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seven
Senior Member
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 Posted - 26 September 2002 : 14:47:44
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I noticed the phrase "Back To Forum" shows up as "Back to Forum" as well, throughout the forum pages. Not really a bug, just a cosmetic change.
What if it was changed to "Back To " & strForumTitle & " ??
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 15:20:37
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This is taken from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_caps.html
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• The major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs
(but not short prepositions or the articles "the," "a," or "an," if they are not the first word of the title)
example: One of Ringo’s favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye.
So, all need to be "Back to xxx" |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 15:27:19
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Originally posted by bozden
So, all need to be "Back to xxx"
Then it also should be Active topics, All forums, New topic, Last post, etc. etc. etc.
Maybe something to look into for the next major release? |
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Nikkol
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 15:31:10
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Originally posted by FrutZle
Then it also should be Active topics, All forums, New topic, Last post, etc. etc. etc.
No. Title case means all words are capitalized except the "small" words, like prepositions. |
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seven
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 15:34:47
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whatever the right way, it just needs to be consistent.
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Originally posted by Nikkol
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Originally posted by FrutZle
Then it also should be Active topics, All forums, New topic, Last post, etc. etc. etc.
No. Title case means all words are capitalized except the "small" words, like prepositions.
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 15:34:59
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 15:38:08
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For me it's fine the way it is now. I was just being a smart something  |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 16:04:47
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Aren't y'all being just a little too picky?
LoL, we are trying to be the best grammatically correct forum around.  |
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seven
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 16:21:32
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i SeconD thaT motioN.
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Originally posted by Davio
LoL, we are trying to be the best grammatically correct forum around.
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 16:22:07
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Originally posted by RichardKinser
Aren't y'all being just a little too picky?
Richard, you didn't leave us any bugs to fish, only these are left 
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 16:33:25
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Btw, "Back To Forum" & "Back to Forum" will mean two different strings to be translated in v4. I'm in optimization phase and I found a line of such cases. I'll share my ideas, hoping the dev-team (especially those with English as the native language) answer it.
If we need to choose one, why not choose the grammaticaly correct one ?
PS: If you have time, read this. It is a good showcase for web, internationalization, strings and documentation. It is nearly becoming a science . |
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VodkaFish
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 17:17:12
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| I was under the assumption these were all in "title" format, in which case, they are grammatically correct for the most part. (the only thing catching my eye is the "Jump To:" should be "Jump to:" for the forum dropdown). |
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Posted - 26 September 2002 : 17:41:55
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While I was saying that "I found a line of such cases", I wasn't just referring to title case stuff.
Here are some examples that can be corrected/unified:
sorry I'm not native in English & don't try to be picky. I just want to optimize and ease it for v4 development
Page [select] of NN (5 occurrances in 5 different files)
Page: [select] of NN (2 occurrances in 2 different files)
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%s1% field added to %s2%
%s1% Field has been changed
%s1% Field Size has been changed
%s1% field value updated in the %s2% table
%s1% already existed in %s2%
%s1% already existed in the %s2% table
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 27 September 2002 : 08:12:00
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Here's my thought about this:
- All terms used on the forums should be capitalized; Post, Member, Topic, Forum, Reply, Approve, Moderator etc.
- All other words should be in complete lowercase except when they're the first of a sentence
- Grammatically correct sentences, so don't leave out the, a etc. and put a point at the end of a sentence. No exclamation points at the end of lines like in "You logged out successfully!" because they're not necessary IMO.
this will all be easier to do when you have the lang file in front of you because you can easily compare all lines. The only difficulty is for Bozden (and those helping him with v4) to choose when to use what line. |
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