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Bing Search Engine Fix for Australian Joomla 1.5 - 1.6 - 1.7 - 2.5 Users
Bing will set your region to Great Britain using a standard Joomla 1.5.x - 1.6.x - 1.7.x - 2.5.x install
As you may or may not be aware the standard Joomla installation comes with the English (GB) Language pack. As Australia uses the "English language set" this poses no issue in general use. However the search engine Bing will set your region to gb which does create an issue for web masters that wish to be set in the Australian region.
How to check why Bing has determined my region is Great Britain
You can easily check your website region and language setting by going to your homepage and right clicking on the homepage and selecting "view source". This will open a page containing your source code which search engines will see. If you see this, as per the image below, then you are set for the gb region.
Your lang region setting as en-gb means that Bing will have your website located in the Great Britain region. This is not optimal if you are an Australian website hosted in Australia and targetting the Australian market.
How to solve the issue
Aussiesrus have re-written the standard EN-GB Language pack as a Joomla! install language package. As Australia uses the "English language set" the language contained within the files still use the normal en-gb text. The file names have been modified as necessary and install xml files modified to set your region as per the image below.
Installation for 1.5.X Users
Tested using 1.5.25 successfully. 1.5.25 is backward compatible with all Joomla 1.5.x versions.
To install:
1. Download zip file en-AU_Joomla_lang_full_1.5.25.zip.
2. Log into joomla admin backend
3. Select Extensions Install/Uninstall
4. Upload zip file
5. Go to Extensions/Language manager
6. Set English(Australia) as default for both Site and Administrator
You're done!
* Do not remove or delete the English (United Kingdom) Language pack. This will be required in case you decide to uninstall the English (Australian) Joomla Translation Pack.
* Please note for users of version 1.5.17-1.5.24 en-AU language pack you do not need to update to the new 1.5.25 en-AU language pack. There are no language string changes. Only version numbers to reflect the latest Joomla! version.
Installation for 1.6.X Users
Tested using 1.6.6 successfully.
To install:
1. Download zip file en-AU_joomla_lang_full_165.zip.
2. Log into joomla admin backend
3. Select Extensions Manager
4. Upload zip file
5. Go to Extensions/Language manager
6. Set English(Australia) as default for both Site and Administrator
You're done!
* en-AU_joomla_lang_full_165.zip is fully 1.6.6 Joomla! Version compatible.
* Do not remove or delete the English (United Kingdom) Language pack. This will be required in case you decide to uninstall the English (Australian) Joomla Translation Pack.
Installation for 1.7.X Users
Tested using 1.7.3 successfully.
To install:
1. Download zip file en-AU_joomla_lang_full_173.zip.
2. Log into joomla admin backend
3. Select Extensions Manager
4. Upload zip file
5. Go to Extensions/Language manager
6. Set English(Australia) as default for both Site and Administrator
You're done!
*Optional - TinyMCE English (Australian) translation pack available tinymce_lang_pack_au_J170.zip*
To install:
1. Download zip file tinymce_lang_pack_au_J170.zip.
2. Log into joomla admin backend
3. Select Extensions Manager
4. Upload zip file
5. Go to Plugins Manager
6. Select Editor - TinyMCE
7. Change en to au as default language code
You're done!
The TinyMCE AU translation pack rectifies all usage of the USA variation language released with the standard Joomla! 1.7.3 en-GB CMS TinyMCE pack.
* Do not remove or delete the English (United Kingdom) Language pack. This will be required in case you decide to uninstall the English (Australian) Joomla Translation Pack.
Installation for 2.5.X Users
Tested using 2.5.1 successfully.
To install:
1. Download zip file en-AU_joomla_lang_full_251.zip.
2. Log into joomla admin backend
3. Select Extensions Manager
4. Upload zip file
5. Go to Extensions/Language manager
6. Set English(Australia) as default for both Site and Administrator
You're done!
* Do not remove or delete the English (United Kingdom) Language pack. This will be required in case you decide to uninstall the English (Australian) Joomla Translation Pack.
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Joomla! English (AU) Language Pack
