Whoa.. I’ve been neglecting this blog for a month.

The main reason would the recent GST (Gross ServiceGoods and Services Tax) hike from 5% to 7% which required some works need to be done on the system. The work totally absorbed all my life energy and my will to live (haha.. you know I’m exaggerating :)).

We also have moved into the new HDB flat. The proper term would be shifting, since we moved to the unit in the same block, same floor, but the opposite corner. Hopefully the new space will inspire me better in blogging (which is not happen yet).

Lastly, thanks to all RSS subscribers and readers which still frequently patronize this blog although no updates, not even replies to the comments. I do feel bad for not replying the comments.

Hi all. I have managed to patch the WP-Translate and tested it on WordPress 2.2.

Current Version: 2.2

Overview

WP-Translate is a simple drop in way for users to view your blog in their language. Its easy for any most users to add this functionality to their site.

WP-Translate utilizes the following Online translation services:

1. Alta Vista’s Babel Fish (for translation from English to : French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified/Traditional Chinese)
2. IBM’s Websphere Translation (for translation from English to: Brazilian Portuguese)
3. Interpret (for translation from English to: Bahasa Indonesia, Swedish, Norwegian, Afrikaans)

WP-Translate 2.2 Release Notes

Added the following language for translation:

1. Swedish
2. Norwegian
3. Bahasa Indonesia
4. Afrikaans
5. Chinese Traditional
6. Brazilian Portuguese

Requirements

WP-Translate works with WordPress 1.5 up to WordPress 2.2 (Tested on WordPress 2.2)

Your web server should able to execute PHP.

Installation instructions

1. Upload the wp-translate directory to your plugins folder, usually wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin on the plugin screen.
3. Add <?php wptranslate(n); ?> to your template where you want the list. n can be either 1 or 2. 1 is for a vertical display. 2 makes it horizontal.

Special Installation instructions for non-Wordpress users

As I mentioned before, as long as your Web server supports PHP you should be able to use this plugin. Please follow this steps:

1. Extract the zip file
2. Edit wp-translate.php which is located in wp-translate directory
3. At line 103, replace $img_loc = get_settings(’siteurl’) . ‘/wp-content/plugins/wp-translate’; with $img_loc = ‘/wp-translate’;
4. Save the file
5. Upload the wp-translate directory to your root folder.
6. In the page you want the flags to be displayed, put <?php include_once(realpath($_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’]).’/wp-translate/wp-translate.php’); ?> in the first line of the file.
7. Add <?php wptranslate(n); ?> anywhere you want the flags to be displayed. n can be either 1 or 2. 1 is for a vertical display. 2 makes it horizontal.

Download Sodeve’s WP-Translate 2.2

The previous version can be found here:Sodeve’s WP-Translate 2.1

If you like this plugin, please link-back to this post, or add me to your blog-roll. Would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Having problem with installing the plugin? You have ideas for the plugin? Post a comment and I will try my best to help you.

Update: 5 June 2007

Users of this plugin:

1. Myself (^_^)v
2. Founders Cafe
3. Your Blog?

I like MS Paint for its simplicity. It’s small, fast, and quite handy for creating a simple button/banner (Like the one you see below Capt. Jack Sparrow’s picture on the sidebar).

Until I found Paint.NET. This program’s loading time is slower to MS Paint by less than 1 second. So it’s nothing to complain. The interface is almost similar to MS Paint

Some feature comparison between MS Paint and Paint.NET:

And a lot more features …

And the best part, it’s open source. The online community is very active. So you can expect many plugins written by the community.

Paint.NET Minimum System Requirements:

• Windows XP (SP2 or later), or Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later)
• .NET Framework 2.0
• 500 MHz processor (Recommended: 800 MHz or faster)
• 256 MB of RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or more)
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution
• 200+ MB hard drive space
• 64-bit support requires a 64-bit CPU that is running a 64-bit version of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2003, and an additional 128 MB of RAM

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