Add support for internationalisation and localisation and French as a language

core/settings_base.py

@@ -13,9 +13,18 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+
+def gettext(s):
+    """
+    i18n passthrough
+    """
+    return s
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
+SITE_ID = 1
+
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
@@ -41,6 +50,7 @@
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware",
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "core.urls"
@@ -101,8 +111,19 @@
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
+USE_L10N = True
+
 USE_TZ = True
 
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en"
+
+LANGUAGES = [
+    ('en', 'English'),
+    ('fr', 'French'),
+]
+
+LOCALE_PATHS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale')]
+
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/

core/settings_dev.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 SECRET_KEY = "not really a secret"
 DEBUG = True
+BASE_URL = "localhost"
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
 MIDDLEWARE += [  # noqa: F405
     "django_browser_reload.middleware.BrowserReloadMiddleware",

core/settings_prod.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from .settings_base import *  # noqa: F403
 import dj_database_url
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "2025.djangocon.africa"]
-
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["2025.djangocon.africa"]
+BASE_URL = "https://2025.djangocon.africa"
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ["DJANGO_SECRET"]  # noqa: F405

core/urls.py

@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 
+from django.conf.urls.i18n import i18n_patterns
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path, include
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path("", include("website.urls")),
-    path("accounts/", include("django.contrib.auth.urls")),
-    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path("__reload__/", include("django_browser_reload.urls")),
+    path('i18n/', include('django.conf.urls.i18n')),
 ]
+
+urlpatterns += i18n_patterns(
+    path("accounts/", include("django.contrib.auth.urls")),
+    path("", include("website.urls")),
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+)