web page redirect by language

itpqw2 · 01-31-2009, 02:39 PM

hi,

my website has 2 languages: half pages are english, others are in chinese.

people tell me that there is a script which could re-direct the incoming visitor to the appropriate pages, depending on the language of the operating system.

could anybody give me a hint?

thanks

Joseph
website:

english: 24gt.com/index.htm
chinese: 24gt.com

tihomir_wwf · 01-31-2009, 02:50 PM

Hi,

it's possible, but what script your site is written with: php, asp, asp.net or other ?

Bruce Hearder · 02-01-2009, 12:52 AM

Have you thought about doing any targeting of customers depending on the geographic location based on their IP address?

This way if a person comes from a Chinese speaking country you can redirect them to the chinese pages, and if not, send them to the english pages..

There are some free as well as paid GeoIP services that help you achieve this..

Take care and hope this helps

Bruce

awesometbn · 02-01-2009, 12:57 PM

Hello Joseph,
You can either implement a free program on your server like Maxmind, or you can provide a choice on the first page, "Select your language." Major websites like ups.com do this.

There might be other ways using scripts to inspect the language settings of the browser connecting to your website, but these two ideas will probably do the trick. Good luck and let us know what happens.

Ethan Evans · 02-01-2009, 02:23 PM

I read something today that said that China and India have more combined English speaking people than the USA and Canada. The article said that English is a required class and that 50 million new students learn English every year in China. I don't know how true or not that is, but it really surprised me. I like the suggestion of giving people a choice on the first page. Some might know English but prefer to see the pages in Chinese, and others might want to see the English version. Having the script try to make the decision for them might not make sense.

coolhobo · 02-02-2009, 09:17 AM

Hi,

Another option you might consider is getting your web server to serve a specific page depending on the language requested by the client browser i.e. a chinese visitor is delivered a page in chinese and an english speaker is delivered a page in english automatically by the web server.

The following link describes this better (for apache) Language support in Apache through negotiation

Hope this is of help
Byron

harrisunderwork · 03-13-2009, 01:28 AM

Googgle maxmind geo targetting , you will a free tool to do that. But it requires a bit of programming. PM me if ou would like to spend some bucks.

Thanks

01-31-2009, 02:39 PM	#1
itpqw2 Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Washington, DC, USA Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	web page redirect by language hi, my website has 2 languages: half pages are english, others are in chinese. people tell me that there is a script which could re-direct the incoming visitor to the appropriate pages, depending on the language of the operating system. could anybody give me a hint? thanks Joseph website: english: 24gt.com/index.htm chinese: 24gt.com

01-31-2009, 02:50 PM	#2
tihomir_wwf Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: web page redirect by language Hi, it's possible, but what script your site is written with: php, asp, asp.net or other ?

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Bruce Hearder Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Australia. Posts: 717 Thanks: 4 Thanked 182 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: web page redirect by language Have you thought about doing any targeting of customers depending on the geographic location based on their IP address? This way if a person comes from a Chinese speaking country you can redirect them to the chinese pages, and if not, send them to the english pages.. There are some free as well as paid GeoIP services that help you achieve this.. Take care and hope this helps Bruce
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awesometbn HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 249 Blog Entries: 22 Thanks: 9 Thanked 29 Times in 27 Posts	Re: web page redirect by language Hello Joseph, You can either implement a free program on your server like Maxmind, or you can provide a choice on the first page, "Select your language." Major websites like ups.com do this. There might be other ways using scripts to inspect the language settings of the browser connecting to your website, but these two ideas will probably do the trick. Good luck and let us know what happens.
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02-01-2009, 02:23 PM	#5
Ethan Evans The King Of eBooks! :-) Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 136 Blog Entries: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: web page redirect by language I read something today that said that China and India have more combined English speaking people than the USA and Canada. The article said that English is a required class and that 50 million new students learn English every year in China. I don't know how true or not that is, but it really surprised me. I like the suggestion of giving people a choice on the first page. Some might know English but prefer to see the pages in Chinese, and others might want to see the English version. Having the script try to make the decision for them might not make sense.

02-02-2009, 09:17 AM	#6
coolhobo Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London, United Kingdom. Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: web page redirect by language Hi, Another option you might consider is getting your web server to serve a specific page depending on the language requested by the client browser i.e. a chinese visitor is delivered a page in chinese and an english speaker is delivered a page in english automatically by the web server. The following link describes this better (for apache) Language support in Apache through negotiation Hope this is of help Byron

03-13-2009, 01:28 AM	#7
harrisunderwork King Of Bots Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 287 Thanks: 47 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts Social Networking	Re: web page redirect by language Googgle maxmind geo targetting , you will a free tool to do that. But it requires a bit of programming. PM me if ou would like to spend some bucks. Thanks