topic Share ignoring browser language setting in Alfresco Archive

Share ignoring browser language setting

jzaruba — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:15:33 GMT

What has to be done to get Share server in one of the languages Alfresco comes translated into? I read that Alfresco decides according to browser setting. I have set German as the language to browse web in but Share is still server in English. Chrome: Options -> Under The Hood -> Web Content

Re: Share ignoring browser language setting

jzaruba — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:51:47 GMT

I'm not sure this is how it's supposed to work (do browser language settings matter at all?) but this workaround fixes my issue on MS Windows:
run C:\Alfresco\tomcat\bin\tomcat6w.exe //ES//alfrescoTomcat
add following to [Java -> Java Options]:
-Duser.language=yourLanguage
-Duser.country=yourCountry
(for German these would de and DE respectively)
Obviously the language must be either preinstalled in Alfresco (DE, ES, FR, IT) or added using language pack.

Re: Share ignoring browser language setting

pitzalis — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:43:57 GMT

You have to configure your browser specifying content language and country (de-DE), not only language (de):

Chrome: Options -> Under The Hood -> Web Content -> Change font and language settings -> Languages
"Deutsch - Deutschland"

Bye,
GP

Re: Share ignoring browser language setting

jzaruba — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:49:02 GMT

Do you mean I have to switch Chrome UI to German? ("Google Chrome Language") I don't see any settings for country.

Re: Share ignoring browser language setting

pitzalis — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:00:27 GMT

No, you have to change only the language preference for web site contents, putting the "Deutsch - Deutschland" in first position.

Re: Share ignoring browser language setting

jzaruba — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:08:04 GMT

But that's exactly what I did, as described in the very first comment:

I have set German as the language to browse web in but Share is still server in English.
Chrome: Options -> Under The Hood -> Web Content -> Change font and language settings -> Languages

(I have only 'German - Deutsch' there.)

Re: Share ignoring browser language setting

pitzalis — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:52:32 GMT

I don't know how configure Chrome contents language preference for "Deutsch - Deutschland" (language - country) if you have only "Deutsch" (language) in the language list. But I can suggest how to configure Mozilla Firefox.

Open the URL "about:config" in your Mozilla Firefox in order to open the advanced configuration section.
Search the parameter "intl.accept_languages" and change the value (double-click) adding "de-de" in first position. For example: "de-de,it-it,en,it".

Bye,
GP