OSTD

Posts related to the Open Source Translation Database.

By Andrew Smith I will have something like this on one of the pages in the website: Each of those dropdown lists has the 190 language codes I mentioned in the previous post. It may not sound like a lot but 1900 <option> values really is a lot of HTML. It’s very easy to generate …

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I was always a fan of version control, even for binaries like word file for homework. This helps keep a history of stuff that may get deleted or changed, and helps a lot for working using multiple computers. But I’ve never version controlled a website. Mostly because I never had one I was doing serious …

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I am the first to admit that I’m almost completely incapable of making something look good. I’m reasonably good at making things functional and easy to use, but when it comes to looks.. not me. At first I thought I would start with just plain black and white PHP output, but I felt that was …

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I have a long list of ideas. Why have I chosen OSTD? Well – it had to be something I was passionate about, and I am always proud to tell people that my software is translated into 40 languages. I would love to be able to say that with my help hundreds of other software …

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OSTD, the Open Source Translation Database – that’s the best I could come up with. The name and the acronym has to be unique enough that I can get to the top of search engine results relatively easily. But there’s so much more to the name. At first I wanted to get the website a …

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