Other languages sub-forum fixation suggestion

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#1

hi there , as u know this is a good thing to have other languages supports and now we have arabic language as u c. but there is minor problem in it which is when someone new visit the forum website basically the url going to be " Whonix Forum " and if u enter the arabic sub-forum its just consisting of unreadable language , where as if u enter this url " Whonix Forum " and go to the arabic sub forum im sure u gonna c the difference even if u cant understand whats have been written.

some suggested to do this step:-

“change the decode language in DB to UTF-8”

so can u fix this and check if this is true or not ? thnx

#2

I don’t know if changing the decode language is related here, if that would be sane or could cause any issues.

Anyhow…

is now redirected to:

So when users click on the Arabic sub forum, they end up in the Arabic sub forum with Arabic forum language.

Please try.

Added to apache config.

RewriteRule /forum/index.php/board,19.0.html /forum/index.php/board,19.0.html?language=arabic [QSA]
#3
https://www.whonix.org/forum/index.php/board,19.0.html

is now redirected to:

So when users click on the Arabic sub forum, they end up in the Arabic sub forum with Arabic forum language.

well thats fantastic , its working :)))))))))))

#4

Technical notes…

The footer link for some reason was broken, looked for links to the forum for first time visitors without cookies (Tor Browser users) like this:

While it should be like this:

Therefore appending the query parameter [font=courier]?language=arabic[/font] did not work.

The forum footer mod messes that up?

Workaround in place now.

In footer menu there will now be a “non-forum” link https://www.whonix.org/arabic that redirects to the Arabic sub forum Whonix Forum.

RedirectMatch (?i)/arabic https://www.whonix.org/forum/index.php/board,19.0.html
#5

this topic is closed , since whonix team decided to change the forum software to discourse. and “other languages support” now solved.check:-

for whonix forum software changing press here

if u r facing bug/issue/problem with discourse please mention it here

or open new topic/thread. thnx

#6