alhakeem2001, first of all you are welcome, we are here to help each other and encourage team work.


I just downloaded a language pack for Dutch language and started to translate it to Arabic but as you went so far with the Arabic language pack I would stop editing mine pack, So I will just wait a couple of days for the Arabic language pack to gets ready! I hope so ;-)
Yes, STOP translation, I am almost done 99%, and I did my best to be accurate and professional in my translation. and if you can't wait I can email it or PM to you, or wait until I post my finial one.


I didn’t install it my self , I got it installed automatically off course with my permission after my registration to a new hosting server “dreamhost” so I don’t know even how delete the db and re-do the installation again using utf-8 general as the default charest for db.
my advice, I highly don't recommand this situation, you MUST know how to do these thing your self or by your freind, how to install it, charsets, how to delete/add databases, add/delete mods ..etc. it is not diffecult to learn them, you don't need to be a computer specialist to be able to manage these things, get your self familier with all these things and ask for help here when ever you need, that is the best way.

About the template I have a lot remarks about it ! but would the new Arabic Classic Green template be totally different from the original one ? because with the original template comes with a white color which covers a big space of the page, it’s a bit too bright !
the classic green is the Zen Cart offical default template, use it as a starting point to get to any another look, however, it is not a must, you still can use other free or paid templates, or ask a designer to make a fully customized one for you.

the Arabic Classic Green template i m doing is exactly the same as the english classic green, except that it will float from right to left, and language will be arabic, plus arabic buttons, no other chages will be made in colors or styles. because I want it to be an offical classic green arabic

Is your template editable ? Is it ok that I’m asking too much
yes it is, you need to know about css edit, if you don't search this forum.
it is ok, ask what ever comes to your mind, but I will reply when i have time, or maybe other may help you


Finally, how would I know that the final Arabic language pack with it’s template has been released out ? is there a way to get notified by Email or SMS for example
I don't think so, they will not announce such thing as news or something, just keep checking the downloads section language packs, it should go alphabitcally the first one.

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Q1 - did you use the template i attached, did it work?
Q2 - you said all charsets are sat to utf-8, is your problem solved, i still see strang symbols next to one the arabic category name?