So, do you blog in Indic Languages ? I do, at times. I was using Blogger.com for this, because, only blogger had the transliteration feature. Now, that we have this extremely useful plugin for wordpress, I can leave blogspot and come back to Wordpress.
What is Google’s Transliteration ?
Google Indic Transliteration offers an option for converting Roman characters to the Devanāgarī characters used in Hindi. This lets you type Hindi words phonetically in English script and still have them appear in their correct alphabet. Note that this is not the same as translation — it is the sound of the words that are converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. For example, typing “hamesha” transliterates into Hindi as:
Yes, you heard it right. You type it in Hinglish or Manglish, google will transliterate it in to Hindi, or Malayalam. You do not need to know anything about typing in those languages. ( Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu )
Google Indic Transliteration WordPress Plugin
So, here is the plugin. It’s called “Google Indic Transliteration WordPress Plugin”. The plugin is still under development, it works only on HTML mode ( on your wordpress dashboard ) at the moment. But, wait for more, you will see it getting better soon.
Author’s Website Plugin Homepage Download Now
Languages Supported : Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Instructions
1 Download the plugin
2 Unzip the file
3 Upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
4 Activate the plugin from Wordpress Dashboard
5 Select “HTML” mode on dashboard when you write.
6 Select your Language from the drop down menu.
Questions ?
*sigh not yet…haven’t had time to get my domain….sigh
all this after i get my domain ..
dude ..any way i can use that tag cloud in my free blog
Vishesh and Arvind, you guys can practice on a free domain and hosting. I am using one currently which is damn good and really free. I can refer you if you are interested.
Also we will soon read how to install WP locally on your computer here, dinu, I am working on it.
@ vishesh & Arvind
Suda is going to give you the best option ever.. installing wordpress on your own computer, locally …
isn’t it great ?
Or as he pointed out, you can get a free domain registration to play with wordpress.
@ Suda
can’t keep these guys waiting for long re
make it fast
I am thinking of getting an independent domain for my gaming blog
does this scheme sound good?
http://www.siteground.com/wordpress-hosting.htm
oh yeah talking about free domain try out co.cc domains
@ Balu
that sounds good …
as for wordpress hosting .. wordpress doesnt require much server resources.. ( without too many plugins )
before you sign up, search for that company’s reliability and customer support etc too.. that is the most important thing .. everything else, most of the companies offer almost the same ..
[...] ctrl+G for toggling between English and the language you have chosen. Of course there is another plugin for WordPress for the admins to write post. Few parts of my plugin are inspired from it. Go ahead [...]