1) Joomla 1.6 includes basic multilingual capabilities like language selection and content translation, but has limitations for more advanced multilingual sites.
2) Extensions like ZOO and ZOOlingual allow building powerful multilingual sites on Joomla 1.6 by creating content elements that can be translated and selecting the language dynamically.
3) Examples like inconto.com demonstrate how to use these extensions to build a fully multilingual site with language-specific menus, content, and templates on Joomla 1.6.
27. Basic multilingual options
• Language = label on object, nothing more
• No relation between EN and NL articles for example
(But is it really required?)
• Language switcher = homepage switcher
(No direct menu item/article language switch)
• Probably need to build your site structure twice
• Joomla 1.6 core multilingual useful or...?
51. And they created a nice plugin
‘ZOOlingual’ (no ZOO hacks) to label a
language for a element
http://zoolanders.com/extensions/zoolingual/item/zoolingual (price 39 euro)
52. Joomla 1.6 Multilingual is a nice start for
Joomla core, but not very powerful yet.
But think out of the box, use extensions like
ZOO & ZOOlingual and you can create great
multilingual sites with Joomla 1.6 already
without Nooku or Joomfish!