Hello,
So it’s no longer possible to make multilingual TVs without having to duplicate the whole site in another context?
I also have a large multilingual site with modx 2.8.3 and Lingua. Does this mean I can’t update it with MODX 3?
How do I get multilingual resources and variables with MODX 3?
Someone at Sterc made an effort (some while ago) to make the extra compatible with MODX 3 (see this PR). But the current version has bugs (see this topic) and I don’t know if there are plans to fix these or if they gave up. (You could try to contact them to see what the current situation is).
In general, the Lingua extra hasn’t been updated in almost 10 years. I think it’s fair to assume, that there won’t be any updates anymore from the original author.
As PHP (and MODX) progresses, sooner or later the code will break.
Someone has to be willing to take on the project and maintain it.
Personally I’m of the opinion that multiple contexts (and the extra Babel) are better suited for MODX:
The normal MODX resource caching can be used (I believe with Lingua the page is mostly uncached, which is bad for performance) and for example search extras like SimpleSearch work out of the box.
There have been other attemps (by the russian MODX community) to accomplish something similar to what Lingua does.
There is the extra Localizator. But it’s seemingly also not compatible with MODX 3 (see this issue).
And then there’s the paid extra multiLingual. (But I have no knowledge if this project is any good and if it’s compatible with MODX 3).
Thank you halftrainedharry,
Ok, I understand.
It’s a real shame, because for the customer, it was much simpler and more comfortable than having the impression of having two different sites (or even more, depending on the number of languages). Particularly when there’s a lot of data, and you have to replicate changes in each context, it’s really more constraining.
Switching this site to MODX 3 is going to be hell…
Hey @_lol,
I had a similar thing a few weeks ago: Multilanguage Website with Contexts and Contentblocks
Can you post a screenshot? So we can understand the structure better and discuss some possible solutions.
The Babel Extra also has a TV sync feature. So you just have to change the language based content …
After having used Babel I started to use Localizator with MODX 2.8.7.
In my opinion, having unique resources allows for additional comfort in managing content in different languages. Additionally it still possible for some resources of templates ti use the “global” content with lexicon if it’s more practical in some cases, rather than a whole translated content.
