[Brug-talk] Setup BRUG website

[Peter Vandenabeele]

On 10/5/07, Bernard Grymonpon <bernard at openminds.be> wrote:
> Can someone make a quick one-page template/holding page (simple html)
> with a short introduction text (maybe in Dutch and in French (we have
> people in the BRUG who can do some translation I guess)),

Having this experience at Federal level and also e.g. in opengov.be ,
we really need to think about the multi-language aspect as one of
the most challenging aspects.

This needs some architecture thinking before just blindly choosing
one solution.

I personally prefer _explicit_ language choice (and not the "implicit"
language choice that was used for the current (=previous)
belgium.be site, brrr ...).

So, most simple (and obvious to users) to me seems:

(by example):

http://www.brug-ruby.be/nl/...
http://www.brug-ruby.be/fr/...
http://www.brug-ruby.be/en/...

and then on a page where the content is not present in that language,
have a text like the one below:

"sorry, this page is not available in english, check
 http://www.brug-ruby.be/nl/help/ for the Dutch version or
 http://www.brug-ruby.be/fr/help/ for the French version"

Other ideas welcome, but please take into account this question
explicitely in the coice of architecture of the site.

I personally prefer very explicit language choices (no "smart stuff"
going on behind my back, which is just confusing me).

HTH,

Peter