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Multilingual Content Management Systems?

Posted by Cliff on from the can-even-handle-esperanto dept.

Azraael asks: "I need to make a website for a small business. The website must be available in several different languages and allow for easy switching between the different versions (with little flags in each page that has multiple versions, or some scheme of the sort). User logins are not required. I was thinking of using a CMS to accomplish this in an efficient and easily extensible (more languages, more pages, etc) way. What would be the best option? I've tried Wordpress but it seems to lack multilingual support of the type I described, while having too much of a weblog feel. Mambo with Mambel seems spotty at best. Has anyone on Slashdot done this before?"

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  1. Just write it? by biryokumaru · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Um, why don't you just write it? Do you not have the hour or two it would take to write and debug a simple, CMS based website? I mean, WordPress? Come on!

    Of course, it might just be my perception that it only takes an hour or two... you know what happens to time when you code, even when it's just web design.

    Anywho, you could always just use a wiki without the whole user-added content stuff if you're really lazy.

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  2. Try Red Dot by TripleE78 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unfortunately, it's neither free as in beer nor as in speech, and requires IE[0], but Red Dot is what my Corporate Masters have me using on a daily basis.

    I haven't had to use language support a lot, but it seems fairly solid. It does help that it's a German company that markets to Europe, the US, and others. Language support is sort of a given.

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    [0] I think I just described the Trifecta of Evil for Slashdot. :(

  3. xaraya by an_mo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Xaraya is a highly extensible and customizable system. You may want to give it a look.