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cwdean:
--- Quote from: nostra on March 18, 2009, 01:39:23 am ---I do not know about the UI (but I'll test it later), but some users got error messages while trying to translate certain pages and some texts seem to be untranslatable. Never the less it seems like the idea of creating a Wiki liked both English and Russian users.
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And Rick noticed that BabelFish was throwing an error for him. It seems to be working for me, so it's definitely something I'll be looking into.
It's probably to be expected that some terms may not be understood by a particular language dictionary. In those cases, we'll need to rely on our international friends to help with the proper translations (i.e. manual translation).
cwdean:
I've made several changes/improvements to the PVD Wiki web site (located at http://www.nimidia.com/pvd_wiki/tiki-index.php) in order to make it easier to use for our international (and other) community members. Changes include:
* added a Site Language listbox that will allow you to dynamically change the language of the site (temporarily overrides your preferred language)
* added Online users listbox so that visitors will know who is currently online (to make collaborating easier) :)
* added the Shoutbox feature to assist with collaborative communications (i.e. near real-time communications)
* added a "Send a link" feature so that pages can be easily sent to friends
Hope these improvements make the site easier to use. I'll be looking at other ways to improve the site, but if you have any specific needs or features that you'd like for us to consider please let us know.
-cwdean-
nostra:
--- Quote ---added a Site Language listbox that will allow you to dynamically change the language of the site (temporarily overrides your preferred language)
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This is very good, thx
cwdean, is it possible to make UI look more like Wikipedia? I have got a number of complaints about wiki design from our users...
cwdean:
--- Quote from: nostra on March 18, 2009, 08:14:12 pm ---cwdean, is it possible to make UI look more like Wikipedia? I have got a number of complaints about wiki design from our users...
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I'll see what I can do. I know that Tiki supports themes but haven't played with them much. I don't know if they'll provide the look-and-feel of Wikipedia though, as all of the functionalities of Tiki are highly integrated (which is one of the main featueres of Tiki that separates it from other wiki solutions) and therefore does impose some required structure around it's layout. But perhaps the themes can add at least a more pleasing interface. I believe that themes can even be selected on a per-user basis. Anyway, I'll definitely see what our options are. ;D
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---I am now going by cwdean at both sites...
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Is there a story behind your avatar? It looks a lot like a "Starlock" to me. ;D
--- Quote ---added a Site Language listbox that will allow you to dynamically change the language of the site
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That's better!
--- Quote ---added Online users listbox so that visitors will know who is currently online
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Hope you don't mind... I moved that so it appears above the Shoutbox—so we know who we're shouting at. ;)
--- Quote ---When I log in, the Babelfish section disappears and is replaced with "Babelfish (debug): Fatal error."
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Changing my language preference from Default to English seems to have resolved this. If you can determine that only admins are affected, it's probably safe to ignore the matter.
The Babelfish options appear to be "fixed," in that they don't adapt to language preference. So there's no translation to English.
I should point out, BTW, this feature just translates the entire page using an external service. It must be quite apart from the function of translating a page into another language. I haven't actually tried that, but I assume that's fully integrated—text is translated and tags are preserved, etc.
--- Quote ---cwdean, is it possible to make UI look more like Wikipedia? I have got a number of complaints about wiki design from our users...
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It's difficult to believe anyone just casually wants something that is not MediaWiki to look like Wikipedia. Are the complaints not really about the selection of software? Perhaps you could diplomatically explain a wiki is finally happening because cwdean volunteered to take it on. Obviously, he has chosen to use the software he is comfortable with and prefers. This doesn't mean others are not "right" in preferring something else. They might, however, try to cooperate in giving TikiWiki a fair trial.
If it really is just a "look & feel" issue, maybe we could try the Tikipedia theme. Although I appreciate what cwdean is saying, and would be surprised if this were easy to implement.
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