# Globalite problem for website online but not offline

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalite-problem-for-website-online-but-not-offline/145548>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 11, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalite-problem-for-website-online-but-not-offline/145548 "2008-08-11T13:45:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalite-problem-for-website-online-but-not-offline/145548/1 "2008-08-11T13:45:31Z")

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Hello,

I’ve just put online my first website in ruby on rails but I’ve a  
problem with the globalite plugin.

Locally the plugin works perfectly, with detection of the browser’s  
language. My application is foreseen in French and Dutch but locally,  
if the browser is f.e. in English, the application is automatically  
opened in Dutch.  
But online this specification doesn’t work anymore. For the browser not  
in French or dutch, the application doesn’t work properly with a lot of  
“localization\_missing” errors.

Someone has any idea where the problem is?

To manage the languages available on the website, I’ve created a  
controller “language” to define the 2 languages available.

In environment.rb, I’ve added this “Globalite.language = :nl”

Hereunder my application.rb

class ApplicationController \< ActionController::Base  
helper :all # include all helpers, all the time

include AuthenticatedSystem

# See ActionController::RequestForgeryProtection for details

# Uncomment the :secret if you’re not using the cookie session store

protect\_from\_forgery # :secret =\> ‘5880ee74dae8cc2f2a3cc02e4976d601’

around\_filter :set\_locale  
private

# Set the locale from the parameters, the session, or the navigator

# If none of these works, the Globalite default locale is set (en-\*)

def set\_locale  
@current\_path = request.env[‘PATH\_INFO’]  
@request\_method = request.env[‘REQUEST\_METHOD’]  
if params[:user\_locale]  
logger.debug params[:user\_locale]  
Locale.code = params[:user\_locale]  
#get\_matching\_ui\_locale(params[:user\_locale][:code]) #||  
session[:locale] || get\_valid\_lang\_from\_accept\_header ||  
Globalite.default\_language  
session[:locale] = Locale.code  
elsif session[:locale]  
Locale.code = session[:locale]  
else  
Locale.code = get\_valid\_lang\_from\_accept\_header.local\_case  
end  
logger.debug “[globalite] Locale set to #{Locale.code}”  
yield  
Locale.reset!  
end

def get\_sorted\_langs\_from\_accept\_header  
accept\_langs = (request.env[‘HTTP\_ACCEPT\_LANGUAGE’] ||  
“en-us,en;q=0.5”).split(/,/) rescue nil  
return nil unless accept\_langs  
wl = {}  
accept\_langs.each {|accept\_lang|  
if (accept\_lang + ‘;q=1’) =~ /^(.+?);q=([^;]+)._/  
wl[($2.to\_f rescue -1.0)]= $1  
end  
}  
logger.debug “[globalite] client accepted locales: #{wl.sort{|a,b|  
b[0] \<=\> a[0] }.map{|a| a[1] }.to\_sentence}”  
wl.sort{|a,b| b[0] \<=\> a[0] }.map{|a| a[1] }  
end  
def get\_valid\_lang\_from\_accept\_header  
get\_sorted\_langs\_from\_accept\_header.detect{|l|  
get\_matching\_ui\_locale(l) }  
end  
def get\_matching\_ui\_locale(locale)  
lang = locale[0,2].downcase  
if Globalite.ui\_locales.values.include?(locale.local\_case)  
locale.local\_case  
end  
Globalite.ui\_locales.values.each do |value|  
value.to\_s =~ /#{lang}-_/ ? value : nil  
end  
end  
end  
class String  
def local\_case  
if self[3,5]  
“#{self[0,2]}-#{self[3,5].upcase}”.to\_sym  
else  
“#{self[0,2]}-\*”.to\_sym  
end  
end  
end

Hereunder where I defin the language in my controllers:  
@homepages =  
Homepage.find\_all\_by\_language\_id(Language.resolve(Locale.code.to\_s[0,2]))

Thanks in advance for your help!