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| pages | Subject: Dual language display? | |
| Hello, purpose of software use: To create a language course. problem: displaying/editing Arabic in an English interface. environment: Apache 1.3.27 PHP.2.3, MySQL 3.23.39 on WinXpPro. Running on a local server with no known problems. ATutor installed successfully with no problems. On creating a top level page with a title that had both words in English and Arabic [ i wrote the word Dialogue / 'then the same word again in Arabic'], the following resulted. I placed some arabic content as well. : The html title on the very top bar displayed correctly as did the breadcrumb, main heading and content. The links under local menu/global menu did not. It dispalyed the English and then 'ا... ' Also, on wanting to further edit the content, the previously entered Arabic returned as: title: Dialogue / الحِ and in body: المدرس : كيف حالك ؟ I have some screenshots if needed. Many Thanks. Farid. Posted: 2003-12-08 06:56:58 | ||
| pages | Subject: additional info | |
| ATutor version is 1.3 Browser: IE 6 I am only on a local server, but can mail you a saved version of anything requested such as phpinfo etc. Posted: 2003-12-08 07:01:03 | ||
| pages | Subject: Ouch!! | |
| The arabic you see in the first post is what i wanted to come out in the first place! What i actually posted in the first post was a repetition of an ampersand, a number and semicolon... Posted: 2003-12-08 07:04:00 | ||
| greg | Subject: Using styles | |
| I would think using style sheet properties to arrange rtl languages might be the most effective means of presenting Arabic in an English interface. Content within a page can be wrapped in a block level element such as a paragraph, then the style within that element set the direction to rtl, like so: <p style="direction:rtl;">some arabic text</p> Posted: 2003-12-08 09:23:57 | ||
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