Per URL Catalogs?

fredh · 11-16-2003, 02:25 PM

Hey all,

First off, I have to say that this piece of software is awesome! Excellent work!

Is it possible to have a catalog based on an exact url or is it only by site name at the moment?

The reason is that the site I am building comes in 3 languages and is 100% templated.

To change languages I pass a $_GET var to a page, ex: http://xxxxx/index.php?lang=en

This value is stored in a $_SESSION var and all future pages are rendered in the appropriate language. (default is en)

So, what I would like to do is have 3 search catalogs:
1. http://xxxx/index.php?lang=en
2. http://xxxx/index.php?lang=fr
3. http://xxxx/index.php?lang=es

Then, depending on the current language I can query the appropriate catalog for results.

Is this possible?

Charter · 11-16-2003, 08:17 PM

Hi. I'm not quite sure what mods you've made, but perhaps use something like the following in the config file.

PHP Code:


			
if (isset($_SESSION['lang'])) {

    $lang = $_SESSION['lang'];

}



if ((!isset($phpdig_language)) || (($lang != 'en') && ($lang != 'fr') && ($lang != 'es'))) {

    $phpdig_language = "en";

}

else {

    $phpdig_language = $lang;

}

fredh · 11-16-2003, 08:59 PM

Ah, no mods were made here

Your software was built well enough for me to instantly integrate it with my templating system (http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Xipe)

I'm just wondering what will happen on my site if someone using the french version makes a query. I would'nt want them to see english results and vice versa.

If there was a way to setup 3 different spiders, one for each language, I could query against the proper language.

The problem that I think I see here is that the spider only allows one set of results per domain name whereas my current setup uses the same domain name to serve 3 languages.

I think that my quickest solution at the moment will be to setup three 3rd level domains and spider each of them:

http://en.whatever.com (english)
http://es.whatever.com (spanish)
http://fr.whatever.com (french)

Charter · 11-17-2003, 12:21 AM

Ah, I see and agree with three separate installs for what you're looking to do.

11-16-2003, 02:25 PM	#1
fredh Green Mole Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 11	Per URL Catalogs? Hey all, First off, I have to say that this piece of software is awesome! Excellent work! Is it possible to have a catalog based on an exact url or is it only by site name at the moment? The reason is that the site I am building comes in 3 languages and is 100% templated. To change languages I pass a $_GET var to a page, ex: http://xxxxx/index.php?lang=en This value is stored in a $_SESSION var and all future pages are rendered in the appropriate language. (default is en) So, what I would like to do is have 3 search catalogs: 1. http://xxxx/index.php?lang=en 2. http://xxxx/index.php?lang=fr 3. http://xxxx/index.php?lang=es Then, depending on the current language I can query the appropriate catalog for results. Is this possible?

11-16-2003, 08:17 PM	#2
Charter Head Mole Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,539	Hi. I'm not quite sure what mods you've made, but perhaps use something like the following in the config file. PHP Code: `if (isset($_SESSION['lang'])) { $lang = $_SESSION['lang']; } if ((!isset($phpdig_language)) \|\| (($lang != 'en') && ($lang != 'fr') && ($lang != 'es'))) { $phpdig_language = "en"; } else { $phpdig_language = $lang; }` __________________ Responses are offered on a voluntary if/as time is available basis, no guarantees. Double posting or bumping threads will not get your question answered any faster. No support via PM or email, responses not guaranteed. Thank you for your comprehension.

11-17-2003, 12:21 AM	#4
Charter Head Mole Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,539	Ah, I see and agree with three separate installs for what you're looking to do. __________________ Responses are offered on a voluntary if/as time is available basis, no guarantees. Double posting or bumping threads will not get your question answered any faster. No support via PM or email, responses not guaranteed. Thank you for your comprehension.

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11-16-2003, 08:59 PM	#3
fredh Green Mole Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 11	Ah, no mods were made here Your software was built well enough for me to instantly integrate it with my templating system (http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Xipe) I'm just wondering what will happen on my site if someone using the french version makes a query. I would'nt want them to see english results and vice versa. If there was a way to setup 3 different spiders, one for each language, I could query against the proper language. The problem that I think I see here is that the spider only allows one set of results per domain name whereas my current setup uses the same domain name to serve 3 languages. I think that my quickest solution at the moment will be to setup three 3rd level domains and spider each of them: http://en.whatever.com (english) http://es.whatever.com (spanish) http://fr.whatever.com (french)