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Emails always default_language?

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Started by s_mack on 7 Nov 2006, 10:46 PM · Views: 894

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7 Nov 2006, 10:46 PM
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Emails always default_language?

Are emails always sent using the store's language setting? My store is completely English, but I'm writing a contrib and want to make sure I handle languages appropriately. When sending an email out, however... how does the system know what language to use?

It seems to me a customer's language preference is not stored (beyond the session), is that correct? So when emailing the customer from admin, the system can't know what language to send in.

Is that right? Seems odd.

Thanks.

  • Steven
8 Nov 2006, 1:14 AM
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Re: Emails always default_language?

Yes, that's correct. Admin changes are scheduled for the admin-rewrite.

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8 Nov 2006, 1:22 AM
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Re: Emails always default_language?

k, thanks. Its essentially the same thing that I addressed with my userCurrency contrib (see sig), but with languages instead. If its already slated for release, then I won't bother making a userLanguage contrib...

although you might want to check out my userCurrency contrib for ideas. In addition to storing the logged-in user's setting, it cross-references geographically sorted IP ranges to make a "best guess" for guests too... same thing could apply to languages.

  • Steven