Multi-language site

Question

User-269322731 posted

Hi there

I am developing a site that should be available in 2 languages. What is the best way to go about this? Is there a best practice way of building a multi-language site using ASP.NET?

Cheers

 

Answer 1

User-1321303559 posted

Here are few links 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w7x1y988.aspx

 http://www.codeproject.com/Purgatory/Internationalization.asp

 http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/localizingapps.aspx

Answer 2

User1565039490 posted

I've got experience of developing multi-language sites using ASP.NET.

When I was working on multi-language (5 languages) Chinese characters dictionary project I've developed GetLanguageControls() method for each language in the dictionary. these methods have initiated any time needed to re-draw controls and assign them specific features and properties. I was using ViewState variable to store data about current language. You can also store all language-specific data in a specific table in your SqlServer database.

If you are working on a big project and opt for ASP.NET 2.0 to power your web-site you can also use new features available in .NET  Framework 2.0. Check up the following link to get details: http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/doc/localization/default.aspx 

If you are using programming approach used in CommunityStarterKit for instance, you can create folders for every language to be used in your application and put localized skins into these folders. Then, load appropriate skin into the web form according to current language.

Cheers

Answer 3

User-503940700 posted

Hi there

I am developing a site that should be available in 2 languages. What is the best way to go about this? Is there a best practice way of building a multi-language site using ASP.NET?

Cheers

 

You can also refer this article:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/localization.asp

Hope this helps,

Vivek 

Answer 4

User764555827 posted

 

Hi,

You may want to have a look at my following tutorials:

Tutorial: Translating an ASP.net Web application

Trick: Automated translation of a resx file

Tutorial: Localize a Web.sitemap file

Using a resource in an ASP.NET Theme (Tutorial)

Hope this helps,

Arnaud