• Only some part has been internationalized.
• Secondary language pages have less information than those of primary language.
• Not internationalized at all.
• Internationalization is abandoned.
• Language selector shows up only on the top page.
• Language selector always navigate you to the top page of selected language.

<< I18N-ready open source CMS Joomla! >>

Active Point Inc. strongly recommend website internationalization with I18N-ready open source CMS Joomla!.

■ What is CMS?

CMS is a system to maintain web contents effectively and efficiently. One of the merits is to maintain contents, design and system itself independently.

■ What is Joomla!?

Joomla! is a open source CMS widely used in the world and getting attention in Japan. Stability, extensibility, easy-to-use administration GUI and internationalization are some of the features. It is free to use.

<< Website Internationalization with Joomla! >>

Joomla! makes website internationalization more efficient.

■ Implementation and maintenance

• Since translation is maintained as a property of the original content, the number of contents to be maintained does not increase.
• Contents are translated on the wysiwyg editor in the administration GUI.
• Contents can be differ language to language.

• Language selector is displayed by Joomla! automatically.
• Contents language is decided by Joomla! by examining browser's language and access history.

• Created HTML pages by hand. No CMS was used.
• Supported Japanese and English but the language selector was shown up only on the top page.

• As the contents increase, the maintenance got difficult. The renewal of the site design was impossible.
• Couldn't change language on pages other than the top page.

• Keep-concept design.
• Migrate existing contents with no change.
• Support Japanese and English. Show up language selector on every page.

• Language selector was attached on every page.
• Site search, breadcrumbs and sitemap were added.
• By SEO, pages got ranked higher on Google search result list.
• Management of contents has got easier.
• Site design renewal became possible.

<< System configuration >>

Standard configuration is as following. For detail and other configurations, please feel free to ask us.

■ Server configuration

• Linux
  
• Apache HTTPD 1.3 or higher
  
• MySQL 3.23 or higher
  
• PHP 4.3.10 or higher
  

Note：

Joomla! and the Joomla! logo are registered trademarks of Open Source Matters. Website I18N is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Joomla! Project. It is not supported or warranted by the Joomla! Project or Open Source Matters. The Joomla! logo is used under a limited license granted by Open Source Matters the trademark holder in the United States and other countries.