The standard behavior of apache is to cache language files until the server is restarted. To avoid the requirement to restart it every time the language file changes, the message.po file will be analyzed (time of last edit) and a copy will be linked automatically.
By running the command
vendor/smarty-gettext/smarty-gettext/tsmarty2c.php -o languages/sqstorage.pot templates/
on the command line from within the sqStorage main directory, all templates will be analyzed for
{t} {/t} - Tags containing phrases.
Those phrases will be saved in the languages/sqstorage.pot file.
You can use this pot file as source to refresh the language po files. Once you have refreshed a po file, compile it into the message.mo, overwriting the existing one
PoEdit is the recommendend software. Open the .po file in PoEdit.
Now choose to update the translation from Translation in the main menu bar and select the sqstorage.pot file from within languages folder. Next step is the actual translation.
After the translation is done, save the .mo in the .po folder once, and then also into the correct /LC_MESSAGES/ folder. Then exit PoEdit. The translation is now done and is ready to be used. It is recommended to test your translation before publishing/pushing.
Language: de_CH
Target-Directory for the mo file: languages/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/
Create your own translation from the languages/sqstorage.pot file and save it in the corresponding language/locale/ subdirectory.
Add the new language to the existing array in
support/language_tools.php
$langsAvailable = array('en_GB','de_DE','yourLanguage');
$langsLabels = array( 'en_GB' => 'English', 'de_DE' => 'Deutsch', 'yourLanguage' => 'SpecialNameOfYourLanguage' );
Copy the directory languages/locale/de_DE to languages/locale/de_CH
Open languages/locale/de_CH/messages.po with you PO-Editor
Optional: Update the file from the languages/sqstorage.pot file
Change the translations
Save the po file.
Compile in into languages/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
Add the new language to the existing array in
support/language_tools.php
$langsAvailable = array('en_GB','de_DE','de_CH');
$langsLabels = array( 'en_GB' => 'English', 'de_DE' => 'Deutsch', 'de_CH' => 'Schwiitzerdüütsch' );
Make sure you have compiled the locale on the server your webpage is running
Debian: dpkg-reconfigure locales
If you're running a Windows XAMPP development system, you need to start xampp-control by command line. Start the command line [WIN+R -> cmd.exe] and enter the command set LANG=en_GB (or de_DE, or ... you know) and start xampp-control c:\xampp\xampp-control.exe