From ab463bbd2119d4cbe155cc2673e28f12b84a20fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeroen De Meerleer Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:17:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [doc] Added documentation on forcing locale --- doc/FAQ.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index 46219cce5..5be80d3d7 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ User * **[Why do I getting warnings about certificates?](help/FAQ#ssl)** * **[How can I upload images, files, links, videos and sound files to posts?](help/FAQ#upload)** * **[Is it possible to have different avatars per profile?](help/FAQ#avatars)** +* **[How can I view Friendica in a certain language?](help/FAQ#language)** * **[What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?](help/FAQ#contacts)** * **[What happens when an account is removed? Is it truly deleted?](help/FAQ#removed)** * **[Can I subscribe to a hashtag?](help/FAQ#hashtag)** @@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ On your Edit/Manage Profiles page, you will find a "change profile photo" link. Clicking this will take you to a page where you can upload a photograph and select which profile it will be associated with. To avoid privacy leakage, we only display the photograph associated with your default profile as the avatar in your posts. + +### How can I view Friendica in a certain language? + +You can do this by adding the `lang` parameter to the url in your url bar. The data in the parameter is a [ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) code. eg. https://social.example.com/profile/example translated in German becomes https://social.example.com/profile/example?lang=de. If the question mark is already in the url you need to do it using a ampersand. eg. https://social.example.com/profile/example?tab=profile becomes https://social.example.com/profile/example&lang=de. + +When a certain language is forced, the language remains until session is closed. + ### What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?