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Although English is the default language for FCMS, you can use it with any language. Furthermore, each user can have FCMS setup for a different language.
FCMS uses php-gettext, which is a tool that emulates gettext for webhosts that don't have gettext.
You will need a finished MO file, placed in the language/ directory of FCMS in order to use a different language other than English. There are currently three ways to get a translated MO file:
Be sure and check that the file your are downloading is 100% translated first. You can tell by looking at the progress bar, it should not have any red showing. Also, the table should list the number of messages that are untranslated, if there are any, you should finish that translation first.
To download, click the language you want from the list. On the next page, click the Download translation link near the top left. Choose the MO format from the list. And finally click the Request Download button.
Currently no translated MO files have been check into SVN yet. As soon as languages are fully translated, we will begin checking them into SVN.
Check out the following document on how to Create your own MO file.
After downloading a MO file, you will need to upload that file to the languages/ directory in the following subdirectories:
All MO files need to be names messages.mo and be placed in a directory called LC_MESSAGES. The LC_MESSAGES directory should be inside of the main languages directory in a sub directory named after the language file (pt_PT in the example above). This directory is based on the ISO-639 language code∞ (e.g. pt for Portuguese) followed by the ISO-3166 country code∞ (e.g. _PT for Portugal or _BR for Brazil).
Family Connections in Your Language
Although English is the default language for FCMS, you can use it with any language. Furthermore, each user can have FCMS setup for a different language.
FCMS uses php-gettext, which is a tool that emulates gettext for webhosts that don't have gettext.
Getting a MO File
You will need a finished MO file, placed in the language/ directory of FCMS in order to use a different language other than English. There are currently three ways to get a translated MO file:
1. Download from launchpad∞.
Be sure and check that the file your are downloading is 100% translated first. You can tell by looking at the progress bar, it should not have any red showing. Also, the table should list the number of messages that are untranslated, if there are any, you should finish that translation first.
To download, click the language you want from the list. On the next page, click the Download translation link near the top left. Choose the MO format from the list. And finally click the Request Download button.
2. Download from SVN∞
Currently no translated MO files have been check into SVN yet. As soon as languages are fully translated, we will begin checking them into SVN.
3. Create Your Own
Check out the following document on how to Create your own MO file.
Installing the MO File
After downloading a MO file, you will need to upload that file to the languages/ directory in the following subdirectories:
languages/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
All MO files need to be names messages.mo and be placed in a directory called LC_MESSAGES. The LC_MESSAGES directory should be inside of the main languages directory in a sub directory named after the language file (pt_PT in the example above). This directory is based on the ISO-639 language code∞ (e.g. pt for Portuguese) followed by the ISO-3166 country code∞ (e.g. _PT for Portugal or _BR for Brazil).