Issues With Language selector...

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Feb-2012 00:00

Hi All,
Am new with sitefinity and am using sitefinity 4.4.I have some doubts.Can any one give me
answers for my doubts.

   1. I am using widget "Language selector". And want to remove country name from html because I am using flags. How Is it possible?.

2. Do I have to manually translate the pages from one to another language or does   Sitefinity manage that itself [Which is same Google transilations].

Regards
Sanoop

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Feb-2012 00:00

Hi Sanoop,

Regarding your questions:

1. I had the same challenge and ended up building my own LanguageSelector. I'm sure it is possible somehow, but because of time, it suited my better to build something specific for my website. If you want an example, let me know.
2. You have to manually translate the pages into the desired languages.

Regards,
Daniel

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Feb-2012 00:00

Hi Daniel
Thanks for your response.. Can you please give me a sample code.

Regards

Sanoop

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Feb-2012 00:00

Hi Sanoop,

Sure, here you go:

LanguageSelector.ascx

<ul class="language-list">

<asp:Repeater ID="LanguagesRepeater" runat="server">

<ItemTemplate>

<li runat="server" id="activeLanguage">

<asp:HyperLink ID="lnkLanguage" runat="server"></asp:HyperLink>

</li>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>

</ul>

LanguageSelector.cs

public partial class LanguageSelector : System.Web.UI.UserControl

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

BindData();

private void BindData()

var settings = AppSettings.CurrentSettings;

List<CultureInfo> languages = new List<CultureInfo>();

languages.AddRange(settings.DefinedFrontendLanguages);

PageManager pm = PageManager.GetManager();

var homePageId = Config.Get<PagesConfig>().HomePageId;

if (homePageId != Guid.Empty)

this.homePageNode = pm.GetPageNode(homePageId);

IEnumerable<CultureInfo> shownLanguages;

shownLanguages = languages;

this.LanguagesRepeater.DataSource = shownLanguages;

this.LanguagesRepeater.ItemDataBound += new System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterItemEventHandler(LanguagesRepeater_ItemDataBound);

this.LanguagesRepeater.DataBind();

void LanguagesRepeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)

CultureInfo ci = (CultureInfo)e.Item.DataItem;

var lnkLanguage = e.Item.FindControl("lnkLanguage") as HyperLink;

lnkLanguage.CssClass = ci.DisplayName.ToLower();

// Set hyperlink properties

UrlLocalizationService s = ObjectFactory.Resolve<UrlLocalizationService>();

var currentPage = GetCurrentPage();

if (currentPage.AvailableCultures.Contains(ci))

lnkLanguage.NavigateUrl = s.ResolvePageUrl(currentPage, ci);

else

lnkLanguage.NavigateUrl = s.ResolvePageUrl(currentPage, AppSettings.CurrentSettings.DefaultFrontendLanguage);

var activeLanguage = e.Item.FindControl("activeLanguage") as HtmlGenericControl;

if (ci == Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture)

activeLanguage.Attributes.Add("class", "active");

else

activeLanguage.Attributes.Clear();

/// <summary>

/// Get the current page

/// </summary>

/// <returns></returns>

private PageNode GetCurrentPage()

try

PageManager pm = PageManager.GetManager();

var actualSitemapNode = SiteMapBase.GetActualCurrentNode();

var homePageId = Config.Get<PagesConfig>().HomePageId;

Guid nodeId;

if (actualSitemapNode != null)

nodeId = actualSitemapNode.Id;

else

nodeId = homePageId;

return pm.GetPageNode(nodeId);

catch (Exception ex)

throw ex;

private Telerik.Sitefinity.Pages.Model.PageNode homePageNode;

Just register the new widget in your toolbox somewhere.
Of course you should do some styling on the <ul> to show your flags.

Regards,
Daniel

Posted by Community Admin on 29-Feb-2012 00:00

Hi Team,
          I have the some issues with language selector.am using sitefinity 4.4.am add language selector widjet to my application and add two languages from admin side one English and another Spanish.Set English language as default.
          After this settings,on 'Pages' page i have 2 options under transilation menu one for English and another for Spanish.In this English is active and Spanish is not active.When i select the Spanish,ask me to create new page.Am do the same and select 'copy content from other language' option.Now on that page under transilation menu both English and Spanish options are active.Then when i select view page in Spanish language,content of that page is still in English language and also some content is missing.Give me some good solutions for resolve my issues.

I have one more doubt,in my application it contains more than 300 page which is in English language.Do i needs to create seperate pages for Spanish lanuguage.

Regards
   Pretty

Posted by Community Admin on 01-Mar-2012 00:00

Hi Daniel,
     First thanks for your sample code,but still facing some trouble....
                Am created a new user control and just copy paste your sample code.But there is some issues with namespaces.Can you please send me all the needed name spaces for your sample code.
Anyway once again thanks for your valuable instructions....
Regards
Sanoop

Posted by Community Admin on 01-Mar-2012 00:00

Hi Sanoop,
You probably can resolve them all from the Telerik.Sitefinity namespace?
Anyway, hereby the namespaces I use inside this widget:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Linq;

using System.Threading;

using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Abstractions;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Localization.UrlLocalizationStrategies;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Pages;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Pages.Configuration;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Pages.Model;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web;

Cheers,
Daniel

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