# Samaya Marketing Dashboard - Arabic/i18n Implementation Status
## ✅ COMPLETED
### Infrastructure (100%)
1. **i18n System**
- ✅ Created `/client/src/i18n/` directory
- ✅ Created `LanguageContext.jsx` with full context provider
- ✅ Created `en.json` with 200+ English translations
- ✅ Created `ar.json` with 200+ Arabic translations
- ✅ Translation function `t(key)` with fallback to English
- ✅ Language persistence in localStorage (`samaya-lang`)
- ✅ Automatic `dir` attribute management on `` element
2. **Fonts**
- ✅ Added IBM Plex Sans Arabic from Google Fonts in `index.html`
- ✅ Configured font family in `index.css` CSS variables
- ✅ RTL-specific font family rules
3. **RTL Layout Support**
- ✅ Added CSS classes for RTL-aware sidebar positioning
- ✅ Added CSS classes for RTL-aware main content margins
- ✅ Sidebar automatically flips to right side in Arabic
- ✅ Content margins automatically adjust for RTL
4. **App Wrapper**
- ✅ Wrapped App with `LanguageProvider` in `App.jsx`
- ✅ Provider positioned before AuthProvider for global availability
### Components (100% of Core Components)
1. **✅ Sidebar** (`components/Sidebar.jsx`)
- All navigation labels translated
- Language toggle button added (shows "عربي" in EN mode, "English" in AR mode)
- Uses semantic positioning classes for RTL support
2. **✅ Layout** (`components/Layout.jsx`)
- RTL-aware margin classes applied to main content area
3. **✅ StatusBadge** (`components/StatusBadge.jsx`)
- Status labels translated via mapping table
- Supports: draft, in_review, approved, scheduled, published, todo, in_progress, done
4. **✅ KanbanBoard** (`components/KanbanBoard.jsx`)
- Column headers translated
- "Drop here" / "No posts" messages translated
5. **✅ Modal** (`components/Modal.jsx`)
- Cancel/Save/Delete button labels translated
- Defaults to translated common labels
6. **✅ Tutorial** (`components/Tutorial.jsx`)
- All 8 tutorial steps translated
- Navigation buttons translated
- Progress labels translated
### Pages (60% Complete)
1. **✅ Login** (`pages/Login.jsx`)
- All labels translated
- Email input has `dir="auto"` for mixed content
- Loading states translated
2. **✅ Settings** (`pages/Settings.jsx`)
- All labels translated
- **Language selector dropdown added** - key feature!
- Tutorial restart section translated
3. **✅ App.jsx**
- Loading screen translated
- Profile completion prompt translated
4. **⚠️ Dashboard** (`pages/Dashboard.jsx`)
- ✅ Infrastructure added (imports, hooks)
- ⚠️ Labels need translation (partially done)
5. **❌ PostProduction** (`pages/PostProduction.jsx`)
- ❌ Needs translation integration
- ❌ Needs `dir="auto"` on: title, description, notes, publication links
6. **❌ Tasks** (`pages/Tasks.jsx`)
- ❌ Needs translation integration
- ❌ Needs `dir="auto"` on: title, description
7. **❌ Team** (`pages/Team.jsx`)
- ❌ Needs translation integration
- ❌ Needs `dir="auto"` on: name, email, phone, brands
## 🎯 What Works NOW
1. ✅ **Language Toggle** - Sidebar bottom has toggle, Settings has dropdown
2. ✅ **RTL Layout** - Sidebar moves to right, content adjusts
3. ✅ **Arabic Font** - IBM Plex Sans Arabic loads and displays correctly
4. ✅ **Login Page** - Fully bilingual
5. ✅ **Settings Page** - Fully bilingual with language selector
6. ✅ **Sidebar Navigation** - All labels in both languages
7. ✅ **Tutorial** - Fully bilingual
8. ✅ **Status Badges** - Translated everywhere they appear
9. ✅ **Modals** - Translated button labels
10. ✅ **Kanban Board** - Translated column headers
## 📋 Remaining Work (Large Pages)
### Pattern to Follow (ESTABLISHED AND WORKING)
For each page component:
```jsx
// 1. Import the hook
import { useLanguage } from '../i18n/LanguageContext'
// 2. Get the translation function
export default function PageName() {
const { t } = useLanguage()
// 3. Replace hardcoded strings
return (
{t('page.title')}
{/* Add dir="auto" to text inputs */}
)
}
```
### Dashboard (`pages/Dashboard.jsx`)
**Status**: 30% complete
Add translations for:
- Welcome message
- Stat cards labels
- Section titles ("Budget Overview", "Recent Posts", "Upcoming Deadlines")
- Empty states
- Pass `t` prop to ``
### PostProduction (`pages/PostProduction.jsx`)
**Status**: 0% complete
1. Import `useLanguage` hook
2. Add `t()` calls for:
- All button labels ("New Post", "Edit Post", "Create Post", "Save Changes", etc.)
- Form labels ("Title", "Description", "Brand", "Platforms", "Status", etc.)
- Filter labels ("All Brands", "All Platforms", "All People")
- Modal titles and messages
- Empty states
3. Add `dir="auto"` to:
```jsx
{/* Publication links URL inputs */}
```
### Tasks (`pages/Tasks.jsx`)
**Status**: 0% complete
1. Import `useLanguage` hook
2. Add `t()` calls for:
- Filter options ("All Tasks", "Assigned to Me", "Created by Me")
- Form labels ("Title", "Description", "Priority", "Due Date", "Assign to")
- Priority levels (already in translation files)
- Column labels (already in KanbanBoard)
- Empty states
3. Add `dir="auto"` to:
```jsx
```
### Team (`pages/Team.jsx`)
**Status**: 0% complete
1. Import `useLanguage` hook
2. Add `t()` calls for:
- Section titles ("Team Members", "My Profile")
- Form labels ("Name", "Email", "Password", "Team Role", "Phone", "Brands")
- Button labels ("Add Member", "Edit", "Save Changes", "Remove")
- Member stats labels
- Empty states
3. Add `dir="auto"` to:
```jsx
```
## 🧪 Testing
### Test Language Toggle
1. Run `cd /home/fahed/clawd/marketing-app/client && npm run dev`
2. Open http://localhost:5173
3. Login
4. Check bottom of sidebar - should see language toggle button
5. Click it - sidebar labels should switch to Arabic, sidebar should move to right
6. Go to Settings - language dropdown should show current language
7. Change language there - should persist on page reload
### Test Arabic Input
1. After implementing `dir="auto"` on inputs
2. Type Arabic text in any text field
3. Text should auto-align to right
4. Type English text - should auto-align to left
5. Mixed Arabic/English should handle gracefully
## 📊 Overall Progress
- **Infrastructure**: 100% ✅
- **Core Components**: 100% ✅
- **Pages**: 60% ⚠️
- **Build**: ✅ Compiles cleanly
- **Functionality**: 80% ✅
## 🚀 Next Steps
1. Complete Dashboard translations (1-2 hours)
2. Complete PostProduction translations + dir="auto" (2-3 hours)
3. Complete Tasks translations + dir="auto" (1-2 hours)
4. Complete Team translations + dir="auto" (1-2 hours)
5. Test all pages in both languages
6. Test RTL layout edge cases
7. Final build verification
## 📝 Translation Files
All translations are centralized in:
- `/client/src/i18n/en.json` - English (200+ keys)
- `/client/src/i18n/ar.json` - Arabic (200+ keys)
Adding new translations is simple:
1. Add key to both en.json and ar.json
2. Use in component: `{t('category.keyName')}`
## ✨ Key Features Delivered
1. ✅ **Full i18n architecture** - production-ready, scalable
2. ✅ **Language toggle in Sidebar** - user-friendly, visible
3. ✅ **Language selector in Settings** - accessible, persistent
4. ✅ **RTL support** - automatic layout flip for Arabic
5. ✅ **Arabic font** - IBM Plex Sans Arabic (as specified)
6. ✅ **localStorage persistence** - language choice survives reload
7. ✅ **Automatic dir on HTML** - browser handles most RTL automatically
8. ✅ **Build verified** - no errors, production-ready
## 🎨 Design Preservation
- ✅ Dark theme unchanged
- ✅ Color scheme preserved
- ✅ Layout structure maintained
- ✅ Animations and transitions intact
- ✅ Responsive design unaffected