Custom language strings in advanced theme? Need for theme settings!

Question

I am working on a new theme. The problem I face now: I put buttons in the interface with custom strings. For instance, there is a button "ask now, it's free" which could also be German "frag jetzt, kostenlos" or in another language. It's up to the user.

As far as I see there is no method to setup custom language strings with the theme installation. In other words, I cannot offer the user an input field directly where he can insert the string for the button.

How have you solved this? How would you solve it?

I get the feeling that there is a need for theme settings / options like we have it with the plugins!

Cheeers,
Kai

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Push to top... This question is still of interest and I do not have a solution yet.

Answer 1

Theme options is something I've been considering for a while, Jatin had a plugin for the SnowFlat theme where you could change the colours, which would work better as integrated theme options.

Having said that, adding a separate unique button is more of a plugin concern than a theming concern. You could make a widget or layer plugin that adds the button, and utilises plugin translations. Or a simple module with only the admin_options function where you set the language strings in options, and use those in the theme class.

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Then we need to force each user to install a "theme plugin" additionally to the "theme". Why not make it easy first hand?