There are two main aspects to localization within a Web site. One is to localize the page layout and presentation—typically static content—and the other is to localize the data that is presented to the user. This toolkit addresses only the localization of static content and does not provide any solution that addresses the localization of data. Localization of data must be handled at the source of the data, not in the presentation of that data. Microsoft® Commerce Server and Microsoft Content Management Server help to address the localization of content.
Localization of the presentation can be accomplished in many ways, such as by having one page per culture, or by using a database to store the resource on a per culture basis. The Microsoft .NET Framework provides a great implementation based on resource files to make localization easy to do and maintain. This toolkit builds on what is provided in the Resources and Localization Using the .NET Framework SDK topic in the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK.
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