[ubuntu-in] help (how to create mutli-lingual website with dynamic content)

[Sanjay Bhangar]

> How are the perceived (or virtual) farmers good with
> using computers in general? What do they find easy to
> do?
>
> More graphical icons resembling a functionality --
> appears to be a good idea. The question is
> connectivity? speed? network? and so on. Seems as if
> the list would go on long.
>

> There are lots of CSC(Common Services Center) centers now opening in
India.
> One such example is the Nemmadi project in Karnataka
 >  http://nemmadi.karnataka.gov.in/ <http://nemmadi.karnataka.gov.in/>. All
these centers are in the village
> level. I believe in some 5 years time around 2 lack such centers will be
> started in India. May be such sites can be used by farmers from such
> telecenters. Connectivity , and network will be taken care of by the
parties
> involved in setting up the center.

> Using computers can still be a challenge. May be the operator manning
> telecenter can help farmers in getting information from such web sites.
> Still have to see how farmers can start using forums.

Wow - that has got to be one of the worst designed websites I have ever seen
(viewed in firefox on ubuntu) - if this is the level of professionalism in
interface design, I see really scary things ahead... :-(
With re: to multilingual websites, its generally not a problem, yep, just
read up on unicode a little - if you're hosting the server yourself, there's
a few things you need to ensure, compile php to recognize unicode, etc. - if
you're buying hosting space, gohindi.com seems like a good provider to
support indian language sites..
Sorry this post has gone OT, especially this being the ubuntu list, but I
had to comment after seeing that website - wow, the govt. needs some serious
help...

-Sanjay
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