language rtl switch problem

[jazzbird]

hello,

I am trying to build an English/Hebrew site using joomfish for the Hebrew translaton. To switch between rtl and ltr templates I have set up a dummy template index.php file with the following code:

<?php
global $mosConfig_lang;
if ($mosConfig_lang=="hebrew") include_once ("index_he.php");
else include_once ("index_en.php");
?>

This works fine in some cases but not in others. Could someone have a look at this problem:

1) Go to the site http://www.israelcatholic.com
2) Click on the little Israel flag to change to Hebrew site. The site correctly switches to the rtl template.
3) Click on the second item from the right on the top menu (?? ?????). The page correctly opens at http://www.israelcatholic.com/content/v ... 4/lang,iw/ - still on the rtl template.
3) Click on the fourth item from the right on the top menu (???????). The page correctly opens at the component http://www.israelcatholic.com/component/option,com_weblinks/Itemid,23/lang,iw/ - still on the rtl template.
4) Now click on the first item on the right of the top menu (?? ????) to return to the home page. Now the site goes to http://www.israelcatholic.com/content/view/20/103/ - but using the ltr english template because /lang,iw/ has disappeared from the link.

In summary: anytime I go to a component page on the Hebrew site, the next page I go to omits the language specification in the url (/lang,iw) and the site switches back to the ltr template. I then have to reclick the Israel flag to return to the rtl template.

Anyone know why it does that?
Many thanks,

[jazzbird]

can anyone help with this one? Why is joomfish omitting the /lang,iw/ part of the url when on a component page?

[jazzbird]

hello anyone? where are the joomfish experts and developers? I would be very grateful for some help.

[ivo.apostolov]

I am looking at it at the moment.

Could you please tell me how exactly you did this link? i.e. Link to Article, Link to Static Content, Link to URL?

[ivo.apostolov]

Could you please try with:

<?php
global $mosConfig_lang;
if ($mosConfig_lang=="hebrew")
{
include_once ("index_he.php");
}
elseif {
include_once ("index_en.php");
}
?>

[jazzbird]

hi ivo,
Thanks for your reply.

If I try the code you suggested, the whole site no longer opens. I get the msg:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting '(' in /home/.../israelcatholic.com/templates/sample_blackblue_heb/index.php on line 7

Regarding your question, I'm not sure what you mean by 'this link.'
If you mean the menu link to the home page that no longer insert the joomfish /land,iw/ code, then it is a link to content item. But all other links (also to static items) do the same thing. The /lang,iw/ code disappears from all links after I go to a component page. Anytime I go to a component page, whatever page I go to next will not have a /lang,iw/ code and the site will return to the ltr english template. Frustrating!

Any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!

[ivo.apostolov]

Will need to test that on my local machine

[Geraint]

Sorry to be rude but can I jump in here.

Can you try the builtin solar flare template just to test if its the template that's causing the problem? You only need to change the template long enough to test the result.

Geraint

[jazzbird]

thanks for your replies ivo and geraint.
I have tried another template and though I can't fully see the results (I would have to set up another rtl template), I can see that the same thing happens: whenever I select a component from the menu (e.g. contact us, or links page), the url for the following page will be missing the /lang,iw/ and so the site will switch back to the undesired ltr template.
Any solution?

[jazzbird]

any suggestion anyone? has no one run into this problem before?