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Joomla! International Edition - UTF-8 Ready!

Joomla! International Edition (JIE) is a complete multi-language content management solution. It is a modification of Joomla! 1.0.15 and offers improved functionality for international and multi-language users. Joomla! is the trademark of Open Source Matters, this product is not connected with the Joomla! project, Joomla.org or Open Source Matters, Inc.. Support for this software is not available from the Joomla! project. The software is not warranted in any way by Joomla! or Open Source Matters.

Features

Pluggable Admin & Frontend Language Packs
Dynamic Language Switching
UTF-8 compatibility
Language Specific Installations
Language Sensitive Help

Improved PDF generation
Updated Interface
Bundled with new E-Gov Template
Language Sensitive Module Switching

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Dynamic Language Switching

It is now possible for administrators and publishers to use the same administrator interface in different languages with JIE. The included Language Switcher administrator module allows administrator to change the interface to the language that they want to read. That means that two administrators can be logged in at the same time, but viewing the interface in different languages. This function allows unparallel international collaboration.

Pluggable Language Packs

The original Joomla! offers great support for plug-in language packs for frontend users.However JIE takes it one step further and offers the ability to plug-in languages for the administrator interface also. Prior to this, it was necessary for developers to go through nearly every core file of Joomla and translate bits and pieces which is a very tedious and time consuming process. Now all of the administrator language variables have been compiled into easy to use language packs which can be translated and plugged in to JIE to make localized Joomla! releases in just about any language. With the addition of a 3rd party language component like Joomfish, it is possible to create a fully international website!

UTF-8 compatibility

Joomla! International Edition is about as UTF-8 compatible as possible for Joomla! All language packs and XML files are UTF-8 based which means that JIE will work with any compatible UTF-8 character set. In addition JIE installs Joomla! with a UTF-8 database and contains all of the Joomla! recommended setting and patches. That means no more worrying about weird or missing characters.

Improved PDF Generation

JIE makes use of the TCPDF library for generating PDFs. We have customized the code so that the PDF generation is not only fully UTF-8 aware, but also supports images and Mambot replacements.

JIE, Open Source and E-Government

Joomla! International Edition was originally built specifically for use in Mongolian government websites. The ministires and agencies in the government wanted a secure, open-source and easy to use CMS that could be used by people who weren't trained as webmasters. In addition, the main requirement was that the whole thing had to be in Mongolian. During the development we realized that there are many organizations, agencies and individuals around the world who need similar localized tools to help them build websites. That is why with JIE we have built in the capabilities for just about any language to be included in the package.

In addition some organizations and agencies aren't willing to invest large amounts of capital on relatively new technology, but with Open Source software, specifically Joomla! and JIE, these organizations can save money and not sacrifice quality software or usability. Although JIE isn't for everyone, we feel that a large amount of government agencies, administrative organizations and individuals who need this kind of technology can benefit greatly from it. We also hope that by spreading the word about JIE and Joomla! we also help to introduce the idea of open-source software to people who may not be familiar with its benefits.

Growing, growing....

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

When we first started this project we had no idea how many people were interested in the functionality that JIE offers. We have simply been blown away by the response to Joomla! International. Many people from all walks of life have contacted us and are interested in contributing to the project. In addition to the languages already translated like French, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovakian, Mongolian, etc..., it seems languages such as Czech, Polish, Thai, Chinese and many others have already been done or are currently in the works. We applaud the effort of all of these developers who are making language packs and localized releases. So far we have not really aggregated all of these developments as of yet. However, if you have created a release or language pack, or simply have used JIE for your website, we are happy to link to you in our download page or our site showcase. Cheers!
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World Summit Award Global Contest

Sunday, 05 August 2007
Joomla! International has been nominated for the World Summit Award Global Contest (www.wsis-award.org) by the WSA Expert Panel Member 2007, as an excellent e-Content example in e-Government. The WSA Grand Jury, held op the invitation of Croatia, will award in September 07 the top 40 projects, 5 in each WSA category. Additional selection of world Regions’ Best, continental best practice example, will be honored with a special mention.
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1.0.9 Beta

Sunday, 15 July 2007
Well the time of bug fixes is over for the moment and we were able to correct all of the bugs posted on Joomla Code. The newest version of JIE, 1.0.9 is now ready for download and testing from JoomlaCode. In additional there is a new English language package, and a patch from 1.0.8 to 1.0.9. We'd like to thank Tibor Tóth and Jozsef Tamas Herczeg for their hard work in finding bugs and submitting them on the forge.
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Slovak and Hungarian JIE Released

Monday, 09 July 2007
We recently recevied an email from Tibor Tóth, one of the developers on the Slovak and Hungarian localized releases of Joomla! International Edition. We are very excited about this development and are happy to see developers using JIE to create their own localized releases.
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Time to Smash Bugs!

Thursday, 28 June 2007
We are looking forward to the next two weeks really putting JIE through the cycle and trying to find and fix as many bugs as possible. Currently we have been really busy launching a Mongolian localized version of JIE here in Ulaanbaatar. As soon as our seminar is done we plan on taking another long look at the code base and try to wrangle out as many bugs as possible.
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We feel that Joomla! is the finest open-source content management system out there. However we felt that for certain international uses we could improve upon the existing model to make it fully multi-lingual. Most if not all the functionality of Joomla! International Edition will be present in the new release of Joomla! 1.5. We hope our modifications can help the international user while awaiting the stable release of Joomla! 1.5. We would like to thank all of the members of the Joomla! team for making such a fantastic product.