Build multiple language website using jQuery and JSON based methods

Question

I\'m trying to implement a Multi-language for one website. I prefer to use client script for changing the language between English and Tr

Answer 1

You can save the selected language on cookie.

You can use on setting and getting cookie.

function setCookie(name,value,days) {
    var expires = "";
    if (days) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));
        expires = "; expires=" + date.toUTCString();
    }
    document.cookie = name + "=" + (value || "")  + expires + "; path=/";
}
function getCookie(name) {
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
    }
    return null;
}

Source

Here is your updated fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/20zo4wg8/1/

Answer 2

I would vouch for localStorage or sessionStorage.

// The default language is English
var lang = "en-gb";
// Check for localStorage support
if('localStorage' in window){

   var usrLang = localStorage.getItem('uiLang');
   if(usrLang) { // If key exists, then use that found in localStorage
       lang = usrLang
   }

}

fiddle

I would switch to ReactJS for such UI.

Answer 3

You can save the user's selected language with window.localStorage and read it when you load the page:

// save, in your .translate click handler
localStorage.setItem('lang', $(this).attr('id'));

// load, on DOMContentLoaded
var lang = localStorage.getItem('lang') || 'en-gb';

If the user hasn't selected a language, localStorage.getItem('lang') will return null and lang will be set to your default, 'en-gb'.

But why should your default be English? The browser knows what language it (and presumably, the user) prefers. You can access the browser's preferred language with navigator.language. Of course, that could be something like zh-SG which isn't in your language list, but should (probably?) render the page in Chinese. To handle this behavior, you can grab just the first two characters of the language code and use that as the key in your strings list:

var arrLang = {
    "en": {
        "HOME": "Home",
        "ABOUT": "About Us",
        "CONTACT": "Contact Us",
    },
    "zh": {
        "HOME": "首頁",
        "ABOUT": "關於我們",
        "CONTACT": "聯絡我們",
    }
};

var lang = localStorage.getItem('lang') || navigator.language.slice(0, 2);

(You'll need to truncate the IDs of your translate buttons, as well.)

Of course, the browser's language could be pt-BR, so make sure to check for that too:

var lang = localStorage.getItem('lang') || navigator.language.slice(0, 2);
if (!Object.keys(arrLang).includes(lang)) lang = 'en';