Multi Lingual Downloads

[bbeer]

Hi all

I wonder on how to handle best multi lingual downloads. FieldType File has Multi Lingual descriptions for one and the same file.

Maybe it would be a good idea to have a real FieldType File, where per language files could be uploaded.

Thanks for your advice

[Can]

You can use language alternate fields in this case.

Let's say your primary file field is called "files" (which will serve the default language) then you just create one field per language (files_lang) for example

files_de

files_fr

files_be

and so on.

As described in the docs https://processwire.com/api/multi-language-support/multi-language-fields/#language-alternate-fields

[bbeer]

Thanks Can

this solution I knew. Seems that this is the only way to go about. I was hoping for a more user friendly solution. Maybe that would really be something to look at in future, that FieldType Files would be as the other MultiLingual fields.

Thanks again.

[tpr]

How about using Tags?

(Field -> Details tab bottom)

[bbeer]

tpr

how exactly do you mean this?

[Juergen]

I have added this to the wishlist some time ago :https://processwire.com/talk/topic/10074-file-upload-field-for-multilingual-site/

I hope it will be added in the future to the file upload fields.

[tpr]

tpr

how exactly do you mean this?

You could use one Field for downloads where you could upload several files and add tags them like "english", "german", etc.

[bbeer]

Thanks tpr

will have a look at this.