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The Translations page allows you to carry out the following:
•Edit any existing text in BusPlanner Web, for any activated language.
•Add a new language and make adjustments to its translations.
•Load any additional texts introduced in a new update of BusPlanner Web.
•Reset all languages & translations to their out-of-the-box defaults.
By default, the available languages are English, French and Spanish. This allows users who have a computer set to a language other than English to see and use BusPlanner Web in their default language.
Note: The Auto / Invariant language indicates the automatic texts that appear if a user's computer is set to a language that does not exist in BusPlanner Web.
To edit the text that appears on BusPlanner Web for any language. To this, browse to the Translations section below Languages, then find and edit the resource corresponding to the text in question: 1.Ensure that the Resource Edit Mode is set to Existing. 2.Enter the text you wish to edit in Filter by Text. For example, if you wish to change the Use this form to contact the transportation department text on the Contact page, enter that text. Click Filter. 3.Browse to the correct Resource Set. 4.Browse to the correct Resource ID. If there are multiple resource IDs with the same text, this may take some trial and error. 5.Edit the text in the relevant languages below, and click Save Translations. |
Important: Adding new translations (i.e. Resource Edit Mode > New) and Delete Translation are advanced tools that should not be used in day-to-day management of translations. •If you believe you need to use one of these options, please contact Georef Support first. •If you are creating new translations, make sure the Resource Set and Resource ID do not contain and spaces. |
You may at times wish to add a new language option. For example, you may wish to copy the Spanish (United States) option to Spanish (Mexico) and then make adjustments to the text. This will make the Spanish texts available by default to any parent or public users who have their computer set to Mexican Spanish: 1.At the bottom of the Language section, in the Copy Translations From section, choose an existing language: 2.Under New Language, enter the valid ISO language & country code for the new language. For example, Spanish (Mexican) is es-MX. 3.Click Add. The new language will now appear in the Languages list, and in the Translations list. It will also appear in the Language drop-down at the bottom right of the web page for all users to choose. Note that the new language will be identical to the original you copied until you modify the translations. (See above.) You may need to reload the web page for it to appear in all places. |
In some cases, you may wish to remove an existing language. For example, if you are located in Saskatchewan and do not need to support / maintain Spanish (United States) translations: 1.In the languages list, click Delete next to the language you wish to remove. 2.The language will be removed from the Translations page, as well as from the Languages dropdown. It will will no longer be available on your website. |
The Upgrade section below allows you to add missing translations and reset translations to their original values: •Load Missing Translations - This will load any text resources included in a newly updated version of BusPlanner Web that may be missing from your site. •Delete and Reload All Translations - This will reset the texts for all default languages (en-CA, fr-CA, en-US and es-US) to their original values. It will leave any custom languages your transportation department has added as they are. •Update Invariant Translations - This will update the Auto translation based on the language code selected. Note: This will change the language seen by users whose machine language does not correspond to a language in your BusPlanner Web. |