Multilingual WPtouch with qTranslate : first beta

Update 08/09/2009 : You can’t no more test it on my blog since I give up qTranslate to manage my bilingual blog. I think I’ll keep working on it.

My blog is bilingual thanks to qTranslate. When I create it I add the plugin WPtouch to be able to browse the website easily with an iPhone or an iPod touch. Unfortunately the two plugins are not really compatible :

• WPtouch is not localizable. I’ve found a French version on internet, but the translation was hard coded in the sources. It doesn’t use language file like the majority of Wordpress plugins. So the dynamically language switching is impossible.
• The WPtouch’s theme doesn’t allow to add easily a language selector.
• Some text field aren’t compatible with qTranslate. All languages are displayed or some functionalities don’t work like they should.

I’ve fetched the WPtouch beta version to watch if they will improve the compatibility. First good point the plugin will be localizable. Moreover there is a translation call for the users community. So I’ve installed it to make some test on Oncleben31.cc.

I didn’t resist to hack the code to make it really compatible with qTranslate.

Now what is working :

• There is an optional menu to add a language selector. It is activated in the plugin preferences.
• I’ve made the Search working with all languages. It used to work only with the default language.
• All of the text fields but the website title are localizable by using qTranlsate tags.

What is not working :

• Access to admin pages. In fact, I’ve founded a workaround but this is a qTranlate modification.
• The website title should not have characters like [ :## ] or < !–:##– >. Preferences are broken and the plugin is working with all default options.

You will find some screenshots bellow. But if you want to see in live, go to Oncleben31.cc with your iPhone or iPod touch

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If you want to test it on you Wordpress website go on the download page of multilingual WPtouch .

Be aware this is a beta version base on an othe beta version of WPtouch. Backup you data before !

I will go on to make it even more compatible with qTranslate, and I hope original authors will integrate my modifications.

Related posts:

1. Le blog is now bilingual