Question about language files

  • fwu

    (@fwu)


    11 years, 11 months ago

    hello,

    In my wordpress install I have a languages folder inside the wp-content folder.

    In this languages folder I have a .po and .mo file specific to my native language, and with the theme name in the filen name. For instance:
    twentyfourteen-xx_XX.po and twentyfourteen-xx_XX.mo.

    I set the wp-config to use that language and everything works.

    My question is: if we put this translation files inside this folder, why each theme folder has its own folder language? Shouldnt the two files being inside the languages folder of the corresponding theme?

    What is the rule wordpress uses to find and use these files?

    thank you,

    fwu

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    There shouldn’t be a languages folder inside wp-content. Each theme and each plugin has it;’s own language files & folders.

    Thread Starter fwu

    (@fwu)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    yes, but it works in that folder. Why?

    also, in the documentation they say to create a languages folder:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    Translations for core WordPress have nothing to do with translations for themes & plugins.

    Thread Starter fwu

    (@fwu)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    In that language folder inside wp-content I actually have a theme folder, and is in that folder that I have the theme language files. So this is a big mess.

    But will wordpress look for these files in this folders, or something was change in the wordpress core code?

    thank you,

    fwu

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    So this is a big mess.

    What theme did this? Language files for themes should always be inside the individual theme folder within wp-content/themes. See wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/languages for an example.

    Thread Starter fwu

    (@fwu)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    I was looking for the wordpress deploy of the pt_PT wordpress install.

    Thread Starter fwu

    (@fwu)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    hello,

    It is not a theme. It is a wordpress intall package in another language. You can get it here: http://pt.wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.1-pt_PT.zip

    I was trying to translate my development wordpress theme. I searched the web and I couldnt find working translated files, so I took to a wordpress package in another language and tried to get the translated files.

    It was then when I saw this organization of translated files. Because I was trying to install more languages just to try understand how wordpress works relating with languages, I really got even more confused. And I can´t understand how is this working… 🙂

    thank you,

    fwu

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