[OSM-talk-be] openstreetmap.be blog?

Johan Huysmans johan.huysmans at inuits.be
Tue Jan 29 19:57:28 UTC 2008


Dennis Bollyn wrote:
> I have somewhat mixed feelings about this. Obviously something written 
> in your own language is more interesting to read. On the other hand, you 
> may not bother reading the other language(s), and thus miss some 
> information. Important things should either be in English or 
> multilingual, IMHO. Multilingual would mean at least French and Dutch 
> since I personally wouldn't trust my German skills. It might be a good 
> idea to have 3 "editors" who can review these posts.
> I have no problem with region specific or more personal things being in 
> the language of choice of the author.
>
> As for multilingual blogs: I have no experience with Drupal, but with 
> most blogging systems you can create categories. You could then create 4 
> top categories: General (multilingual or English) and one for each 
> language group. Further subcategories could be created depending on need.
>   
I have no experience with the drupal multilingual part, once we agree to 
set it up we can test which way suits us the best to post in 4 languages.
> I do have one question: in whose hands is the openstreetmap.be domain? 
> According to the WHOIS information, this is a person named Davy Priem, 
> but I have no idea who this is. Can anyone give me/us some enlightenment?
>   
It is already pointing to www.openstreetmap.org, this means that it 
won't be hard to let it point to another server :)
So Davy Priem can you drop us a note?
> Best Regards,
>
> Gyrbo
>
> Denis Jacquerye schreef:
>   
>> J'imagine que le blog sera en néerlandais, français, allemand et aussi anglais ?
>> Personnellement, je pense que le blog serait plus intéressant si
>> chaque auteur écrit dans la/les langue(s) de son choix.
>>
>> Can Drupal handle multilingual blogs without any problem, i.e. can
>> each language have its RSS feed, along with multilingual tags, etc. ?
>>
>> Denis Moyogo Jacquerye
>>
>>     
>
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