingotek Collaborative Translation module
Translation Management Tool module
Custom workflow
Theming and module development
RTL support
Interface and content languages
Custom CSS
String translation functions
Summary

Appendix: Modules, Resources, and Getting Involved
Modules used in the book
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Module usage
More multilingual modules
Interface
Content
Configuration
Admin tools
Finding multilingual modules
Community resources
Groups, forums, and IRC
Documentation and guides
Articles, videos, and more
Getting involved
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