Enabling Whatfix to detect the language of my app
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Enabling Whatfix to detect the language of my app
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Whatfix content can be created in any language. The content is created in English, by default, when creating Smart tips, Flows, etc. This content can also be translated and displayed according to the language that is being displayed on the application.
Here's how the same tip looks like in another language.
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Navigate to the Whatfix Dashboard.
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On the top right, click the Settings icon.
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Click Configuration.
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Click Advanced Customization
| English |
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| French |
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Note
To see the full list of languages supported by Whatfix, see Languages Supported by Whatfix.
There are three ways by which you can enable Whatfix to detect the language of your application. Use the following steps to configure Whatfix to detect your language
Use one of the methods below:
Expose a global variable that holds language information within your Javascript
window._wfx_settings={"locale" : "fr"};
The following HTML pages set the language information to French. These are examples:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Your HTML Code -->
</body>
<script language='javascript'>
window._wfx_settings={ "locale" : "fr"};
</script>
</html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Your HTML Code -->
</body>
<script language='javascript'>
window._wfx_settings={ "language" : "fr"};
</script>
</html>
This style is suitable for formal deployments.
Use URL query String
Whatfix uses wfx_locale query parameter to decide the language to be used. You can pass on language codes using this parameter. The following example triggers the french language when live mode tips are shown on this page,
http://whatfix.com/?wfx_locale=fr
info
Every page that is traversed in the flow of live run must have this parameter (wfx_locale) for whatfix to understand the locale.
This style is useful for quick testing.
Use Meta tag
Set meta tag in the pages where the live mode will run or the embed script is included.
<meta name="gwt:property" content="locale=x">
For example, the following HTML page sets locale to french
<html>
<head>
<meta name="gwt:property" content="locale=fr">
</head>
<body>
<!-- Your HTML Code -->
</body>
</html>
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