Bilingual Drupal website:
Hello everyone.
I am currently in the process of setting up a website, and my specs are:
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A "domain.com" website which will present a map with the 2 choices : France and Canada website.
A "domain.fr" which will show the French website.
A "domain.ca" which will show the Canadian website. (BUT WITH AN OPTION FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION)
One Drupal installation - of course.
So far, so good, but here is the catch:
The Canadian and French websites, have common content, and content specific for each website. (for example different clients etc etc)
Initially, I thought: Ok, I install the French translations, do the international thing, have neutral, translated, french-only and english-only content, and according to the domain name visited I give the right language.
Sadly, it doesn't work that way.
A user visiting the Canadian "domain.ca" website, who will want to see his content in French, will get the FRENCH website (".domain.fr"), this meaning different clients etc etc.
I Bet there is a workaround for my problem here. I'm missing something!
Here is a SCHEMA I made so that you can easily understand:
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/517/multilingual.jpg
btw: I am testing all this locally, do you know how can I add domain extensions locally to a folder so I can test all this?
Domain Access
Take a look at the Domain Access module which has the feature of shared and specific content separated by domains. Also take a look at http://drupal.org/node/266071 for work integrating it with Internationalization.
Domain Access + Domain Locale
Domain Access + Domain Locale should do the trick.
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Thank you for your replies. I
Thank you for your replies. I finally was able do achieve the desired result by using Drupal Core's abilities, adding 3-4 subdomains that are used just for the different languages, and this way I have all the different languages I want :)
btw: I am testing all this
You can edit your hosts file and add there the domains and point them to 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 testsite.fr127.0.0.1 testsite.com
127.0.0.1 testsite.ca
In Windows, I believe, it's under C:\Windows\System 32\drivers\etc\hosts
On Linux /etc/hosts
I have no idea about Mac