Adding a new language option that is not predefined?

Question

I got a request from one of our international content owners where they wanted a site in anglicized English but for a country that does not have a pre-set for English.

In this case it would be an anglicized English site for Saudi Arabia - en-SA. When I choose the the Add a new language option, I specify the language en and the country SA but I am then confronted with the error:

The name "en-SA" is not a valid or supported culture identifier.

Do I need to do this another way or is it just not possible? I've never had to do this, but it seems that this is exactly why the option to specify a language and country is an option of this dialogue.

Answer 1

This is a limitation of ASP.NET, which is what Sitecore uses.

You need code to register new culture/language combinations.

Sitecore Marketplace module that will help you: https://marketplace.sitecore.net/en/Modules/Custom_Language_Registration.aspx

You'll need to remember to install the custom language on each machine running Sitecore (every CM and CD in development and production).

Demonstration of module: http://www.bugdebugzone.com/2013/12/adding-custom-language-code-in-sitecore.html

Code wise, if you don't want to install a module (tool) for this, here's a snippet that does the same thing.

private static void RegisterCulture(string cultureCode, string cultureName, string baseCultureCode)
{
    var ci = new CultureInfo(baseCultureCode);
    var ri = new RegionInfo(ci.Name);
    var builder = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder(cultureCode, CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
    builder.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(ci);
    builder.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(ri);

    builder.CultureEnglishName = cultureName;
    builder.CultureNativeName = cultureName;

    try
    {
        builder.Register();
    }
    catch (InvalidOperationException)
    {

    }
}

Sourced from here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15336263/asp-net-mvc-registering-custom-culture-and-internationalization