In this tutorial I will show you how to translate Projectfork into your language and how to create an installable package.

Translate the original language file
The best way to start your translation is to copy the original language file "english.php" somewhere to your PC. You can find this file in:
"<joomla root>/administrator/components/com_projectfork/languages/"

Then rename the copy to the name of your language (for example: "german.php"). Now open the file and translate all the language tokens.

Create the XML file
Once you're done translating, all you have to do now is create the XML file needed for the installation. To start, download the XML template below and then open the file and edit it accordingly:

[ Download XML template ]



Create the install package
The final step is to put both files into a ZIP package. Then you should try to install the package to see if it works.
And remember, to install a language package, navigate to: "Projectfork -> Config -> Languages"

In this second part of the tutorial I will explain how to update a translation from 2.0 to 2.1

Download the translated 2.0 language file
If you don't have a copy of the latest translation, you can check the 2.0 archive. Once you have the language file that you would like to update, open then corresponding PHP file (for example: german.php).

Download the language compare report
Now you need the "language compare report". Download the package and open the "language.htm" with any web browser. What you see now is a comparison between the Projectfork 2.0 and the Projectfork 2.1 language file.
The left column shows the 2.0 file, and the right column shows the 2.1 file.

Doing the update
The compare report shows you what is new or what has changed in the 2.1 language file. All you have to do is copy the missing language strings over to the file that you want to update and translate them into your language. Also make sure you update any changed strings! Simply go through the report line by line.

Once you're done, re-pack the language PHP file with the XML file (you might want to update the version info there). And that's it!

We translated projectFork to spanish. We'd like to share the file with you. Where can we do that

Hi,
You can attach in a post here viewforum.php?f=33
Thanks!