CREATING A MULTILINGUAL INSTALL PROFILE

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MAKING A MULTILINGUAL WEBSITE - CHECKLIST

MULTILINGUAL CHECKLIST• Enable some modules

• Add languages

• Set up language negotiation

• Pull in languages from localize.drupal.org

• Turn on the language switcher

MULTILINGUAL CHECKLIST• Enable field-level translation for content types

• Add variable translations

• Enable translation for the main menu

• Set the language of menu items

• Setup pathauto patterns for each language

Configuration > Regional & language > Languages

Installing Languages

Language Detection & Selection

Using the URL as the primary method of language detection

Localization Update

drupal.org/project/l10n_update

Switching Languages

Setting up Field Translation

Translating Variables

Translating Menus

Pathauto PatternsCreate a pathauto pattern per language

HOW TO SCRIPT THIS?

• Create a post-install script - using drush commands and php scripts

• Create an install profile

• Create an install profile, with make files

WHAT’S IN THE SCRIPT?drush en admin_menu admin_menu_toolbar locale l10n_update entity_translation -y

drush variable-realm-set language en site_name "Multilingual Drupal”

drush scr create-menu-items.script

drush vset language_content_type_article 4

drush l10n-update

INSTALL PROFILE

RUNNING THE INSTALL PROFILE

RUNNING THE INSTALL PROFILE

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.INFO FILEname = Multilingual Startkerkit

description = Profile for setting up a multilingual website.

core = 7.x

version = 0.1

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;Core Dependencies

dependencies[] = block

dependencies[] = color

dependencies[] = comment

.INSTALL FILE• hook_install

• add text formats

• enable blocks

• add node types

• set variables

• create fields and field instances

.PROFILE FILE• hook_install_tasks

• array of steps for the installer

• each step corresponds to a callback function (could be a form)

• hook_install_tasks_alter

• you can unset steps in the default process

INSTALLATION STEPS

• Select languages

• Import Translations

• Add Sample Content

• Setup Site Info

ADDING .MAKE FILES

.MAKEapi = 2

core = 7.x

; Include the definition for how to build Drupal core directly

includes[] = drupal-org-core.make

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;Multilingual Starterkit Install Profile

projects[multilingual_starterkit][download][type] = "git"

projects[multilingual_starterkit][download][url] = "https://github.com/pixelite/drupal-multilingual-starterkit"

projects[multilingual_starterkit][download][branch] = "master"

projects[multilingual_starterkit][type] = "profile"

DRUPAL-ORG-CORE.MAKEcore = 7.x

api = 2

!projects[drupal][version] = "7.31"

!projects[views_bulk_operations][version] = "3.2"

projects[views_bulk_operations][subdir] = "contrib"

!projects[admin_menu][version] = "3.0-rc4"

projects[admin_menu][subdir] = "contrib"

!projects[admin_views][version] = "1.3"

USING THE MAKE FILESDownload the make files:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelite/drupal-multilingual-starterkit/master/build-mulitilingual-starterkit.make -o build-multilingual-starterkit.make

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelite/drupal-multilingual-starterkit/master/drupal-org-core.make -o drupal-org-core.make

Run the make files using Drush:

drush make build-multilingual-starterkit.make

Drupal Consulting, Development, and Training evolvingweb.ca

Suzanne Dergacheva, Co-founder @suzanne_kennedy

TRAINING PROGRAMevolvingweb.ca/training

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