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i like the mozilla-europe.org-approach more (a folder for every language), with making it able for users to switch the language they use. an additional possibility would be to save the language used in a cookie, so that if the accept-language-header-value doesn't fit to the user's selection, this will be saved. | i like the mozilla-europe.org-approach more (a folder for every language), with making it able for users to switch the language they use. an additional possibility would be to save the language used in a cookie, so that if the accept-language-header-value doesn't fit to the user's selection, this will be saved. | ||
'''Some practical advice from mozilla-europe.org'''<br/> | |||
''Author: fantasai''<br/> | |||
The home page uses Accept-Language Headers to redirect to appropriate to the appropriate directory, named after the language code, e.g. /fr/ for FR-fr users. When they are there, no more language sniffing is done, which enables them to switch language if needed, using the list of links in the page footer. | The home page uses Accept-Language Headers to redirect to appropriate to the appropriate directory, named after the language code, e.g. /fr/ for FR-fr users. When they are there, no more language sniffing is done, which enables them to switch language if needed, using the list of links in the page footer. | ||
'''Cons''' | '''Cons''' | ||
* For specific documents people will always be linking the non-negotiated URLs | * For specific documents people will always be linking the non-negotiated URLs | ||
* Doesn't handle partial translations (some files, not others) | * Doesn't handle partial translations (some files, not others) | ||