We are close to end guys. In this step we will make our JuZcret portlet understandable for the whole world ! Ok for this tutorial we will just manage french and vietnamese language but when you will understand the concept feel free to add all languages you want.

Internalization and Localization

Internalization

Internalization is the process of developing software whose core design does not make assumptions based on a language. It means that all messages and labels in the application can be translated to all supported languages.

Juzu support i18n natively in the core. We just need to modify all the labels in all our templates. Next time, remember to do it as soon you start developing your template.

Update the editMode.gtmpl template:

#{param name=enableComment/}

<form action="@{JuZcretApplication.enableComment()}" method="POST" role="form">
    <h5>&{label.configuration}</h5>
    <input type="checkbox" name="enableComment" <%=enableComment ? "checked" : "" %>/>&{label.enableComment}
    <button type="submit">&{label.save}</button>
</form>

We need to do it for all the labels in all JuZcret templates:

addsecret.gtmpl:

<div class="secret-wall-container">
    <div class="secret-wall-heading">
        <div class="row-fluid">
            <div class="span6">
                <h3 class="title">JuZcret Portlet</h3>
            </div>
            <div class="span6 text-right">
                <a class="btn btn-primary" href="@{JuZcretApplication.index()}" role="button">&{label.secretWall}</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="text-center">
        <div class="uiBox share-secret-box">
            <h4 class="title">&{label.shareSecret}</h4>
            <div class="uiContentBox">
                <form class="share-secret-form" action="@{JuZcretApplication.addSecret()}" method="POST" role="form">
                    <div class="control-group">
                        <label class="control-label" for="mySecret">&{label.mySecret}:</label>
                        <div class="controls">
                            <textarea id="mySecret" rows="3" name="msg" placeholder="&{label.writeSecret}"></textarea>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="control-group">
                        <label class="control-label" for="secrImgUrl">&{label.img}:</label>
                        <div class="controls">
                            <input type="text" id="secrImgUrl" name="imgURL" placeholder="">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="control-group mgB0">
                        <div class="controls text-center">
                            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">&{label.share}</button>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

secretWall.gtmpl:

#{param name=secretsList/}
#{param name=enableComment/}

<div class="secret-wall-container">
    <div class="secret-wall-heading">
        <div class="row-fluid">
            <div class="span6">
                <h3 class="title">JuZcret Portlet</h3>
            </div>

            <div class="span6 text-right">
                <a class="btn btn-primary" href="@{ JuZcretApplication.addSecretForm()}"
                   role="button">&{label.shareSecret}</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <ul class="secret-wall-list clearfix">
        <% secretsList.each { secret -> %>
        <li class="secret" data-secretId="${secret.id}">
            <div class="secret-image" style="background-image: url('${secret.imageURL}')">

                <div class="secret-mesage">${secret.message}</div>

                <div class="secret-action">
                    <a class="btn-like secr-toggle-link toggle-like-comment" href="#"><i
                            class="uiIconThumbUp uiIconWhite"></i><span
                            class="numb"></span></a>
                    <a class="btn-popup-comment secr-toggle-link toggle-write-comment" href="#"><i
                            class="uiIconComment uiIconWhite"></i><span
                            class="numb"></span></a>
                </div>

                <div class="popover popover-secret fade top">
                    <button class="closePopover close" type="button">&times;</button>
                    <div class="arrow"></div>

                    <div class="popover-content">
                        <div class="secr-comments-box">
                            <ul class="secr-comments-list">
                                <% secret.getComments().each { comment -> %>
                                <li><!--Add class .open-popover to display popover -->
                                    <div class="media">
                                        <a class="pull-left" href="http://localhost:8080/portal/intranet/profile/${comment.userId}">
                                            <img src="http://localhost:8080/social-resources/skin/images/ShareImages/UserAvtDefault.png"
                                                 alt="avatar">
                                        </a>

                                        <div class="media-body">
                                            <div>
                                                <a class="cm-user-name" href="http://localhost:8080/portal/intranet/profile/${comment.userId}">${comment.userId}</a> <span
                                                    class="cm-time">${comment.createdDate}</span>
                                            </div>

                                            <div class="cm-content">${comment.content}</div>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                </li>
                                <% } %>
                            </ul>
                        </div>
                        <div class="secr-create-comment clearfix">
                            <button class="btn-comment btn btn-primary pull-right">&{label.comment}</button>

                            <div class="secr-write-comment ">
                                <div class="inner">
                                    <div class="media">
                                        <a href="#" class="pull-left"><img
                                                src="http://localhost:8080/social-resources/skin/images/ShareImages/UserAvtDefault.png"
                                                alt="avatar"></a>

                                        <div class="media-body">
                                            <textarea name="comment" class="secret-add-comment" placeholder="&{label.addComment}"></textarea>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </li>
        <% } %>
    </ul>
</div>

That’s it for internationalizing templates.

Now how can I manage the translation of &{label.configuration} ?
It’s very simple and easy in Juzu. You just need to configure the path of your bundle in the portlet.xml and then create a java resource bundle file (*.properties or *.xml) per language.

So first update the portlet.xml file in src/main/webapp/WEB-INF folder:

<portlet-app>
   <portlet>
     <portlet-name>JuzcretApplication</portlet-name>
     [...]
     </supports>
     <resource-bundle>locale.portlet.juzcret</resource-bundle>
     <portlet-info>
     [...]
   </portlet>
</portlet-app>

The resource-bundle tell portlet container to find the resource bundle files in /locale/portlet/juzcret_*.properties.

Localization

Localization is the process of customizing our app for a particular language. That process includes the translation of labels and messages into a native language.
In this tutorial we will limit support to French and Vietnamese.

Add the resource bundle files to this path /src/main/resources/locale/portlet/ as we declared in portlet.xml:

juzcret.properties for default language (English in eXo Platform)

label.addComment=Add your comment
label.shareSecret=Share my secret
label.configuration=Configuration
label.enableComment=Enable Comment
label.save=Save
label.mySecret=My secret
label.writeSecret=Write your secret here
label.img=Image URL
label.share=Share
label.comment=Comment
label.secretWall=Secret Wall

juzcret_vi.properties for Vietnamese

label.shareSecret=Chia s\u1EBB b\u00ED m\u1EADt
label.configuration=C\u1EA5u h\u00ECnh
label.enableComment=Cho ph\u00E9p b\u00ECnh lu\u1EADn
label.save=L\u01B0u
label.mySecret=B\u00ED m\u1EADt c\u1EE7a t\u00F4i
label.writeSecret=Vi\u1EBFt b\u00ED m\u1EADt \u1EDF \u0111\u00E2y
label.img=\u0110\u01B0\u1EDDng d\u1EABn \u1EA3nh
label.share=Chia s\u1EBB
label.secretWall=T\u01B0\u1EDDng b\u00ED m\u1EADt
label.addComment=Th\u00EAm b\u00ECnh lu\u1EADn
label.comment=B\u00ECnh lu\u1EADn

juzcret_fr.properties for French

label.shareSecret=Partager mon secret
label.configuration=Configuration
label.enableComment=Activer les commentaires
label.save=Sauvegarder
label.mySecret=Mon secret
label.writeSecret=Ecrit ton secret ici
label.img=URL de l'image
label.share=Partager
label.secretWall=Mur des secrets
label.addComment=Ajouter votre commentaire
label.comment=Ajouter

That’s all.
Re-compile and deploy JuZcret eXo Platform as explain in previous step of this tutorial:

$ mvn clean install

Copy/Paste the war (replace the old one) in the webapp folder of eXo Platform, start the server and open JuZcret page created in step 1.

Now you can share secret in Vietnamese:

or look at the Secret Wall and add comments in French:

Here we are. An international JuZcret application ready for sharing secrets of the people of the world.

Hum do you not think that we forgot some important things during all this steps…? Let’s fix it in the last step

Step 6 - Let’s all the world create new secrets

Internalization and Localization

Internalization

Localization