Hello All,

 

How do we create a website in Non-English language(Mandarin language). I have a regular customer who wants his website to be created in Mandarin language. I have already downloaded the required fonts and chinese language pack for Office Windows XP. But I am not sure on how to use chinese fonts in a website . Can anyone of you help me on how to do this?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

Venu.

your gonna need a chinese keyboard to type it in.

 

You can build the website normally with html /css etc

 

when you add content, you will need to write it in mandarin. The best bet is to either get the client to add the text afterwards or you will need to get a translator to write it (never trust a translation service such as google translate)

your gonna need a chinese keyboard to type it in.

 

You can build the website normally with html /css etc

 

when you add content, you will need to write it in mandarin. The best bet is to either get the client to add the text afterwards or you will need to get a translator to write it (never trust a translation service such as google translate)

 

Thanks Mate!

 

I already told them that I haven't done any Non-English websites. But they were very much interested in me and they agreed to provide translation to the whole site. Only thing I need to do is get all things in order. And I downloaded chinese language pack for office XP, it has chinese keyboard and fonts. But when I see in preview mode in MS Frontpage, it shows up in English.

 

 

Venu.

Thanks Mate!

 

I already told them that I haven't done any Non-English websites. But they were very much interested in me and they agreed to provide translation to the whole site. Only thing I need to do is get all things in order. And I downloaded chinese language pack for office XP, it has chinese keyboard and fonts. But when I see in preview mode in MS Frontpage, it shows up in English.

 

 

Venu.

 

I have never had to make a foreign website yet, but what i would do is make the site in a CMS and let them add the content! It saves you hassle but its a pain if you never used a cms to code for before.

you will need to declare the langage you are using in the html so that browsers will correctly display the correct characters and also to help others, such as search engines and screenreaders know that it is none english:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_language_codes.asp

 

That should help, If you don't know Mandarin make sure when your client gives you the content that they clearly state where each bit of text is to go so that you don't get confused. Or build it in CMS so that they can add the text themselves.

 

As for HTML that will just be written normally as will the CSS it is just the text that will be displayed that will need to be in Mandarin .

I have never had to make a foreign website yet, but what i would do is make the site in a CMS and let them add the content! It saves you hassle but its a pain if you never used a cms to code for before.

 

I have never used CMS to code before . Can anyone here help me to create a CMS.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

Venu.

you will need to declare the langage you are using in the html so that browsers will correctly display the correct characters and also to help others, such as search engines and screenreaders know that it is none english:

 

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_language_codes.asp

 

That should help, If you don't know Mandarin make sure when your client gives you the content that they clearly state where each bit of text is to go so that you don't get confused. Or build it in CMS so that they can add the text themselves.

 

As for HTML that will just be written normally as will the CSS it is just the text that will be displayed that will need to be in Mandarin .

 

Thanks Dizi. That was quite helpful, but unfortunately I have not used CMS to code. I dont know how to display the chinese fonts in web browser.

 

 

Venu

I have never used CMS to code before . Can anyone here help me to create a CMS.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

Venu.

 

you have 2 choices ... either a pre built cms, or build your own...

 

You say you never used one / built one so i wouldn't go down the second option.

 

So lets look at pre built ones, now open source (free) or paid? Depends on the project. The best known paid one is Expression Engine. but its anywhere from free for a personal site, or $250 for a business site.

 

Open source is probably the way to go unless the project cost would let you use EE. The best known open source cms' are Drupal, Joomla, Modx, CushyCMS and Wordpress.

 

Cushy CMS and wordpress are probably the easiest to work with. Drupal, Joomla, and wordpress have hundreds of mods and themes to modify the cms.

 

Writing your own theme could take a while depending on the cms you want to use, and the complexity. If your budget allows it then it may be worth paying someone to build a theme for the cms.

 

Have you spoke to the client about whether they want a cms?

Thanks Dizi. That was quite helpful, but unfortunately I have not used CMS to code. I dont know how to display the chinese fonts in web browser.

 

 

Venu

 

to make the site display the language you need to add the following to the top of the document

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">

 

that displays the english fonts. To display another language change the following

lang="en" xml:lang="en">

to the 2 letter code of your choice. e.g. Arabic is

lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">

I just checked with Client whether they want CMS or not. Since it is low budget small website, they left it to my preference. Let me give you a short description about the website:

 

This website is targetted the people of China and contents will be in Mandarin language. You can refer to www.singaporeparttimejobs.com for the format they want the website. The only difference is contents will be in mandarin only. I need to provide the facility to update the jobs regularly in Client's website.

 

 

Could you please suggest a suitable CMS for this kind of website.

 

Venu.

to make the site display the language you need to add the following to the top of the document

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">

 

that displays the english fonts. To display another language change the following

lang="en" xml:lang="en">

to the 2 letter code of your choice. e.g. Arabic is

lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">

 

Yeah, I'm aware of this part already. We need to change the language as 'zh' for Chinese languages. Thanks again

I just checked with Client whether they want CMS or not. Since it is low budget small website, they left it to my preference. Let me give you a short description about the website:

 

This website is targetted the people of China and contents will be in Mandarin language. You can refer to www.singaporeparttimejobs.com for the format they want the website. The only difference is contents will be in mandarin only. I need to provide the facility to update the jobs regularly in Client's website.

 

 

Could you please suggest a suitable CMS for this kind of website.

 

Venu.

 

Can the users reply to the job etc or does the site just display them? Will others be able to put jobs up or is it just the admin?

 

Your going to need a heavily modified site, wordpress may do what you want with a plugin but still will need lots of work done based on the questions above!

 

do you have a fuller spec like what can be done by each user, e.g. logged in user, non logged in, admin etc

The users are not able to reply to the jobs.

 

Users should register as member before they can log in. To become a member, they need to fill up the online form and make payment of 1200 renminbi (China dollars). We need to include the Paypal for payment.

you can only view the jobs after you have logged in?

Can't help on the technical side but if you're left scratching your head at some point as to what something means in Manadarin (sometimes useful to know what you're designing around!) then maybe I can get Mrs. Wizely to take a look (she's fluent in Manadarin and is a copy-editor/ proofreader). Although she looks quite snowed-under from this side of the office as she's in hot demand from the big publishing companies.

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you can only view the jobs after you have logged in?

 

Yes mate! Client told me that it would be a small website and now it looks like a bigger one (Similar to a job portal). How much should I quote for this website which has 20 pages, user registration,member login page, job search facility,CMS,etc ?

Yes mate! Client told me that it would be a small website and now it looks like a bigger one (Similar to a job portal). How much should I quote for this website which has 20 pages, user registration,member login page, job search facility,CMS,etc ?

 

Unless you can find a script that does what you need, its going to need to be built from the ground up which im guessing you will need someone to do it for you.

 

It would depend on what else they need as well but i wouldn't touch one for less than £1000 but it depends on the time limit, the budget, the scripting langauge (php / asp) and what you value your time at.

 

Im guessing that you don't know php, it would take you ages to learn everything and to code it.

 

I think (don't quote me on it) that Joomla has a job portal add on, but Joomla is a right royal pain to design for and to use the admin areas.

 

Your going to need to speak to the client and find out what the exact specs are, detailed to the last dot, then look around for options within their budget.

Can't help on the technical side but if you're left scratching your head at some point as to what something means in Manadarin (sometimes useful to know what you're designing around!) then maybe I can get Mrs. Wizely to take a look (she's fluent in Manadarin and is a copy-editor/ proofreader). Although she looks quite snowed-under from this side of the office as she's in hot demand from the big publishing companies.

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Thanks a lot Wizely I really should appreciate your helping tendancy. I have just requested the full spec from client and I would let you know once I have received all the details in hand.

 

 

Venu.