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Re: Ldraw.org: Organization and look & feel
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:01:36 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> > Apache supports that you just request an URL like
> > <URL:http://hugin.risoe.dk/> and then get different files
> > depending on your language preferences and what's available.
> > This system doesn't work with different files, but with
> > different extensions:
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> What are the advantages of this system over having each language with their
> own subdirectory? One of the things I would like to avoid is the specific
> page index.en.html since the default language for the site would be
> English. I don't feel its necessary to tack on the .en because of that. I
> don't have a problem with the other languages. Please explain this system
> more so that I can understand. I am not completely against this idea, but
> would like the English pages to come out with a cleaner URL that just says
> .html.
They do. When an HTTP client (e.g., Netscape Navigator) requests index.html,
the HTTP server (e.g., Apache) sends back the data contained in index.xx.html,
where xx is a language which matches a language in the list specified by the
client. This also shows up to CGI scripts in the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
environment variable, so that any dynamic content on the server can make the
sames kinds of choices. The client (browser + user) never sees index.xx.html
and is completely oblivious of its existence.
> > > /deutsch/
> > > /espanol/
> > > /fran=E7ais/
> > > /dansk/
> > > /english/
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> > Not a bad idea, except that it means that the translators
> > have to translate every page before the translation can be
> > used.
Also, the URLs aren't portable. If you speak German and you post a question
about the URL http://www.ldraw.org/deutsch/ein/zwei/drei/ then readers
following along who only speak English or Danish or French will have to know
to visit http://www.ldraw.org/english/one/two/three/ instead. Of course,
you could include cross-links to hop from the German page to the English page,
but why bother with all of that when the client & server can negotiate the
language for readers automatically? That's the beauty of the Apache way. :)
--Todd
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| (...) But the URL's aren't translated then are they? Just the pages are, right? I think that's one of the things Tim thought would be nice- meaningful URLs in every language. BTW: has anyone taken a look at Altavista's "Translate" utility? IMO, it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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