If you want to contribute to the NavCoin.org by adding a translation, create an issue on GitHub about outlining the work you will do and assign it to yourself. Or if there is already an existing issue you want to work on, claim it.
https://github.com/NAVCoin/navcoin-org/issues
Make sure you create and/or claim an issue to avoid doubling up on work with someone else who is also trying to help maintain the website.
Login to GitHub and browse to the NavCoin.org repository.
https://github.com/NAVCoin/navcoin-org
Click the Fork button in the top right corner and it will clone the code for the website to your own GitHub account. Since the main NavCoin.org repository cant be committed to directly, you need to work on your own repo and then create a pull request which will be covered later.
Some more information on forking repositories can be found in the GitHub help documentation.
https://help.github.com/en/articles/fork-a-repo
You can use either the Git command line or a GUI like GitKraken to clone your forked repository to you local computer and create a branch to make the changes in.
The translateable pages are located in the /content directory. In this example we will translate the page “Buy NavCoin”.
Create a duplicate of the page you want to translate and rename it to have the ISO 639-1 code as part of the file name. For example, if we want to make a translation for Portugeuse we would copy the English file located here;
/content/buy-navcoin/index.en.md
And replace “en” with “pt” to have the new file;
/content/buy-navcoin/index.pt.md
Do not delete or overwrite the index.en.md file, both need to exist side by side in the project folder.
/content/buy-navcoin/index.en.md
/content/buy-navcoin/index.pt.md
Begin translating the page into your chosen language. Most files have a header section with variables which looks something like this;
---
title: "Buy NavCoin"
date: 2018-03-20T08:09:08+13:00
draft: false
type: "default"
author: ""
description: "NavCoin is publicly mined and ran no token sale. The only way to buy NavCoin is to purchase it from a third party or exchange."
---
It is important to not change what is to the left of the “:” symbol as these are the variable names used in the code. Usually you only need to translate the text in quotes for title and description. For example, the Spanish translation of this header section would look like this;
---
title: "Comprar Navs"
date: 2018-03-20T08:09:08+13:00
draft: false
type: "default"
author: ""
description: "NavCoin es un criptoactivo generado públicamente y no ha sido pre-minado/vendido. La única manera de comprar NavCoin es a través de una casa de intercambio tercerizada."
---
Some pages have different variables in the header section, some of which should not be translated. If you’re unsure, ask on discord. Some of the properties which shouldn’t be translated in various template headers include;
draft: {true|false}
type: "default"
status: {upcoming|in-progress|testing|completed}
layout: {roadmap|null}
The site is largely built using templates that are rendered with code blocks that look similar to this;
{{< merchant
titleText="CoinPayments"
imgSrc="/images/merchants/mer-coinpayment.png"
text="Over 70 merchants accept NAV using the CoinPayments merchant gateway."
linkUrl="https://www.coinpayments.net/store-directory-coin-NAV"
>}}
Again, you don’t want to translate what is to the left of the “=” symbol as these are variable names. Usually you only need to translate the text in quotes to the right of the equals symbol. For example, the Spanish translation of this block looks like this;
{{< merchant
titleText="CoinPayments"
imgSrc="/images/merchants/mer-coinpayment.png"
text="Más de 70 comerciantes aceptan NAV mediante el portal de CoinPayments."
linkUrl="https://www.coinpayments.net/store-directory-coin-NAV"
>}}
Every page needs its own translation, so you will need to repeat this process for every markdown file in the content directory.
The navigation menu also needs to be translated. The configuration for this can be found in the /config.toml file.
Firstly you will need to add your language to the “Languages” drop down menu by adding the appropriate block to the “Languages” section with the correct ISO language code.
[Languages]
[Languages.en]
title = "NavCoin - An Easy To Use Decentralized Cryptocurrency"
weight = 1
languageName = "English"
...
For example, to add Spanish you would add this .es block below the .en block;
[Languages.es]
title = "NavCoin - Una Criptomoneda descentralizada fácil de usar "
weight = 2
languageName = "Español"
When editing the toml file, you have to ensure the indentation of each line item is correctly nested or the file will not work.
Then you need to duplicate the entire english menu block, replace the ISO code and translate the whole navigation menu. For example;
# Main Menu English Start
[[Languages.en.menu.main]]
name = "Get Started"
title = "Get Started"
weight = 10
identifier = "get-started"
depth = 1
[[Languages.en.menu.main]]
name = "Why NavCoin"
title = "Why NavCoin"
weight = 20
url = "/why-navcoin/"
identifier = "why-navcoin"
parent = "get-started"
...
These blocks are quite long, so make sure you duplicate and translate the whole thing while preserving the indendation.
From the folder you cloned the site into, you can start up the site with the hugo server command in terminal. Then you should be able to preview the site on https://localhost:1313.
If you don’t have hugo installed, check out https://gohugo.io for instructions on how to run it on your operating system.
Using Git CLI or GitKraken, commit the changes and push them back up to your GitHub fork. Then through GitHub create a pull request to merge your branch back into the original NavCoin.org repository’s master branch. You should see the branch build and get a preview link to check it all works properly.
PR’s require two positive reviews from collaborators before they can be merged. When you’ve submitted your PR for review, feel free to add some of the NavCoin core devs as reviewers and nudge them on Discord to review and merge it.
Once your translation has been approved and merged to the main site we still need your help to maintain the translation. As new items are added to the roadmap, new merchants, new exchanges, new notices or other content changes occur we rely on our translators to help keep their version of the website up to date and accurate.