fallback to default lnguage in vorto

Nirmit 24 posts 97 karma points

Jan 27, 2015 @ 01:50

Hi,
First of all, thanks for providing this fantastic package.
I am converting my non-umbraco single-language site into multi-language umbraco site. So to starts with I have only English content. Is there any way in Vorto to fallback the language to default language if selected language/culture is not configured for a given property? (e.g., If user has selected 'Spanish' language and a property does not have any 'Spanish' content then return English (default) content).

Thanks, Nirmit

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Patrick Scott 70 posts 110 karma points c-trib

Feb 24, 2015 @ 13:09

You will have to create your own extension function for that, the one I use is:

 <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension> _
   Public Function GetPropertyValueMultilingual(Of T As Class)(ByVal Model As Core.Models.IPublishedContent, propertyAlias As String, Optional DefaultValue As T = Nothing, Optional cultureName As String = "") As T

       Try

           ' if no value then default to en-GB
           Dim Content As T

           Content = Our.Umbraco.Vorto.Extensions.IPublishedContentExtensions.GetVortoValue(Of T)(Model, propertyAlias)

           If Content Is Nothing Then
               Content = Our.Umbraco.Vorto.Extensions.IPublishedContentExtensions.GetVortoValue(Of T)(Model, propertyAlias, "en-GB")
           End If
           Return Content

       Catch
           Return DefaultValue
       End Try

   End Function

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Patrick Scott 70 posts 110 karma points c-trib

Feb 24, 2015 @ 13:18

just noticed that I never fully implemented the function , a complete one is below.

<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension> _
Public Function GetPropertyValueMultilingual(Of T As Class)(ByVal Model As Core.Models.IPublishedContent, propertyAlias As String, Optional DefaultValue As T = Nothing, Optional cultureName As String = "") As T
    Try
        ' if no value then default to en-GB
        Dim Content As T
        If cultureName = "" Then
            Content = Our.Umbraco.Vorto.Extensions.IPublishedContentExtensions.GetVortoValue(Of T)(Model, propertyAlias)
        Else
            Content = Our.Umbraco.Vorto.Extensions.IPublishedContentExtensions.GetVortoValue(Of T)(Model, propertyAlias, cultureName)
        End If
        If Content Is Nothing Then
            Content = Our.Umbraco.Vorto.Extensions.IPublishedContentExtensions.GetVortoValue(Of T)(Model, propertyAlias, "en-GB")
        End If
        If Content Is Nothing Then
            Return DefaultValue
        Else
            Return Content
        End If
    Catch
        Return DefaultValue
    End Try
End Function

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Nirmit 24 posts 97 karma points

Feb 26, 2015 @ 23:36

Thanks Patrick, I ended up with similar approach. I wrote my own extension to fallback to supplied default language. However my code is in C#.

Thanks for your input.

just for reference, my version of the extension:

public static class IPublishedContentExtensions
{
    public static bool HasVortoValue(this IPublishedContent content, string propertyAlias, string cultureName = null, string defaultCultureName = null, bool recursive = false)
    {
        bool hasValue = content.HasVortoValue(propertyAlias, cultureName, recursive);
        if (!hasValue && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultCultureName) && !defaultCultureName.Equals(cultureName))
            hasValue = content.HasVortoValue(propertyAlias, defaultCultureName, recursive);
        return hasValue;
    }


    public static object GetVortoValue(this IPublishedContent content, string propertyAlias, string cultureName = null, string defaultCultureName = null, bool recursive = false, object defaultValue = null)
    {
        var result = content.GetVortoValue(propertyAlias, cultureName, recursive, defaultValue);
        if (result == null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultCultureName) && !defaultCultureName.Equals(cultureName))
            result = content.GetVortoValue(propertyAlias, defaultCultureName, recursive, defaultValue);

        return result;
    }
}

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Matt Brailsford 4125 posts 22222 karma points MVP 9x c-trib

Mar 25, 2015 @ 08:22

Hey Guys,

Just to let you know, I've added fallback culture name support into the latest 1.4 release.

Thanks for the feedback.

Matt

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AvihayBit 149 posts 303 karma points

Jul 29, 2015 @ 10:58

Hey Matt,

Thanks for this update - but there is no way to do it the whole website? do I have to add a language name to every Model.Content.GetVortoValue("leftColContent")?

I think that most of the developers prefer this behavior by default so the page would have any content until we get it translated. Its good for multilingual users... Maybe an option to define a fallback language at the data-type would be a good solution.

Its a really great package BTW. I think that this feature and a dynamics support would make it perfect ;-)

Are you planning any new release soon?

Thanks!

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bob baty-barr 1180 posts 1294 karma points MVP

Jul 06, 2016 @ 14:25

Matt, can you point to an example for the fallback functionality? thanks to expand upon this... i have english and spanish, and when i visit the site, all the links are to /es links... i would love them to be /en links... thanks

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bh 444 posts 1544 karma points

May 30, 2019 @ 20:03

@MattBrailsford any chance you could take a look at this Vorto related question? https://our.umbraco.com/forum/using-umbraco-and-getting-started/97531-how-to-change-my-currentuiculture

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Nirmit 24 posts 97 karma points

Mar 25, 2015 @ 23:47

Thanks Matt. Much appriciated. I dont have to maintain a custom code now.

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Amir Khan 1284 posts 2741 karma points

Oct 16, 2015 @ 20:07

Hi, How do you set / retrieve the fallback language?

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Nirmit 24 posts 97 karma points

Oct 19, 2015 @ 06:09

I have English as hard-coded default/fallback language. But if want to make it configurable, you can configure in one of your top-level node (as a property which you can retrieve in your master template). In my content-architecture, I kept one 'settings' node under which I put site-specific configuration and I populate that node in my master-template so that I can use it in anywhere in views.

Alternatively, if you have only one default language per application then you can leverage on web.config as well.

Hope this will be helpful.

Regards,
Nirmit

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Amir Khan 1284 posts 2741 karma points

Jul 06, 2016 @ 14:47

For anyone who is still looking for this, here's what worked for me for a grid editor data type.

@if (Model.Content.HasVortoValue("grid") && Model.Content.GetVortoValue("grid").ToString().Length >= 120) { @Html.Partial("Grid/Standard",Model.Content.GetVortoValue("grid")) } else { @Html.Partial("Grid/Standard", Model.Content.GetVortoValue("grid", "en")) }

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MrFlo 159 posts 403 karma points

Nov 18, 2016 @ 08:48

I was looking to show any available languages as a fallback with the chosen default language first then the others.

So I have created this simple extension method that might be useful for someone:

public static class IPublishedContentExtentions
{
  public static object GetVortoValueFallback(this IPublishedContent content, string propertyAlias, string cultureName = null)
  {
        if(cultureName==null)
            cultureName = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture.Name;
        string defaultLanguage = "en-GB";
        if (!content.HasVortoValue(propertyAlias,cultureName,fallbackCultureName: defaultLanguage))
        {
            var v = new VortoApiController();
            var languages = ((List<Our.Umbraco.Vorto.Models.Language>)v.GetInstalledLanguages()).Where(x=>x.IsoCode != cultureName && x.IsoCode != defaultLanguage);

            foreach (var lang in languages)
            {
                if (content.HasVortoValue(propertyAlias, cultureName: lang.IsoCode))
                {
                    return content.GetVortoValue(propertyAlias, lang.IsoCode);
                }
            }
        }

        return content.GetVortoValue(propertyAlias, cultureName, fallbackCultureName: defaultLanguage);
    }
}

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