By Oghnia on

Hi,,

Drupal looks very promising and I want to use it on my next project...

I am currently developing a website for a companyy I work for and I want to use drupal..

now unlike before where I usually have control over the code and what I want to display on each page,, drupal should be able to do all the things i want to do and even better but i don't know where to start..

first,, the page should be in both English and French,,

so I need both english and french menus.. (drop down menu's css)

also,, I would like to be able to add both English and French content in one place when I create new content...
also I would like to be able to switch to the french page from the english page and vice versa..

moreover,, we have clients pages on our site with different info about each client,
each client has set of standard info but both are in english and french in addition to an english logo and a different french logo...

also to create a list view of the clients with their logos using views and cck (not very familiar with it)

now where is a good place to get tutorials and solid example of how this can be done..

all i can find online is post on forums that are incomplete and the information is all over the place..

I still have a lot of questions,, but I need a lot of help...

Thanks again

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Comments

solson’s picture

solson commented

Depending on the complexity of the content, you could create a content type with two different "content" areas. Then, maybe set up a template that would toggle the visibility of the different languages. The language variable could be defined as a session to follow the user around the site, and the visibility of the content could be shown or hidden by with if statements and a css "hidden" class.

CCK will help you define your content types. As far as the php template, I don't know where to start.
Hope this helps some.
Seth

Oghnia’s picture

Oghnia commented

I guess this looks more complicated that I thought it would be... I can't find solid answers to my questions.. I guess drupal has a hight learning curve,,

i guess I have to figure things out by trial and error

bwill’s picture

bwill commented

There is a learning curve involved, and you won't get all your questions answered in one forum post. My advice is to make a list of what you want your site to do, then get a basic Drupal site up and running on your local machine or host. Then start working on each item on the list one at a time, taking notes on how it was solved, or saving links to information you have found helpful. Search the forum on issues such as localization, and if you don't find what you are looking for, ask questions about specific issues. If you procede in this manner, the wall you are running into won't seem as high, and will start to crumble.