dialect-http

dialect-http is a web client to manage your dialect translations.

This module is builtin upon dialect using the mongodb store.

Tutorial + screencast

Features

• Easy to configure.
• Users with roles.
• Autotranslate.
• Approval system.
• Context and plurals handling.

Installation

Install it using npm. It will create a binary on your /usr/local/.

npm install dialect-http -g

Configuration options

• title: Custom title for the backend.
• users: Users with acces to the translations
  • username: Username to authenticate. Defaults to 'admin'
  • password: Password to authenticate. Defaults to 'admin'
  • locales: Locales that this user can edit. Defaults to all.
  • can_approve: Approval permission within user's locales. Defaults to 'true'
• port: Port number where the application will be running.
• sessions_db: mongodb connection string.
• dialect: Object containing dialect options.

Check dialect documentation to see which dialect options can you pass.

How does it work?

Easy!

First edit a configuration file like this:

// dialect-http.js
module.exports = {
  title: 'My app',
  users: [
    { username: 'foo',
      password: 'bar'
    },
    { username: 'joao',
      password: 'gilberto',
      locales: ['pt'],
      can_approve: false
    }
  ],
  port: 3001,

  dialect: {
    locales: ['en', 'es'],
    store: {
      mongodb: {
        collection: 'my_translations'
      }
    }
  }
}

$ dialect-http --config dialect-http.js

Open your browser and type "http://localhost:3001".

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Pau Ramon masylum@gmail.com

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