multi lingual banners

Hi,
Is this possible to set up banners that will only display in a certain language. Fro instance I have my site in Anglish and French, I want to display the banner in French for french and in english for other nationalities.

Can we do it?

How can I have several banners running in parallele.

Cordialement,
/rs, A

You could build multiple banner groups and then where each banner group appears have it utilize a different group based on language ...

Right now, it pulls based only on the banner group name ...

With a bit of thought you could have the banner sidebox that uses:
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET7

Actually utilize an more customized method such as:

PHP Code:

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    $banner_box_group= SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET7 . $_SESSION['languages_id']; 


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This would alter the name of the banner group based on the language so if you had a group called:
fred1 for english
fred2 for french
etc. etc.

depending on how your languages are setup, you could build language oriented banners ...

Hi,
i made your changes in the php-file, but what i have to do with fred1, fred2?
Could you be so kind and give me any hint?

Thank you very match

Gerd

If you were to enter in the Configuration ... Layout Settings ... the word:
fred

for the setting on:

Quote:

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Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box
The Banner Display Groups can be from 1 Banner Group or Multiple Banner Groups

For Multiple Banner Groups enter the Banner Group Name separated by a colon :

Example: Wide-Banners:SideBox-Banners
Default Group is SideBox-Banners

What Banner Group(s) do you want to use in the Side Box - banner_box?
Leave blank for none

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This should produce fred1 fred2 fred3 etc. for the languages ...

Hi Ajeh,

i wrote this:

$banner_box_group= SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET7 . $_SESSION['languages_id'];

to the /httpdocs/includes/modules/sideboxes/banner_box.php

I leave this in the Layout Settings unchanged:
Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box SideBox-Banners

(I understood this will produce fred1, fred2 etc.)

What a name for the banner group now i have to use in the Banner Manager ?

just fred1 or fred2 or
SideBox-Banners-fred1 etc.

After i changed the php-file the the banner disapeares

I am sure it is easy, but...

Could you one nore try to help http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/images/smilies/mellow.gif
:mellow:

many thanks

Gerd

Hi Ajeh,

could you be so kind and give me a bit more information?

Thank you very much...

Gerd

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ajeh

You could build multiple banner groups and then where each banner group appears have it utilize a different group based on language ...

Right now, it pulls based only on the banner group name ....

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Nice, thx

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ajeh

With a bit of thought you could have the banner sidebox that uses:
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET7
Actually utilize an more customized method such as:

PHP Code:

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    $banner_box_group= SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET7 . $_SESSION['languages_id']; 


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About the explanation above, how can I use it also for the wide banner at the top of the page (not for the sidebox) ? :bangin:

Thanks in advance for your answer.
Sincerly

I've found it.

Assume you want the 'multilingual process' for the wide banner, find in the header file the follow condition :

PHP Code:

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if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2)) 


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and transform it into :

PHP Code:

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if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 . $_SESSION['languages_id'])) 


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... it works for me...

Thank you a lot with these explanations guys, you save me a lot of mone... oups time !!!

Could anyone explain more, what is the next step after this parse is changed?

hello, I change the file / public_html / zencart / includes / templates / classic / templates / tpl_header.php with
" if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2! =''& & $ banner = zen_banner_exists ( 'dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2. $ _SESSION [ 'languages_id']) )"

but I really do not know how to put that banner in two languages English and español.
much appreciate the help..... thanks !!