Theme localization doesn't work

  • I did a 1-click install of WP 3.0.1 in English, but wanted the front-end in Spanish; so I uploaded the .po & .mo files for es_ES to /wp-content/languages. Some of the front-end was still in English, so I did a clean install of the pre-localized Spanish version. This time, more of the front-end was in Spanish. Then I changed the theme to one called Notepad, which produced a little more English.
    After looking around, I found help and made .po/.mo files for the theme. I installed these in /themes/notepad/languages and added <?php load_theme_textdomain('notepad'); ?> to the functions.php file in the /notepad directory.
    I have tried dozens of different configurations (placing multiple .po/,mo files in multiple directories, putting the <php loadtheme>in different files, etc), and I still can’t get my localization to work with the theme.
    I run a couple of Joomla sites, I’ve localized a number of different sourceforge projects, but I’m a WordPress noob and I’m about to give up. Any suggestions?

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  • Thread Starter brucio

    (@brucio)

    I have read all the “localization” posts in the forum and have come to the conclusion that WordPress is not at all elegant in this area, that is to say for all of it’s good qualities, internationalization sucks. Why don’t templates use the main dictionary?

    Because every theme is different and uses different words/phrases. Plus some people prefer to have a back end in 1 language and the front end in another. Or even 2 or more different languages.

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