Difference between revisions of "Translate static pages"

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[[Image:translateStatic.png|500px|right|thumb|Translate content of static page]]
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[[Image:translateStatic.png|500px|right|thumb|Translate content of static page: English to French shown.]]
  
The content of most pages in ICA-AtoM is dynamically generated by context and depends on which record(s) the user has requested by which action (view, list, edit, search, etc). The application does ship, however, with two pages whose content is always the same ([[Glossary#Page|pages]]):
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[[Glossary#Editor|Editors]] and [[Glossary#Administrator|administrators]] can edit these [[Glossary#Static page|static pages]], which are just text with HTML tags stored as [[Glossary#Database content|database content]].
* The [[home page]] displays a welcome message to users
 
* The [[Glossary#About page|about page]] displays information about the application
 
 
 
[[Glossary#Editor|Editors]] and [[Glossary#Administrator|administrators]] can edit these pages, which are just text with HTML tags stored as [[Glossary#Database content|database content]].
 
  
 
For more on customizing [[Glossary#Page|pages]], see [[manage pages]].
 
For more on customizing [[Glossary#Page|pages]], see [[manage pages]].
  
To translate a [[Glossary#Page|page]]:
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To translate a [[Glossary#Static page|static page]]:
 
# In the [[Glossary#Language menu|language menu]], click the language into which you want to translate
 
# In the [[Glossary#Language menu|language menu]], click the language into which you want to translate
# Navigate to the [[Glossary#Page|page]] you wish to translate
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# Navigate to the [[Glossary#Static page|static page]] you wish to translate
# Click "Edit this page" in the lower left corner of the page
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# Click the Edit button in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]]
 
# Enter or edit the translation in the box below the [[Glossary#Page|page]] text
 
# Enter or edit the translation in the box below the [[Glossary#Page|page]] text
 
# Always include the HTML coding in the translation
 
# Always include the HTML coding in the translation
# Click the "Save" button to save the translation
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# Click the Save button in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]] to save the translation
  
  
 
[[Category:User manual]]
 
[[Category:User manual]]

Latest revision as of 17:54, 23 June 2010

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Translate content of static page: English to French shown.

Editors and administrators can edit these static pages, which are just text with HTML tags stored as database content.

For more on customizing pages, see manage pages.

To translate a static page:

  1. In the language menu, click the language into which you want to translate
  2. Navigate to the static page you wish to translate
  3. Click the Edit button in the button block
  4. Enter or edit the translation in the box below the page text
  5. Always include the HTML coding in the translation
  6. Click the Save button in the button block to save the translation