One webpage - 5 languages, possible??...

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That's an awesome resource, Jason, thanks for sharing! :cool:
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:mad: International support is very poor in all coffee cup products,specially those based in Flash.
I'm still waiting for this to be fixed.
The page contact form is a nightmare,it just makes a mess with hifenation.
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CoffeeCup are working on those flash apps - to come away from flash actually. I don't know what that will do to the various Character sets. At least the Form builder, for making contact forms is using utf-8, which is widely used at least in Europe.

To the topic of this thread: having sites in various languages without having to create the actual pages:

I would never rely on any automated translators. As Per said nearly a year ago, they come up with too much strange expressions, so they should be used only in emergency.

If you enter the bits and pieces in every language you need into a database table and use php to pull it from there to your site, pages will be created 'on demand' for you in the correct language. The bad news is, however, that CoffeeCup has not yet created anything that can do this for you, so while waiting it could be an idea to study some php and mysql and then do the job yourself.
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(Marcello, did you mean to post in the Flash Form Builder Forum?)

As for the different languages - If the information could be contained in one area, you could make one new blank page (as long as needed). Type the paragraphs/info in each language. Now, put a scrolling IFrame box on the main page and put your language links above it. Next step is to have Bruzer explain how to make the links jump to the appropriate paragraph within the IFrame :D
I think just about any other dynamic solution will involve some coding as Spinny pointed out (PHP...).

With the translator, can you preview your text and make sure the translator has it right before you publish it to the site?
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That was actually a very good idea, Paintbrush!
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Thanks, Inger :D
If one isn't averse to a little html/css, it's pretty easy to create a "page" in the html editor with the text within a <div> then use the HTML tool to insert it in the VSD page. Then set up links to each language section.
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