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rahul
rahul

Reputation: 187110

language setting for a website

How can I make a website multilingual? I want to create a website and in the home page i want the client to choose a language from English and Arabic. Then the whole website is converted to that language. What should I do to achieve this? I am creating this website in asp.net 2.0 with C#

Upvotes: 1

Views: 704

Answers (3)

Satinder singh
Satinder singh

Reputation: 10218

Sample code i have done using resource file add global.asax

 void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Code that runs on application startup
            HttpCookie cookie = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["CultureInfo"];
            if (cookie != null && cookie.Value != null)
            {
                System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(cookie.Value);
                System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(cookie.Value);
            }
            else
            {
                System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en");
                System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en");
            }
        }

http://satindersinght.blogspot.in/2012/06/create-website-for-multilanguage.html

http://satindersinght.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/create-website-for-multilanguage-support/

For Arabic you need to change the direction left to right

Upvotes: 0

Zhaph - Ben Duguid
Zhaph - Ben Duguid

Reputation: 26976

ASP.NET can use a number of mechanisms to change language settings - however you will need to perform the translations your self.

You could look at using Resource files for the common elements of your site - see this answer to Currency, Calendar changes to selected language, but not label in ASP.NET

However, for the main content you'd probably want to do something with the URL to ensure that your content is served correctly - the links that Honsa has supplied would be a good place to start.

Upvotes: 1

Marcus L
Marcus L

Reputation: 4078

What you're asking for is a tutorial, which you really should try googling for. Look at the links below, if there's something particular, more specific you don't understand - ask the question here.

http://www.beansoftware.com/ASP.NET-Tutorials/Globalisation-Multilingual-CultureInfo.aspx
http://www.asp.net/learn/Videos/video-40.aspx
http://www.about2findout.com/blog/2007/02/aspnet-multilingual-site_10.html

Good luck!

Upvotes: 2

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