app_labels are not translated

[pvdv]

Many strings in the admin interface are not translated. Maybe this is a configuration problem.

[peritus]

Which ones ?

[pvdv]

like "auth" "flatpages" "groups", "sites". It are all titles.

[peritus]

Also see https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10436

[winfried]

peritus, I have read the bug in Django's issue tracker. Do I understand correctly this bug only pops up in Django 1.4 and not in 1.3? What work-arounds do you see? Reverting to Django 1.3? Do you see other workarounds? Or should we fix the patch and git it fixed in Django trunk?

[peritus]

There is a major refactoring for 1.4 going on (https://github.com/arthurk/django/tree/app-loading), that could solve this problem as well.

If we need that earlier, a quick fix would be replacing the titles with JavaScript onload (Effect for the user would be the same, albeit the solution would be a bit ugly and would require template hacking in the django admin).

[peritus]

The "1.4" in the "Milestone" field in django's bugtracker means that solving this bug is targeted for 1.4 ..

[winfried]

Well time is very sparse on our side... do you know for sure 'app-loading' will fix it or is it a real 'could' fix it? Do you have any idea of the time-line for the app-loading refactoring in 1.4? I couldn't find any time-line for it. I have hardly enough information like this to decide what to do with this bug.

[peritus]

Two options:

• Wait for 1.4 (mid 2012): 1-line-fix
• template hackery and JavaScript: 20-line-fix

[winfried]

Too bad, but it will be the template hackery and JavaScript fix then.

[pvdv]

I think we must not use this interface, but our own (a flatpage, a menu?). And make links to e.g. https://testchat.e-hulp.nl/admin/auth/user/add/ and https://testchat.e-hulp.nl/admin/flatpages/flatpage/ . In my opinion the admin interface is not nice enough for customers.

[peritus]

Paul, the admin interface is most of the reason why we use Django. We don't want to re-build that functionality.

[pvdv]

Op 04-08-11 14:27, peritus schreef:

Paul, the admin interface is most of the reason why we use Django. We don't want to re-build that functionality.

What I mean is a page with links, or a menu, to the existing admin functionality. Not a re-write. Maybe a flatpage is a good idea, then I can make the links.

For an administrator of an organisation the admin interface is OK, but it is not nice enough for social workers, supervisors, coaches. We need something as what the volunteers see after logging in for them. Realize that many organisation do not have an administrator, we do the administration then. It are social workers and managers, no IT-ers. Try to make it something what your mother or sister would like to work with.

If you like to see an exciting interface, I can give you a login to some chat. Or sent screenshots.

[winfried]

As far as I can see, is this issue only relevant for the admin items a coordinator has to deal with:

• auth -> Users
• flatpages -> Flat pages
• Rooms -> Block lists These need to have a more descriptive title. Deep-linking them from the menu would also be great.

[winfried]

The original bug was filed for the breadcrumbs. But, as far as I understand this issue correctly, it pops up at several places: in the page title, in the headers of pages, in the overview of possible admin commands. To be honest: I have lost track on which of these are translatable and which not. Filip, can you help me out here?

[peritus]

Yes, this ticket is about app_labels (as mentioned in this bugs title) [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/options/#app-label].

These are the titles like "auth", "flatpages" "groups", "sites", .. on the index page for example. They are also displayed in the breadcrumbs, I think.

Everything is translateable, just depends on how nicely we can implement it.

[winfried]

By recent changes in lay-out of admin mainpage, the app-labels are not displayed anymore.