Blogging Beyond English

Blogging Beyond English by: Amit Gupta www.a mitgupta .in

What are we looking at?  Is it possible to do it in languages besides English ?  What about the font problems ?  How will others be able to read ?  How can I write in a language other than English the easy way?  Which Blog Platform ?

Is it possible to do it in languages besides English ?  Yes , its definitely possible . जी हाँ यह ििलकल सं भ व है । ु  Hundreds of thousands are already doing it .  Three Big Guns on Internet – MSN, Yahoo & Google – already have their portals in languages other than English .  What do ya think ? I blog in Hindi as well!  http :/ / hindi.am itgupta .in /  Currently more than 7200 Hindi Blogs  600+ Hindi Blog posts being written every day

What about the font problems ?  Say what ? Font problems ?  Its time to wa ke up !! :)  Say Hello to Unicode .  It supports characters from ma ny langua ges and supports both Left -to-Right and Right -to-Left scripts .  Many free Unicode fonts available on internet .  For Hindi, Mangal is a popula r Unicode font . Arial Unicode MS is a massive 22 MB font but has support for ma ny scripts , and its rendering is bea utiful a s well. :)  Most major operating systems are Unicode enabled by default . Eg. Microsoft Windows XP and Vista

How will others be able to read ?  If they are using Unicode enabled operating system and if their browser supports Unicode and if they have the character set installed .  Microsoft Windows XP a nd Vista support Unicode by default .  Browsers (on Windows ) – Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera  For help on Hindi -- http://snipurl.com/read_hindi

Writing non-English the easy way!!  Its very very easy, really!!  Lets see how:  On windows , you just need to setup an IME – an Input Method Editor.  Options – Indic IME - www.bhashaindia.com Bara ha IME - www.baraha.com/BarahaIME.htm  More info on Hindi typing -- http://snipurl.com/type_hindi  Negligible learning curve – many input schemes available .  InScript – developed by C-DAC, endorsed by Govt . of India  Remington , Typewriter  Phonetic

Writing non-English the easy way!!  Phonetic is very easy & recommended for people with no prior experience in Hindi Typing. a + m + i + t = अिित g + u + p + t + A = गुपा a + m + i + t = ಅಮತ g + u + p + t + A = ಗುಪಾಾ

Which Blog Platform ?  WordPress and Blogger – both work !  WordPress software – www.wordpress .org  WordPress .com service – www.wordpress .com  Blogger.com service – www.blogger.com  Its your choice !

End Notes  Softwares :  Options for windows – Indic IME - www.bhashaindia.com (13 Languages) Bara ha IME - www.baraha.com/BarahaIME.htm (11 Languages) More on Hindi -- http://snipurl.com/hindi_tools  Help on the Web for Hindi :  Setup Help -- http://devanaagarii.net/  Wiki -- www.akshargram.com/sarvagya  Discussions -- http://groups.google.com/group/Chithakar/  Major Hindi Blog Aggregators :  Narad -- http://narad.akshargram.com/  Hindi Blogs -- http://www.hindiblogs.com/  Chitthajagat -- http://www.chitthajagat.in/  Blogvani -- http://www.blogvani.com/

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Blogging Beyond English

by Amit Gupta on May 25, 2008

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