The document discusses a presentation on Drupal 8 multilingual functionality. It covers enabling multilingual support in Drupal 8, enabling translation for different content types like menus and blocks, inputting multilingual content and menus, and the results. The presentation is given by Francis Yan, co-organizer of the Hong Kong Drupal User Group and COO of PantaRei Design, a Hong Kong-based open source services provider.

1. Drupal 8 + PHP 7 Release Party
Drupal 8 Multilingual Overview
Hong Kong Drupal User Group
(HKDUG)
2015 Dec 19th

2. Francis Yan
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2011 - HKDUG Co-organizer
– https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
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2011 - COO, PantaRei Design
– kpyan8s@pantarei-design.com

4. PantaRei Design
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Everything Changes and Nothing Remains Still
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Reinvent Enterprise with Open Source Software and Cloud Computing
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Hong Kong based FOSS service provider
– Content Management System (CMS) with Drupal
– Cloud Hosting Solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
– Team collaborate solution with Atlassian
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Business Partner with industry leaders
– 2012, AWS Consulting Partner
– 2013, Acquia Partner
– 2013, Atlassian Experts
– 2014, Rackspace Hosting Partner
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http://pantarei-design.com

6. Hong Kong Drupal User Group
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The Hong Kong Drupal User Group are open to everyone with
an interest in Drupal and are a great opportunity to learn more
about what Drupal can do and what folks are building with it.
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Drupal is a free software package that allows you to easily
organize, manage and publish your content, with an endless
variety of customization.
– Event organizing: http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk
– Technological discussion: https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
– Business connection: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/?gid=6644792
– General sharing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drupalhk

14. Outline
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Enabling Multilingual in Drupal 8
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Enabling Translation for Entity
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Input Multilingual Content
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Input Multilingual Menu
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Input Multilingual Block
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Result

15. Enabling Multilingual in Drupal 8
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Drupal 8 do not enable multilingual by
default
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Go to Admin > Extend page to enable the 4
multilingual modules

16. Enabling Multilingual in Drupal 8

17. Enabling Multilingual in Drupal 8
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After enabling multilingual modules, add
languages that you need

18. Enabling Multilingual in Drupal 8

19. Enabling Multilingual in Drupal 8

20. Enabling Translation for Entity
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OK, your Drupal 8 is now multilingual ready
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Next, specify which entity that need
translation
– e.g. Content, Custom Block, Custom Menu Link

21. Enabling Translation for Entity

22. Enabling Translation for Entity
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Selecting which entity for translation is not
finished
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Specify which fields in entity need translation

23. Enabling Translation for Entity

24. Input Multilingual Content
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Inputing content is easy
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Content > Translation > Content

25. Input Multilingual Content

26. Input Multilingual Content

27. Input Multilingual Content

28. Input Multilingual Content
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In previous slide, you found that menu in
translated content (Chinese) is not translated
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You need to translate the menu in menu
page, not content page

29. Input Multilingual Menu

30. Input Multilingual Menu

31. Input Multilingual Block
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Input Block is similar as Content
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Need to specify visibility

32. Input Multilingual Block

33. Input Multilingual Block

34. Input Multilingual Block

35. Input Multilingual Block

36. Result

37. Result

38. Q&A

39. I Need More Help!
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Read documents from Drupal Community
– https://drupal.org/documentation
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Join Hong Kong Drupal User Group
– Event organizing: http://www.meetup.com/drupalhk
– Technological discussion: https://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
– Business connection: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/?gid=6644792
– General sharing: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drupalhk
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– http://pantarei-design.com/services/support/#support-service-plans

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