About how languages work.

I am doing a site with a French version and having never done this before have a couple of questions.

I have installed the FR DNN language pack - all works as you would expect.
This site uses Smithcart so I got the Fr language pack but when installing the installer takes me to the "is this a skin /container/other" page with no way past.
As these are just resource files I reasoned that I could simply install manually but this seems not to have worked.
Q1> can language pack be installed manually ? (ftp to the respective AppLocalresouces folder).

Q2> how do I go about applying languages to page names or is the normal practice to simply make extra pages with the correct title wording?

Thanks

Ian

Hi Sebastian

Thanks for your answers.  I worked out that page localisation needs a 3rd party tool such as DSLocalizator - this gives no indication of if it is compatible with DNN 6 but I will have a play on a localhost.

Re my language pack with install problems.  No manifest - does this file simply tell the installer where to put things or are other entries made when installing languages?  As this comes from SmithCart I will get in touch with them.

BTW: I am starting to have some appreciation of how difficult DNN can be as soon as you need anything other than English. I certainly more understand the tone of some posts here in languages.

Re DNN Localised pages: Sounds a bit dangerous. I think I read somewhere that it cannot be turned off once initiated?

Anyway thanks very much

Ian
  

HI Sebastian

I am trying DSLocalizator now on a test site. There is a beta available for this now that says dnn6.
I have to say that I have no idea conceptually of how this is supposed to work.  Shame there seems to be no docs.

For example: I am supposed to have duplicate content on each page which the DSLoc makes visible based on language selection.
I also have no idea of to deal with page names.

I am wondering if the easiest method is to have a child portal for each language.  The complicating and probably deciding factor is the e-comm app.

Re Language pack .dnn file   - the pack from Giles's site was fine (Thanks Giles),  The problem pack was from SmithCart so I will see what they say.

Thanks for your help Sebastian

Ian