Contributors: michelwppi, MS dev.xiligroup

Tags: theme,post,plugin,posts, page, category, admin,multilingual,taxonomy,dictionary, .mo file, .po file, l10n, i18n, language, international,wpmu,plural,multisite

Requires at least: 3.3.2

Tested up to: 3.4.2

Stable tag: 2.2.0

License: GPLv2

xili-dictionary is a dictionary storable in CPT and terms to create and translate .po files or .mo files and more... 

**xili-dictionary is a dictionary storable in custom post type (CPT) and terms (custom taxonomy) to create, update and translate .po files or .mo files of current theme folder.**

* xili-dictionary is a plugin (compatible with xili-language) to build a multilingual dictionary saved in the post tables of WordPress as CPT. 

* With this dictionary, collecting terms from taxonomies (title, description), from bloginfos, from wp_locale, from current theme - international terms with ` _e(), __() or _n() or _x(),  _ex(), _nx(),... ` functions - , it is possible to create and update .mo file in the current theme folder.

* By importing .mo files, it is possible to regenerate readable .po files and enrich translation tables.

= roadmap =

* code source cleaning

* readme rewritting

* dictionary for other than theme's .po, .mo files

= 2.2.0 (2012-09-22) =

* fixes issues of 2.1 series (messages, import/export, ctxt, conditions, and more…) - thanks to the adventurers ;-)

= 2.1 =

* requires version 2.6 of xili-language if used in multilingual website context.

* now uses and saves local .po/mo files (named local-xx_XX.mo) (containing local datas of site not saved in theme's .po/mo files as before).

* See [xili wiki about XL 2.6 and XD 2.1](http://wiki.xiligroup.org/index.php/Xili-language_v2.6:_what%27s_new_with_xili-dictionary_v2.1).

* list of untranslated msgs in edit msg screen. See [xili wiki](http://wiki.xiligroup.org/index.php/Xili-dictionary:_what%27s_new_since_version_2.1.2)

* now uses origin taxonomy to share a dictionary between different themes.

= 2.0 - MAJOR UPGRADE =

* new way of saving lines in CPT 

* use as soon as possible wp-admin UI library

* now msg lines full commented as in .po

* now translated lines (msgstr) attached to same taxonomy as xili-language (> 2.4.1)

* VERY IMPORTANT : before upgrading from 1.4.4 to 2.0, export all the dictionary content in .po files and empty the dictionary table.

For previous versions, see Changelog and readme in tab Other Versions. 

3. Activate and visit the dictionary page in tools menu and docs [here](http://dev.xiligroup.com/xili-dictionary/) - 

4. To edit a msg, you can start from dictionary list or XD msg list using current WP admin UI library. Don't forget to adapt UI with screen options and moving meta boxes.

More infos will be added progressively in a wiki [here](http://wiki.xiligroup.org/index.php/Main_Page).

= What about WP multisite (or network - former named WPMU) and the trilogy ? =

[xili-language](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xili-language/), [xili-tidy-tags](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xili-tidy-tags/), [xili-dictionary](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xili-dictionary/)

Since WP 3.0-alpha, if multisite is activated, the trilogy is compatible and will include progressively some improvements dedicaded especially for WP network context. Future specific docs will be available for registered webmasters to describe where mo files where saved.

More than 3000 websites use xili-language (according peak of version updates in stats).

dev.xiligroup.com [here](http://dev.xiligroup.com/ "a multi-language site"),

multilingual.wpmu.xilione.com [here](http://multilingual.wpmu.xilione.com/ "a multi-language demo site")

The root language is in Wordpress currently `en_US`, but with xili-dictionary, it is possible to create a `en_US.mo` containing the only few terms that you want to adapt or modify.

Yes and now automatically detected ! For example, to modify the results of a translation for your site with your words.

= What is a po file ? =

It is a text file like this (here excerpt) with different types of msgid :

`

msgctxt "comments number"

msgid "%"

msgstr "%"

msgid "Leave a reply"

msgstr "Laisser une réponse"

msgid "One thought on “%2$s”"

msgid_plural "%1$s thoughts on “%2$s”"

msgstr[0] "Une réflexion au sujet de &laquo %2$s »"

msgstr[1] "%1$s réflexions au sujet de &laquo %2$s »"

msgctxt "sentence"

msgid "comment"

msgid_plural "comments"

msgstr[0] "commentaire"

msgstr[1] "commentaires"

`

= What happens if only the .mo is available ? =

xili-dictionary is able to import a .mo of the target language and rebuild a .po editable in backend or a text editor. Example: if it_IT is in your language list, it_IT.mo can be imported, completed by webmaster and export as it_IT.po text file in languages sub-folder of the theme (as text backup).

1. The admin settings UI: table for sub-selection and create or import files (.mo or .po).

2. Msg edit screen with the msg series dashboard.

3. Msg list table screen as designed with WP admin UI library.

4. MsgID with his singular and his plural line.

5. MsgSTR with his plural.

Upgrading can be easily procedeed through WP admin UI or through ftp (delete previous release folder before upgrading via ftp).

IMPORTANT - Don't forget to backup before.

Verify you install latest version of trilogy (xili-language, xili-tidy-tags,…).

IMPORTANT - Before updating to xili-dictionary 2.0, export all the dictionary contents in .po files foreach target langs and empty the dictionary table made by 1.4.4.

The plugin post is frequently updated [wiki.xiligroup.org](http://wiki.xiligroup.org/index.php/Category:Xili-dictionary_plugin)

See [dev.xiligroup forum plugins forum](http://forum2.dev.xiligroup.com/forum.php?id=3).

See also the [Wordpress plugins forum](http://wordpress.org/tags/xili-dictionary/).

© 2009-2012 MS - dev.xiligroup.com

= 2.2.0 (2012-09-29) =

* fixes issues of 2.1 series (messages, import, conditions, and more…). 

* 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 removed from repository

= 2.1.3 (2012-08-20) =

* fixes

= 2.1.2 (2012-07-15) =

* list of untranslated msgs in edit msg screen.

* shortcut in side metabox to update .mo of current lang. See [xili wiki](http://wiki.xiligroup.org/index.php/Xili-dictionary:_what%27s_new_since_version_2.1.2 "Wiki")

* fixes local-xx_XX import - new icons

= 2.1.0 (2012-05-08) =

* in multilingual website context, requires version 2.6 of xili-language.

* local datas saved in local-xx_XX .mo/po files. 

* origin taxonomy used to manage one dictionary with multiple themes.

* see [xili wiki](http://wiki.xiligroup.org/)

= 2.0.0 = 

* 120417 - repository as current

* 120405 - pre-tests with WP 3.4: fixes metaboxes columns

* 120219 - new way of saving lines in CPT - new UI using WP library

* now msg lines full commented as in .po

* now translated lines (msgstr) attached to same taxonomy as xili-language

* compatible with theme and language files in sub-sub-folder.

* IMPORTANT - before upgrading from 1.4.4 to 2.0, export all the dictionary in .po files and empty the dictionary.

= beta 1.4.4 = 

* 111221 - fixes

* between 0.9.3 and 1.4.4 see version 1.4.4 - 20120219

© 20120922 - MS - dev.xiligroup.com