Please, add possibility for users to choose interface language of chat.
This feature will be very useful possibility on multilingual sites.

For example, i am from Russia, i'm going to site, the site is multilingual, i'm choosing russian site language, but chat is still on english... and i can't change it's language and use it on my native russian.... - not convenient trifle :)

I really like this suggestion
+1 for it:)

Me too: +1 for it:).
In my case the user choice the language when he/she log in, freichat should automatically detect that choice.

In my website the user have to choose the language at logging in. The choice is saved in $_SESSION['lng'], so I modified the arg.php substituing the following line:

$this->lang = $parameters['lang']; //Language please do not include .php here only file name

with the following code:

if (isset($_SESSION['lng'])) {
if ($_SESSION['lng'] == 'sw') {
$this->lang = 'swahili';
} elseif ($_SESSION['lng'] == 'it') {
$this->lang = 'italian';
} else {
$this->lang = 'english';
}
} else {
$this->lang = $parameters['lang']; //Language please do not include .php here only file name
}

It seems to work.
NinoV

Glad to hear you got it working.

Unfortunately it doesn't effect all messages ;(( especially the one in js files!

Which js messages are you talking about ?

Setting $this->lang to a particular language is equivalent to changing the language through the backend .
So it should reflect on all your messages .

In some files the messages are hardcoded, for example in freichat.js:

...

But it isn't translated. Besides "Set status" is only in freichat.js
Please see the attached screenshot.

Thanks,
Nino

No, we checked again, they are just dummy text, The actual content is available in the translation file

$frei_trans['default_status']

This morning it "I am available" wasn't translated, as shown in the screenshot, but now it is correctly translated! I don't understand why!

Can I myself add $frei_trans['sett_status'] in the translation file?

Thanks

We will be releasing the next version tomorrow (Jan 10) . So we recommend you install the new version since it has many new translations in the language file

This morning it "I am available" wasn't translated, as shown in the screenshot, but now it is correctly translated! I don't understand why!
We explained this in the previous reply, this is because the status is stored in the session and remains till the user closes the browser.

>We explained this in the previous reply,
Sorry I skipped that line!

Thanks a lot,
Nino

Hi,

I've noticed that if I choose my language, Italian, and other users choose their own language, I see their "I am available" in their language and not in mine.

I think that it would be better to show that message in my choosen language and not in theirs.

Is that possible?

Thanks.
Nino V

I thought that it could be translated using the user settings. Anyway you know your code better than me ;)
Thanks for your attention and your excellent work,
Nino

I've downloaded the new version. Do I have to reinstall anew or there is an update procedure? I searched in the site but I've not found a guide.

Thanks

There is no upgrade, you need to install anew. But you can skip the last step of installation .