Add new function:<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tload_theme_textdomain( 'theme_name', TEMPLATEPATH . '\/languages' );\r\n<\/pre>\r\nWhere:<\/p>\r\n
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- theme_name<\/strong> – the name of the directory with your theme files (wp-content\/theme_name);<\/li>\r\n
- TEMPLATEPATH<\/strong> – root to the template files. Global variable, no need to change it.<\/li>\r\n
- \/languages<\/strong> – name of the directory with the language files. It is located in your theme folder. <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
Using language variables<\/h3>\r\n
If you want to insert some text content directly into your theme files please use the following rules<\/p>\r\n
Do NOT use construction as follows: <\/p>\r\n
\r\n<?php echo 'your_text'; ?>\r\n<\/pre>\r\n
for text content.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
To add multilingual content into your template files please use the following construction:<\/p>\r\n
\r\n<?php _ e('your_text', 'theme_name'); ?>\r\n<\/pre>\r\nYou can also use the following one<\/p>\r\n
\r\n<?php echo '<h2>' . __('your_text', 'theme_name') . '<\/h2>'; ?>\r\n<\/pre>\r\nPlease pay attention to the parameter ‘theme_name’<\/strong> in the language strings. It is the same parameter that has been used in the ‘load_theme_textdomain’<\/strong> function<\/p>\r\n
Creating language files<\/h3>\r\n
Now we need to create the language .MO<\/strong> and .PO<\/strong> files. <\/p>\r\n
The easiest way to create these files is the PoEdit<\/strong> application. It can be downloaded from the official website at www.poedit.net<\/a><\/p>\r\n
Download the PoEdit application and open it. From the top menu click File > New Catalog <\/strong><\/p>\r\n
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- At the ‘Project’<\/strong> tab input your project details<\/li>\r\n
- At the ‘Path’<\/strong> tab input .\/<\/strong> into the the ‘Base path’<\/strong>\r\n
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<\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n- At the ‘Keywords’ tab add new keywords ‘__’<\/strong> and ‘_e’<\/strong>
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<\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nClick OK<\/strong>. PoEdit will automatically scan files in your theme directory, and list all strings. Your work now is just translate them. After that, save file in format language.po (ie. pt_BR.po, de_DE.po, etc.) in the \/lang\/ directory.<\/p>\r\n
Set Default WordPress language<\/h3>\r\n
There are two ways of setting default language for your WordPress installation. <\/p>\r\n
1. The first way of settings the default WordPress language is download the localized version<\/p>\r\n
2. Open wp-config.php<\/strong> file from the WordPress installation root and define the language:<\/p>\r\n
\r\ndefine ('WPLANG', 'en_US');\r\n<\/pre>\r\nHow to change theme localization<\/h3>\r\n
1. Open WordPress installation directory<\/p>\r\n
2. Go to ‘wp-content\/themes\/your_theme\/languages’<\/strong> folder<\/p>\r\n
3. Rename the existing files to the localization name listed in wp-config.php <\/strong>file. <\/p>\r\n
For example<\/strong> if your wp-config.php<\/strong> file contains define (‘WPLANG’, ‘en_US’);<\/strong> language definition. Your language files should be called en_US.mo<\/strong> and en_US.po<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
4. Open the language files with PoEdit application<\/p>\r\n
5. Select the line you want to edit and in the bottom area input the line translation<\/p>\r\n
- At the ‘Path’<\/strong> tab input .\/<\/strong> into the the ‘Base path’<\/strong>\r\n
- TEMPLATEPATH<\/strong> – root to the template files. Global variable, no need to change it.<\/li>\r\n
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