Demo Plugin i18n

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Internationalization for WordPress isn’t difficult, but it can be a bit tricky to get everything all lined up correctly.

This plugin is just a simple, single file, and all it does is add a translation for it’s administration (options) page.

Very, very simple, and anyone should be able to use it for a pattern to internationalize their own WordPress plugins.

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<?php
/*
 Plugin Name: Demo Plugin i18n
 Plugin URI: http://website-in-a-weekend.net/plugins
 Description: Very concise example of i18n implementation.
 Version: 0.1
 Author: Dave Doolin
 Author URI: http://website-in-a-weekend.net/plugins
 */
 
/*  Copyright YEAR  PLUGIN_AUTHOR_NAME  (email : PLUGIN AUTHOR EMAIL)
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
 
 
if (!defined('WP_CONTENT_URL'))
define('WP_CONTENT_URL', get_option('siteurl').'/wp-content');
 
// Technique copied from Joost de Valk sociable plugin
$dpipluginpath = WP_CONTENT_URL.'/plugins/'.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).'/';
 
if (!class_exists("demo_plugin_i18n")) {
 
    class demo_plugin_i18n {
 
        function demo_plugin_i18n() {
            register_activation_hook(__FILE__,array($plugin_class, 'activate_i18n'));
            add_action('admin_menu', array ( & $this, 'on_admin_menu'));
			add_action('init', array(&$this,'activate_translations'),10);
        }
 
        // Empty, placeholder
        function activate_i18n() {
        }
 
        function activate_translations() {
	        global $dpipluginpath;
            load_plugin_textdomain('dpi', $dpipluginpath.'/lang', 'demo-plugin-i18n/lang');
        }
 
 
        function on_admin_menu() {
            add_options_page(__('Demo i18n Page','dpi'), __('Demo i18n','dpi'), 8, __FILE__ ,array(& $this, 'i18n_options'));
        }
 
		function i18n_options() {
	        global $dpipluginpath;			
?>
<div class="wrap">
	<h2>
        <?php _e("Let's get on with it!",'dpi') ?>
    </h2>
</div>
<?php						
		}
    }	
}
 
$wpdpd = new demo_plugin_i18n();
?>

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