Thread: Is it easy for RTL?

Is it easy for RTL?

Hello there, I would like to use the theme with RTL direction website "right to left" language
Is it easy to do that?
Any advice, guidelines, steps to follow?

Re: Is it easy for RTL?

I know of another user who has set up their ClassiPress to work this way, but I am unsure if he managed to resolve issues he was having with the featured ads scroller.. He seemed to get everything else working though, you can see the link to his site in this thread: http://appthemes.com/forum/showthrea...epage-carousel. Perhaps you could try contacting him via PM for some help/tips on what was involved?

Re: Is it easy for RTL?

It seems that he couldn't find a solution.
I found that he removed the scroller from his website, which is not good to lose a great feature :cry:

I wish that the developer of ClassiPress, can come up with a solution for many people with this problem.
It would be great if there is an option like: "enabling switch between RTL & LTR themres".

Re: Is it easy for RTL?

As the developer mentioned in his response in the other thread, it's not exactly an easy thing to work out. Even if this was something submitted as a feature request, there is no guarantee if/when this would ever be implemented, and ultimately this won't help you now. So, if you have an interest in using Classipress, but only if you can get that aspect to work, you could perhaps look at hiring the services of a coder to work it out for you. It's really a customization at this point in time, so it would be of your own choice to work on this particular function.

Re: Is it easy for RTL?

Well I learned something new (well actually lots of new stuff) at the SF WordCamp conference this weekend which has to do with right to left languages and themes. WordPress supports right to left in themes and all you need to do is add a new css file called "rtl.css" in the classipress theme folder.

That file will take precedence over the default ClassiPress css so anything you add in there "should" make it work. I haven't actually tested it yet though. Now you'll need to know and understand css before you can move on and an example of some elements that need to be included are:

If you look in the default WordPress theme folder you'll find an rtl.css file. If you are inclined to learn or already know how to write your own css, you should take a look at it.

I plan on adding this feature in the future but for now, you'll have to add it on your own. If you have any luck I'd love to hear about it.

Re: Is it easy for RTL?

Sounds good!
I'll try my best, I have past similar practices.
I'll let you know if things work fine.

Thanks

Any update on this?

Have anyone got a chance of checking this?
I'm pretty skilled at CSS and php - is there a setup I can test before commiting to buy it? I would love to have it working in Hebrew...

Thanks!
Oren

If it helps, here are a couple of links to sites of customers who are developing their ClassiPress sites in Hebrew..

Site 1
Site 2

Looks doable!

Thanks for the quick reply!
The second link sure looks like a working Hebrew site...

I've made a completely rtl child theme for the Hebrew language. It should work for any ltr language as well, including Arabic.
I don't have it on a working site yet, so for now if you are interested you can contact me directly. When I'll have a working site I might publish the (surprisingly short) css in these forums.