Perhaps you could try to put the code in the template index.tpl? This should work...

Try to put your code after ob_start(), this should help

So it's clear that there really does need to be a configuration option for the behaviour - people have different preferences & needs.
Really, I wasn't aware that this might be a feature people can depend on in their daily life. :D A configuration option should suit everyone's needs.

Okay ...

Hi,

I tested kitten's code and while it does what he said it should do, it does
not retain the previous language's contents to a 'new' language entry. It
seems to always query for the DB, so if there is none, the entry is cleared
and this makes it difficult for creating a translated work.

Yes ...

Hmm, forum is running under another domain, that broke my session. Above post is mine...

Kitten, thanks a lot for your patch! I included it in the distro.

Hey, great, I did some useful stuff :wink:


1. Click on "Create Entry"
2. Enter title, body text
3. Click on "Save"
4. Now change the language dropdown from "default" to "German".
5. Click on "Change language" next to the ...

In serendipity_event_multilingual.php, the case "backend_entryform" now looks like this:

case 'backend_entryform':
if (!empty($this->showlang)) {
// looking for a translation
$props = serendipity_fetchEntryProperties($eventData['id']);
foreach($this->switch_keys as $key) {
$eventData[$key ...

Thank you, Garvin!

I would really like to rewrite it -- what a pity that I am not familiar enough (yet) with the serendipity code

Hi,

Could it be that I'm the only one who encounters this problem with the multilingual plugin? I already searched the forums...

In the backend, after entering one or more translations, I re-select the "default" language, but I always see the content of the last selected language (instead of the ...