Choose language popup on page load

Question

I am building a multilingual site and I want to insert a function, on initial page load, that finds the default language setting of the browser and then prompts the user to choose which language they would like. (Eng/Esp)

Of course the language in the prompt would be in the same language of the browser. I already have navigation between these languages on all pages page but I want to intercept the user upon entrance and avoid using a splash page.

Can anybody advise me on how this is done?

Answer 1

First you need a custom event listener

function addEvent(to, type, fn) {
    // Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera
    if(document.addEventListener) {
        to.addEventListener(type, fn, false)
    }
    // Microsoft ActiveX Scripts
    else if(document.attachEvent) {  
        to.attachEvent('on'+type, fn)
    }
    // Last hope
    else {  
        to['on'+type] = fn
    }
}

Add event listener on the window when its loaded and run the function onDomLoaded()

addEvent(window, 'load', onDomLoaded)

Create the function onDomLoaded

function onDomLoaded() {
    alert('Im finished loading the entire window, your language is: ' + navigator.language)

}

Here the example on jsFiddle

Answer 2

Like Deadlock has said you can use a JavaScript Modal pop-up. Someone has given an example of this Here .

You can create this pop-up containing buttons to select the language.

Answer 3

Answer on how to get the browser language using JavaScript . And as you specified PHP in your question tags, answer to do so with PHP .