django-domain-language

A django app that allows to swich the language based on the domain the django server is accessed with.

You might be runing a site called mysite.com and want to run the german version of the site under meineseite.de this app helps you doing this. You can configure what domain should be served in what language. You can also use it to configure language specific subdomains like de.mysite.com and fr.mysite.com.

Installation

Install the package with

python setup.py install

Add domain_lang to the installed apps

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'domain_lang',
]

Add the Middleware after LocaleMiddleware

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
    'domain_lang.middleware.DomainLanguageMiddleware',
    ...
]

If you want to have access to the configured domains in your templates add domain_lang.context_processors.domain_language to the context_processors.

TEMPLATES = [
    {
       ...
       'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                ...
                'domain_lang.context_processors.domain_language',
            ],
        },
    },
]

Finally run the migrations to create the database tables.

python manage.py migrate

Usage

After installing it and runing the django server you will find the DomainLanguageMappings in your admin. There you can configure the domains and their respecitve language. The Middleware will then always set the acitve language based on the domain of the reuqest. If no Mapping is configured for the active domain the language set by LocaleMiddleware will be in place.

Cookies

You have to login for each domain seperatly. If you use subdomains for your langauge selection (en.example.com, de.example.com, ...) you can prepend the SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN with a dot, which will allow you to log in once for all subdomains.

SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN = '.example.com'

Template Context

If you have added domain_lang.context_processors.domain_language to your context_processors, all Mappings will be provided in the variable called language_mappings. You can use this to show links to other versions of your site.

Template Tag

This app provides one template tag that allows you to translate a domain. It will also translate the domain part of the given url according to the configured mappgings

{% load domain_lang %}

{% translate_url 'mysite.com/contact/' 'de' %} # Might be translated to meineseite.de/kontakt/

LICENSE

django-domain-language is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.