Hi Stefano,
I don't think that it's possible in a easy way.
Usually you have to choose the language first because the CMS engine create a draft using the choosen language.
Enable the debug redirection to see how it works.

Maybe you could skip the language question and use the default language for the site.
See
http://ez.no/community/forum/setu...content_creation_in_the_frontend_3_8

Regards,
Daniele

Try to add this

<input type="hidden" name="ContentLanguageCode" value="{ezini('RegionalSettings', 'Locale')}" />

in your form

Thanks for the suggestions, but neither of the two really suits our needs because there can be cases where the user is using the Italian siteaccess but wants to write an article in English (or viceversa), so forcing a default language defeats the whole purpose of having a multilanguage site.

I have to say that this is quite disappointing. I don't see a simple way out since, as Daniele say, eZP creates a draft as soon as you hit the 'create' button.

Is there a way to change the language *after* the object has been published (or after the draft has been created)?

thanks
stef

PS are we the only one that think this is a serious usability issue?

Hi,

Creating the draft as the first step is more a pain and has quite a lot of added problem (not to mention the effect on the speed before seeing the form

Would it be a solution for your problem to offer 2 buttons create english and create italian ? (or offer a select with all the languages, or a drop menu or...)

X+

> Would it be a solution for your problem to offer 2 buttons create english and
> create italian ? (or offer a select with all the languages, or a drop menu or...)

This could be a solution. I'll investigate this as a possibility.

Thanks,
stefano

You can add this code ( taken from the admin/.../children.tpl template ) next to the 'New Topic' etc. buttons.

{* Language Selector  *}

{def $can_create_languages=fetch( content, prioritized_languages )}

    {if ne( $can_create_languages|count, 1 )}
    <script type="text/javascript">
    <!--
        {literal}
        function updateLanguageSelector( classSelector )
        {
            languageSelector = classSelector.form.ContentLanguageCode;
            if ( !languageSelector )
            {
                return;
            }

            classID = classSelector.value;
            languages = languagesByClassID[classID];
            candidateIndex = -1;

            for ( var index = 0; index < languageSelector.options.length; index++ )
            {
                var value = languageSelector.options[index].value;
                var disabled = true;

                for ( var indexj = 0; indexj < languages.length; indexj ++ )
                {
                    if ( languages[indexj] == value )
                    {
                        disabled = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if ( !disabled && candidateIndex == -1 )
                {
                    candidateIndex = index;
                }

                languageSelector.options[index].disabled = disabled;
                if ( disabled )
                {
                    languageSelector.options[index].style.color = '#888888';
                    if ( languageSelector.options[index].text.substring( 0, 1 ) != '(' )
                    {
                        languageSelector.options[index].text = '(' + languageSelector.options[index].text + ')';
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    languageSelector.options[index].style.color = '#000000';
                    if ( languageSelector.options[index].text.substring( 0, 1 ) == '(' )
                    {
                        languageSelector.options[index].text = languageSelector.options[index].text.substring( 1, languageSelector.options[index].text.length - 1 );
                    }
                }
            }

            if ( languageSelector.options[languageSelector.selectedIndex].disabled )
            {
                window.languageSelectorIndex = candidateIndex;
                languageSelector.selectedIndex = candidateIndex;
            }
        }

        function checkLanguageSelector( languageSelector )
        {
            if ( languageSelector.options[languageSelector.selectedIndex].disabled )
            {
                languageSelector.selectedIndex = window.languageSelectorIndex;
                return;
            }
            window.languageSelectorIndex = languageSelector.selectedIndex;
        }

        window.onload = function() { updateLanguageSelector( document.getElementById( 'ClassID' ) ); }
        {/literal}

        languagesByClassID = new Array();
        {foreach $can_create_classes as $class}
        languagesByClassID[{$class.id}] = [ {foreach $class.can_instantiate_languages as $tmp_language}'{$tmp_language}'{delimiter}, {/delimiter} {/foreach} ];
    {/foreach}
    // -->
    </script>
    {/if}

    

    {if and(eq( $can_create_languages|count, 1 ), is_set( $can_create_languages[0] ) )}
        <input name="ContentLanguageCode" value="{$can_create_languages[0].locale}" type="hidden" />
    {else}
        <select name="ContentLanguageCode" onchange="checkLanguageSelector(this)" title="{'Use this menu to select the language you wish use for the creation and click the "Create here" button. The item will be created within the current location.'|i18n( 'design/admin/node/view/full' )|wash()}">
            {foreach $can_create_languages as $tmp_language}
                <option value="{$tmp_language.locale|wash()}">{$tmp_language.name|wash()}</option>
            {/foreach}
       </select>
    {/if}
    {undef $can_create_languages}


{* /Language Selector  *}

Modified on Sunday 17 June 2007 2:00:01 pm by Luc Chase

Thanks for the suggestion. We have put online a suitable solution.