I just followed your new 2.5 tutorial on setting up a multi-language site. Good tutorial, and an enjoyable experience.

I'm trying to see how to leverage this for the backend. It seems the only way to get a different language in the backend is to manually set it when I log in. Even though I set the browser to German (and have German installed), the backend would not pick up these changes.

Also, I created a test user and assigned that user to a backend language of German, but when I login, I still see the default English.

[1] How do I get the "backend Language" for a user to take effect?
[2] Does setting the language on an admin module have any effect? So far in what testing I could do, it seems not.

For what it's worth... The problem I'm having with "backend language" might be related to a bug with RocketTheme's Mission Control. When I set the default template to BlueStork and then login as a German or Chinese user, then the correct language appears. I can switch to Mission Control and the new language remains - until I logout and log back in through Mission Control.

So I will be reporting this on the forum for Mission Control.

I don't mean to keep talking to myself ;-)

I found the bug in Mission Control and reported it. The symptoms pointed to the login screen. In short, their login screen was storing a hidden input for "lang" that was set to an empty string. I just commented that out, and the problem is gone. A user with a specified backend language can login through Mission Control, and the specified language will now be applied.

Talking to myself is how I solve all my problems. At least you're talking to someone who listens :)

It's really great that you can share that with the forum. When it comes to third party products we don't always have access to them to look for answers. If we happen to have dealt with it before, or someone has shared a solution it helps everyone.

Thanks for being so persistent and resourceful! And tell that guy you're talking to that we appreciate him, too.

Cheers,
Ed