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The Multilingual Makeover: A side-by-side comparison of Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 Aimee Degnan & Kristen Pol answers@hook42.com Hello! answers@hook42.com answers@hook42.com We are Hook 42 hook42.com / @hook42inc Aimee Degnan Kristen Pol

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The Multilingual Makeover: A side-by-side comparison of Drupal 7 and Drupal 8

Aimee Degnan & Kristen Pol

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Hello!

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Aimee Degnan

CEO / Architect 8 years Drupal aimee@hook42.com @aimeeraed D8 Multilingual Sites

Kristen Pol

CTO / Architect 12 years Drupal kristen@hook42.com @kristen_pol D7 Multilingual Sites

We are…

Hook 42

hook42.com / @hook42inc

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Builder?

Drupal Veteran? Drupal Intermediate?

All the roles?

Multilingual?

Who are you?

Drupal Newbie?

Themer?

PM? Developer?

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Which Drupal do you use?

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Here are the four pillars

  • f multilingual.

Lang nguage e Inter nterface e Content ntent Conf nfig

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Let’s talk language…

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What is language?

ISO-639-1 ISO-639-1(-) (-)(ISO-3166-1) (ISO-3166-1)

lang lang code de(-) (-)(region code de)

  • fr = French
  • fr-BE = French (Belgium)
  • fr-CA = French (Canada)
  • fr-CH = French (Switzerland)
  • fr-FR = French (France)
  • fr-LU = French (Luxembourg)
  • fr-MC = French (Monaco)
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What are the similarities?

Add, edit, and remove languages

Pre-configured languages Custom language support (e.g. fr-FR)

Associate content with language Detection and selection options*

URL Session User Browser *Default (D7) / Selected (D8)

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What are the differences?

Afterthought L Locale module D7

Language first! J Language module

Split from Locale module

Language in installer Removable English Translatable English URL detection enabled Admin language Better browser detection Better admin UX Enhanced views support …

D8

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Language is an afterthought in D7!

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Language is first in D8!

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Language

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Let’s talk interface…

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What is the interface?

Text (strings) coming from modules and themes

echo t(‘ echo t(‘Drupa palCon rocks!’); rocks!’); echo $this->t(‘ echo $this->t(‘Drupa palCon rocks!’); rocks!’);

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What are the similarities?

“t” function: t() / $this->t() Import process Export process Use community translations from localize.drupal.org

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What are the differences?

Modules: SEVERAL

Locale Localization Update String Overrides Admin Language

D7

Module: ONE

Interface Translation (locale)

Automatic updates

Replaces Localization Update

Translatable English

Replaces String Overrides

Admin language

Replaces Admin Language

Better translate page

D8

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Handling interface strings in D7 is cumbersome.

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Handling interface strings in D8 is more efficient.

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Interface

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Let’s talk about content…

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What is content in D7?

Nodes Comments Users Taxonomy terms Custom entities (e.g. Commerce Products)

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What is content in D8?

Same as D7 content plus… Blocks Menu items Contact messages Custom content entities

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What are the similarities?

Translate tab D7 Entity Translation = D8 Content Translation

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What are the differences?

Hunt and peck Modules: LO LOTS!

Content Translation Internationalization

  • Multilingual Settings
  • Synchronize

Translations

  • …

Entity Translation Title

D7 One config page to rule them all Modules: ONE

Content Translation

Inline editing Block visibility Fallback per entity D8

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You get carpal tunnel in D7.

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D8 has one settings form to rule them all.

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Content

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Let’s talk about config...

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What is config?

Contact categories Content type settings (e.g. help text) Fields Menus Roles Site info User mails Views (e.g. more link) Vocabularies Anything that’s not “interface” or “content”…

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What are the similarities?

Not much!

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What are the differences?

Inconsistent handling Modules: LOTS

Transliteration Menu Translation Block Languages Path Translation Contact Translation Taxonomy Translation Variable Translation Internationalization Views …

D7 Unified config page Module: ONE ONE

Config Translation

Language in each YML file (CMI) D8

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Config translation in D7 is inconsistent.

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Config translation in D8 has translate tab.

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Config translation has unified page in D8.

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Config

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Let’s talk extensions…

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Here are some extensions.

Search Media SEO Analytics Lingotek Translation Management Tool

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admin_language entity_translation i18n i18n_block i18n_string i18n_taxonomy i18n_translation i18n_variable i18nviews l10n_update language_domains language_fallback locale metatag_hreflang path_alias_force title transliteration variable, variable_realm, variable_store webform_localization xmlsitemap_domain, xmlsitemap_i18n tmgmt and friends

28 community multilingual modules 2 custom multilingual modules 12* multilingual patches

Here is a real D7 example.

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admin_language entity_translation i18n i18n_block i18n_string i18n_taxonomy i18n_translation i18n_variable i18nviews l10n_update language_domains (TBD) language_fallback (contrib) locale metatag_hreflang path_alias_force (TBD) title transliteration variable, variable_realm, variable_store webform_localization xmlsitemap_domain (TBD), xmlsitemap_i18n (TBD) tmgmt+friends (TBD)

What if D8?

18 out of 23 community multilingual modules are handled by core! 1 is in contrib / 5+ are in TBD

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A total of 38+ D7 multilingual-related contrib modules are handled or obsoleted by D8 core!

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I18n

i18n_block i18n_contact i18n_field i18n_forum i18n_menu i18n_node i18n_path i18n_redirect i18n_select i18n_string i18n_sync i18n_taxonomy i18n_translation i18n_user i18n_variable

admin_language entity_translation fallback_language _negotation i18n_contrib

i18n_entityreference i18n_hreflang i18n_menu_select i18n_references

i18nviews l10n_install l10n_update

WOW! Drupal 8 is sleek and powerful!

metatag_hreflang stringoverrides* title translation_helpers translation_overview translation_table transliteration* Variable

variable_realm variable_store

webform_localization*

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Help build a better Drupal.

You can make a You can make a di diffference :)

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  • Groups.drupal.org: internationalization &

translations

  • Drupal.org Forums: translations
  • IRC: #drupal-i18n
  • Drupal.org docs
  • Multilingual Guide
  • i18n How To
  • D8MI
  • drupal.org/project/multilingual_demo
  • drupal8multilingual.org
  • @d8mi

How can you learn more?

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Any questions?

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THANKS! THANKS!

Have more questions?

Email us at: answers@hook42.com

Thanks to Joe & Genevieve for the art!

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Join us for Sprints

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First-­‑Time ¡Sprinter ¡Workshop ¡-­‑ ¡9am-­‑12pm ¡in ¡Room ¡271-­‑273 ¡ Mentored ¡Core ¡Sprint ¡-­‑ ¡9am-­‑6pm ¡in ¡Room ¡275-­‑277 ¡ General ¡Sprints ¡-­‑ ¡9am-­‑6pm ¡in ¡Room ¡278-­‑282 ¡

Friday, ¡May ¡13 ¡at ¡the ¡ConvenDon ¡Center ¡

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So How Was It? - Tell Us What You Think

Evaluate this session – https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/sessions/multilingual- makeover-side-side-comparison-drupal-7-and-drupal-8

Thanks!