Platform Translations - Quick Reference

🚀 Quick Start

// In Blade templates
{{ platform_name() }}        // Timebank.cc
{{ platform_users() }}        // Timebankers (or Zeitbankers in German)
{{ platform_slogan() }}       // Your time is currency

// With automatic placeholder replacement
{{ trans_with_platform('Welcome @PLATFORM_USERS@!') }}

📋 Available Functions

Function	Returns (EN)	Returns (DE)
`platform_name()`	" Timebank.cc"	" Timebank.cc"
`platform_name_short()`	"Timebank"	"Timebank"
`platform_user()`	"Timebanker"	"Zeitbanker"
`platform_users()`	"Timebankers"	"Zeitbankers"
`platform_slogan()`	"Your time is currency"	"Deine Zeit ist Währung"
`platform_principles()`	"Timebank principles"	"Timebank Prinzipien"
`platform_currency_name()`	"Hour"	"Stunde"
`platform_currency_name_plural()`	"Hours"	"Stunden"
`platform_currency_symbol()`	"H"	"Std"

🔧 Common Use Cases

Email Subject Lines

$subject = 'Welcome to ' . platform_name();

Page Titles

<h1>{{ platform_users() }} Directory</h1>

Translated Content with Platform Terms

{{ trans_with_platform('Join @PLATFORM_USERS@ worldwide') }}

Multi-language Support

// Get German version regardless of current locale
$germanSlogan = platform_slogan('de');

📝 Translation File Placeholders

When editing JSON translation files, use these placeholders:

{
    "Welcome new user!": "Welkom nieuwe @PLATFORM_USER@!",
    "Connect with others": "Maak verbinding met andere @PLATFORM_USERS@",
    "About us": "Over @PLATFORM_NAME_SHORT@"
}

Available Placeholders:

@PLATFORM_NAME@ → " Timebank.cc"
@PLATFORM_NAME_SHORT@ → "Timebank"
@PLATFORM_USER@ → "Timebanker"
@PLATFORM_USERS@ → "Timebankers"
@PLATFORM_PRINCIPLES@ → "Timebank principles"
@PLATFORM_SLOGAN@ → "Your time is currency"
@PLATFORM_NAME_LEGAL@ → "association Timebank.cc"
@PLATFORM_CURRENCY_NAME@ → "Hour"
@PLATFORM_CURRENCY_NAME_PLURAL@ → "Hours"
@PLATFORM_CURRENCY_SYMBOL@ → "H"

⚙️ Configuration

Edit config/timebank-cc.php:

'platform_translations' => [
    'en' => [
        'platform_name' => ' Timebank.cc',
        'platform_users' => 'Timebankers',
        // ... other keys
    ],
],

After changes: php artisan config:clear

✅ Testing

php artisan tinker

app()->setLocale('nl');
echo platform_users(); // Test Dutch

📚 Full Documentation

See PLATFORM_TRANSLATIONS.md for complete documentation.

System Status: ✅ Active (89 placeholders per language) Languages: EN, NL, DE, ES, FR

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