[Bf-docboard] Translation flags row

[Mike Belanger]

I like the idea of having a more visual way of showing what's  
available in what language.
I'm down.

Mike Belanger ( Mikahl )
www.watchmike.ca





On 12-Aug-09, at 3:13 AM, mindrones wrote:

> Hello,
>
> sorry for the double mail, forgot to say that {{Languages/FlagsRow}}  
> doesn't work in Main namespace, I'll fix it later: then it'll be  
> possible to use it in Main Page too.
>
> Btw, I'm going to conform all navigators to make them appear all the  
> same so if people here agree with this flag row thingy all  
> navigators will have these flags.
>
> Regards,
> Luca
>
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> --- On Wed, 8/12/09, mindrones wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've added a new template to the wiki,
>> {{Languages/FlagsRow}}, in order to have a row of language
>> flags on the top of the pages where you put it.
>>
>> To clarify how it works, please check this page
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/3D_interaction/Manipulation/Transform_Properties
>>
>> Each of those flags points to
>> Doc:<FLAG-LANGUAGE>/Manual/3D_interaction/Manipulation/ 
>> Transform_Properties
>> so you can easily jump to each translation.
>>
>> As you can see, (as for today) the brazilian, (english) and
>> polish flags are brighter, while all other flags are darker:
>> that means that there isn't a translation for those page in
>> those languages.
>>
>> I made this because often people follow some old link like
>> Manual.ru/... and they start pages with the old convention,
>> so I "have to" redirect each time (and that's not nice :),
>> so I hope that this makes it easier to get.
>>
>> Also, this could be a good tool for translators because now
>> it's easier to switch across pages to check differences (as
>> it was, you had to put a "<your-language>/" after the
>> namespace), so it can make translators' life a bit easier.
>> It might stimulate some funny competition too :)
>>
>> About the "implementation", I haven't touched the 2 old
>> templates {{Languages/Manual}} and {{Lang}}, so this is easy
>> to revert.
>> I will upload bigger flags pngs and will control the width
>> of the flags with a simple numeric template so that it's
>> easier to change things.
>> Mediawiki caches images it generates, so the conversions
>> big->small should be done just once, and also the users
>> browsers cache images so this wouldn't be a problem. Or
>> maybe flags are ok with this resolution?
>>
>> If you find this too much intrusive or you have suggestions
>> about how to make it better, just tell me. For example maybe
>> dark flags should be darker? Etc... I'm here to hear any
>> opinion :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Luca
>>
>>
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