Browsers and default language

[Guest]

I have noticed this:

 

If my browser language is English i have my shop displayed in English not in default language - Latvian

 

If i have my browser in Latvian my shop is displayed in Latvian.

 

 

Is there any solution to open my shop in default language?

[spooks]

I have noticed this:

 

If my browser language is English i have my shop displayed in English not in default language - Latvian

 

If i have my browser in Latvian my shop is displayed in Latvian.

 

 

Is there any solution to open my shop in default language?

 

 

Remove all others.

 

 

The behaviour you've noted is logical, why do you want non-Latvian speakers to see Latvian when they only speak say english

[Guest]

Remove all others.

 

 

The behaviour you've noted is logical, why do you want non-Latvian speakers to see Latvian when they only speak say english

 

 

Actually i have my shop in 3 languages but i want to be the firs language to Latvian, because most of my clients will be Latvian speaking costumers!

[multimixer]

Actually i have my shop in 3 languages but i want to be the firs language to Latvian, because most of my clients will be Latvian speaking costumers!

 

I guess that in this case they'll have their browsers also in latvian, so no problem, not?

[Guest]

I guess that in this case they'll have their browsers also in latvian, so no problem, not?

 

 

found a solution in forum:

 

 

need to comment out this line:

 

$lng->get_browser_language();

 

in cataloge/include/aplication_top.php

 

 

only question is it correct to do this?

[MrPhil]

osC does try to find out the browser's language setting, and use that as the preferred language. I've only glanced at the code, but in application_top.php, it looks like it first sets the preferred language as your default (Latvian, in the language constructor), and then sees if the browser has indicated a preferred language (English, in get_browser_language()). If so, it looks like it overrides the default setting.

 

If your customers have their browsers set to use Latvian, rather than English, then Latvian should be used. If their browsers are English, it will override your store setting. I suppose that if you want to force Latvian (ignore the browser setting), you could just

$lng = new language();
/*
   if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['language'])) {
     $lng->set_language($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']);
   } else {
     $lng->get_browser_language();
   }
*/

in the application_top.php files.

[Guest]

osC does try to find out the browser's language setting, and use that as the preferred language. I've only glanced at the code, but in application_top.php, it looks like it first sets the preferred language as your default (Latvian, in the language constructor), and then sees if the browser has indicated a preferred language (English, in get_browser_language()). If so, it looks like it overrides the default setting.

 

If your customers have their browsers set to use Latvian, rather than English, then Latvian should be used. If their browsers are English, it will override your store setting. I suppose that if you want to force Latvian (ignore the browser setting), you could just

$lng = new language();
/*
   if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['language'])) {
     $lng->set_language($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']);
   } else {
     $lng->get_browser_language();
   }
*/

in the application_top.php files.

 

Thanks!

[spooks]

 

$lng = new language();
/*
   if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['language'])) {
     $lng->set_language($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']);
   } else {
     $lng->get_browser_language();
   }
*/

 

The only trouble with that change is though you'll force visitors to your default language, your also stopping them selecting another in the store, it will stay permanently on default!! ($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']) is reading the visitor selected lang

[MrPhil]

Would this be better?

$lng = new language();
   if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['language'])) {
     $lng->set_language($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']);
/*
   } else {
     $lng->get_browser_language();
*/
   }

Presumably that should ignore the browser's language setting.