changing direction in middle east language

[goldman]

hi firends, i need help . how i can make my site with 2 language .on english and one persian.in persian language alphabet is right to left but in english is left to right

how i can make this change in my site ( in my template)

thanks

[louisstephens]

Hey goldman, I believe you could add a class (for when using the Persian language) like .persian (or whatever is better for you). In your css, add the following:

.persian {
	direction: rtl;
}

 

[goldman]

Thanks my friend but thats not working?

[Autofahrn]

If thats not global enough, why not send an additional CSS file to the client whenever rtl is required, which globally adds direction:rtl; to all necessary tags?

[goldman]

hi my firend.

i need to know how i can make an if code for this.for example when using persian language template loading main-fa.css.

i wrote this code but thats not working

<?php if($language == 'fa') : ?>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $config->urls->templates?>css/main-fa.css?v=2.5" type='text/css'>

<?php endif; ?>

[Autofahrn]

I'm used to retrieve the current language from $user->language. I'd personally prefer to write such conditional code like this, but that probably doesn't make a difference:

<?php
if($user-language == 'fa')
	echo "<link rel='stylesheet' href='{$config->urls->templates}css/main-fa.css?v=2.5' type='text/css'>";
?>

Did you verify that your $language is actually set to "fa"?

[goldman]

hi my friend i verify my language to fa

but your code not working , i was test that

i need a code when visitor choose persian language , site template wtich to rtl

[dragan]

You should also add dir to the html tag: https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-dir

And of course the lang attribute too.