German Language Pack for ZC 1.3.9

[frank18]

Dustie,

the pack has not been updated / re-submitted as yet. The changes were just too few to justify this.

You still need to read through the thread and implement bug fixes / changes from post #3 onwards. They are really very minor bits and pieces, so don't hesitate to *attack* them just do them one by one and don't rush ....

[frank18]

Hi,

I installed the German Language pack into my new Zencart Webshop and I also still have squares showing where the umlaut should be. Have the changes been corrected in the Language pack or do I have to make the suggested corrections manually in PHP?

Have to admit I don't really like playing around with the core files.

Thank you for your reply.

Just noted that stevanicus had 'updated' and re-submitted the pack on or after 24 Nov 2010.

In the downloaded pack open the file includes/languages/german.php and check line 53. If that line reads

define('CHARSET', 'iso-8859-1'); //geändert von Stevanicus

then the problem with Umlauts may be related to that line being changed back.

If anyone has downloaded the pack from 01 Dec 2010 onwards and you are experiencing the problem with Umlauts not being displayed properly please post your findings here.

[Dustie]

Hi

First of all thank you for your reply here. Ahhhmm making the changes in our case was not quite as easy as it could have been.

I had a version that was uploaded before the 24th November.

Before I noticed this mistake, we had already transfered the Datas (products, customers etc) from an Oscommerce shop. After we made the changes, as suggested in this Forum, all the squares changed to the symbols used for the umlaut, it did not automatically change them to the correct letter This meant we either had to change them all manually, or go through the whole process and retransfer the Datas and of course redoing the whole layout.

But....we did it and it's all working as it should......SO, thank you for the translations and updates. I know it's voluntary work, and it's appreciated, despite the hick ups from time to time :)

[frank18]

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But....we did it and it's all working as it should......SO, thank you for the translations and updates. I know it's voluntary work, and it's appreciated, despite the hick ups from time to time :)

Yep, it's a work in progress. I am adapting stevanicus' change back to iso-8859-1 ... instead of utf8. Don't know why I never stumbled upon this issue in first place... should have known better

There are still a lot of admin files to be translated which was never done in the original version. I am having some time off work in the next weeks so stay tuned for a fresh German Language Pack version 1.3.9.2

Just finding it interesting how much of my mother language German I have actually forgotten - been an Aussie for too long I guess.

I am also incorporating a few language files pertaining to Better Together, Rewards Points module and Zen Lightbox. The original modules still need to be installed separately to make these mods work.

[Dustie]

Well I am sure glad you do it and not me,as I have the same problem with English. I am in the visa versa situation to you. Me Aussie living in Switzerland so really dependant on you polishing up your old german to keep this pack up to date
Reckon we both now speak "Gerglish"

I will keep on eye out for it. How do updates affect our exsiting files?

[frank18]

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Reckon we both now speak "Gerglish"

We could agree to "Engman"

I will keep on eye out for it. How do updates affect our exsiting files?

That would depend on any additional mods you have installed. Hmm, need to think about the implications, haven't done the docs as yet

[haakon0603]

Anyone knows what is wrong here?
The German letters with 2 dots on top of them don't display correctly.

If I use UTF-8, the words from the database do not display correctly, but words from the PHP files display correctly.
If I use iso-8859-1 the words from the database displays correctly, but the words from the PHP files desplay wrong.

My site is www.nisami.net

For instance the word Änliche from the PHP file is correct and the word Möbel from the categories table in the database is not correct.
The coding is here utf-8.

If I change it to iso-8859-1 the opposite happens.

This is only with the German language.
It does not happen with the French or Norwegian

[frank18]

Anyone knows what is wrong here?
The German letters with 2 dots on top of them don't display correctly.

If I use UTF-8, the words from the database do not display correctly, but words from the PHP files display correctly.
If I use iso-8859-1 the words from the database displays correctly, but the words from the PHP files desplay wrong.

My site is www.nisami.net

For instance the word Änliche from the PHP file is correct and the word Möbel from the categories table in the database is not correct.
The coding is here utf-8.

If I change it to iso-8859-1 the opposite happens.

This is only with the German language.
It does not happen with the French or Norwegian

You may have installed this version:

Zen Cart™ Version: v1.3.9
Version: 24/11/2010
Last Updated: Nov 23 2010
Author: Stevanicus

I am suspecting that version contains a mix between utf-8 and iso-8859-1 compatible characters.

You may want to install my (older) version

Author: Frank Riegel (frank18)
Version: 1.3.9.0
Zen Cart™ Version: v1.3.9
Update added on Jun 22 2010

and apply the bug fixes discussed earlier in this thread until I find some time to submit the latest utf-8 version.

[frank18]

I have submitted an updated German Language Pack v1.3.9.1 utf-8 for Zen Cart Version 1.3.9h

The updated pack should be available shortly from:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=313 (pending devs approval)

I will let you know here when the pack is ready for download.

Frank

[frank18]

I have attached a .txt file containing all the utf-8 codes for the German "Umlauts" - useful for anyone doing their own translations.