S2Member localization

[lemedia]

hi,

getting to grips with S2Member and PRO.
but, how do i localize to french ?

has someone prepared a .POT file somewhere ready for translation ?

that would help a lot.
many thanks.

john

[Jason Caldwell]

Hi there. Thanks for the great question.

I'm very sorry. No, s2Member is not prepared for translation just yet. We are working toward this, but because the development of this plugin is still moving ahead rapidly; a decision has been made to hold off on this for now. At some point in the near future, the s2Member framework will be updated to support translations.

[camillemm]

It would be a great idea (as I'm french too )

[Jason Caldwell]

Thank you. We're getting closer and closer to this.
@TODO/COPY :: translations / __() POT files.

[lemedia]

Hi Jason,

once you are ready, let me know and i'll translate the .po file in french to share with others.

thanks for doing this as i think it will make a real difference to the plugin.

kind regards,
john

[schop]

Well, I might as well put my $0.02 in here, and offer translation services for Dutch.

[Jason Caldwell]

Awesome. Thanks for that.
@TODO/COPY :: translations / __() POT files.

[wilson]

Hi all

You have a FANTASTIC product, but please we need it trasnlatable. Have you think what a mess and re- work if at each update we, non english speakers, have to check and update all or mostly the "n" files?

I´d like to offer my services to translate it to brazilian portuguese "pt_BR"

Thanks for developing such excellent plugin.

@TODO/COPY :: translations / __() POT files.

PS. thinking in speed up the whole process we could split it in two:

1} most important: the front end(forms,warnings..etc)
2)the back end

What you think?

[FYGureout]

Hi,

Thanks for this excellent plugin.

I´d like to offer my services to translate it to Hungarian "hu_HU"

[wilson]

Hi

just passing by to see if there is any news on doing that EXCELLENT plugin localization/ translatable.
The international community just need it

Thanks jasonand please give us some input on that

[jameztcc]

Hi Jason,

would you consider collaboration with WPML (wpml.org) which does WordPress localization using WordPress API/hooks?

Hopefully there will be support for 2 byte languages e.g. Chinese, Japanese etc.

thanks,
James Tan

Edit: Here's a URL (http://forum.wpml.org/topic.php?id=2929) of the following made by their dev

"If you're running into compatibility problems with other plugins or themes, the best way to fix them is to get the authors of those plugins / themes involved.

We work together with any author who's prepared to work with us.

Contact the other author and let us know. We'll create free accounts for them so that they can download WPML and participate in this forum.

We'll do everything that it takes to get WPML to work together with other plugins and themes. All we need is cooperation from the other side as well."

[Jason Caldwell]

Thanks for the excellent question James.
Yes and no. At this time, a decision has been made to hold off on translations, because s2Member is still undergoing rapid development ( i.e. new features, fixes, improvements ). Once we feel the software is beginning to reach a stage of maturity, we will be happy to collaborate.

[jameztcc]

Hi Jason,

look forward to S2Member's maturity

thanks,
James Tan

[erapisardi]

I need to translate the plugin into italian. Is there any possibility to have the .po file?

[Cristián Lávaque]

s2Member now supports translations:

* (s2Member/s2Member Pro) Translation Support. s2Member and s2Member Pro are now equipped with support for front-end translation, using standardized WordPress® methodologies; i.e. we've implemented the use of _x(), and various other translation routines for many aspects of s2Member's front-end interfaces. For instance, things like Profile panels, Login/Registration Fields, and Pro Form integrations; as well as error messages displayed to Users/Members. Translation support for back-end admin panels provided by s2Member will come in a future release, along with more extensive translation support for front-end aspects.

Please note, this is but our first step toward internationalizing s2Member and s2Member Pro. Look for further updates/improvements to come in the future.

Like WordPress® itself, we chose to use the GNU gettext localization framework to provide localization infrastructure for s2Member®. GNU gettext is a mature, widely used framework for modular translation of software, and is the de facto standard for localization in the open source/free software realm. If you'd like to translate s2Member and/or s2Member Pro, please use the POT file found inside /s2member/includes/translations/s2member.pot, which contains all translation entries for both the s2Member Framework ( i.e. the free version ), and also for s2Member Pro.

The file: /s2member/includes/translations/s2member.pot will be updated with each new release of s2Member. If this is your first translation of a WordPress® plugin, this article and/or this article, might be of some assistance. When you are finished translating the s2member.pot file, place your completed s2member-[locale].mo file into this directory: /s2member/includes/translations/; and please feel free to share your translation with the rest of the s2Member® community.

Quick Tip: If you only need to translate the front-end of s2Member, please ignore entries in the s2member.pot file with a context matching s2member-admin. Those sections of s2Member are only seen by site Administrators; they are NOT used in s2Member's front-end integration with WordPress®. Skipping over translation entries with a context matching s2member-admin can save you time.