Localization

To enable a new language in GeoNode you have to do the following:

1. Install gettext:

   sudo apt-get install gettext
   

2. Create a directory named locale in the root of your project:

   mkdir locale
   

3. In the root of your project, run:

   python manage.py makemessages -l fr
   

4. Navigate to the GeoNode dir and do:

   cd src/GeoNodePy/geonode/maps; django-admin.py makemessages -l fr
   cd src/GeoNodePy/geonode; django-admin.py makemessages -l fr
   

Optional steps:

1. Install django-rossetta:

   http://code.google.com/p/django-rosetta/
   

2. Install django-modeltranslation

3. If you want to enable metadata in the other format too, make sure you have model translation installed and create a translations.py file like this:

   from modeltranslation.translator import translator, TranslationOptions
   from geonode.maps.models import Layer
   
   class LayerTO(TranslationOptions):
       fields = (
                'title',
                'edition',
                'abstract',
                'purpose',
                'constraints_other',
                'distribution_description',
                'data_quality_statement',
                'supplemental_information',
                )
   
   translator.register(FlatBlock, FlatBlockTO)
   translator.register(Layer, LayerTO)