Thread: Re: [PATCHES] Where is Translation of "FARSI" FAQ?

> > Dear list
> > I had submitter farsi translation of postgresql but I can
> not find its link in website?
> > would you please fix this problem.
>
> Uh, I thought I asked the www group to add it.  The Farsi FAQ
> is already in CVS and was shipped in 8.0.X.  Web group, while
> you are adding Chinese, would you add Farsi too.  Thanks.

The Farsi FAQ is only available in Microsoft format (very very badly
mangled HTML caused by MS Office). It is not available as HTML, which is
why it isn't available on the website.

The FAQ has to be clean HTML to be accessible from the webpage. The
script will convert most of the normal HTMLisms into the required XHTML.
But with the horrible mess that is produced by MS Office it's completely
impossible to do.

Solution: If the HTML is cleaned up enough to make it look like the
other FAQs, we can easily add it.

//Magnus

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > Dear list
> > > I had submitter farsi translation of postgresql but I can
> > not find its link in website?
> > > would you please fix this problem.
> >
> > Uh, I thought I asked the www group to add it.  The Farsi FAQ
> > is already in CVS and was shipped in 8.0.X.  Web group, while
> > you are adding Chinese, would you add Farsi too.  Thanks.
>
> The Farsi FAQ is only available in Microsoft format (very very badly
> mangled HTML caused by MS Office). It is not available as HTML, which is
> why it isn't available on the website.

Oh, yea, I remember now. Thanks for reminding me.

> The FAQ has to be clean HTML to be accessible from the webpage. The
> script will convert most of the normal HTMLisms into the required XHTML.
> But with the horrible mess that is produced by MS Office it's completely
> impossible to do.
>
> Solution: If the HTML is cleaned up enough to make it look like the
> other FAQs, we can easily add it.

OK.

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On May 11, 2005 10:11 am, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > The Farsi FAQ is only available in Microsoft format (very very badly
> > mangled HTML caused by MS Office). It is not available as HTML, which is
> > why it isn't available on the website.

> > The FAQ has to be clean HTML to be accessible from the webpage. The
> > script will convert most of the normal HTMLisms into the required XHTML.
> > But with the horrible mess that is produced by MS Office it's completely
> > impossible to do.
> >
> > Solution: If the HTML is cleaned up enough to make it look like the
> > other FAQs, we can easily add it.

Would something like "antiword" help?

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 10:00, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> The FAQ has to be clean HTML to be accessible from the webpage. The
> script will convert most of the normal HTMLisms into the required XHTML.

Is there a good reason to keep the files in CVS as HTML 4.0 Transitional
while we force them into xhtml 1.0 strict on the website? If the two
types matched, we could ask submitters to make sure they validate
appropriately, which might help cut down on some of these issues.


Robert Treat
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