In today’s episode, I had a great conversation with Senior Web Developer at Ecobee, Diego LaManno, all about Localization, eCommerce Integration and Contentful.
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Questions Asked
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- Tell us about your background as a software developer.
- What is your tech stack at Ecobee?
- Where is the content in your iOT product stored in the back end?
- Define localization.
- How is localization different then personalization?
- Can localization affect personalization?
- How do you use localization on Ecobee's site?
- For A/B testing, what tools do you use?
- How does Contentful handle localization?
- How does the Gatsby / Contentful plugin help you with localization?
- Which specific locale are you using for the Ecobee site?
- Does Contentful tie multiple languages to a particular country as a locale?
- Can localization be controlled at the field level?
- How do you access locales via Contentful's APIs?
- How can you access locales via GraphQL?
- How does the REST API handle localization?
- How can we use Roles in Contentful to limit the author's ability to translate a particular language only?
- How can you localize assets?
- Did you create your own media content type or use the native one built into Contentful for localization?
- Can branding be localized in Contentful and if so, how?
- Tell us about your integration with Shopify and its localization capabilities.
- Tell us how you used UI Extensions in Contentful to connect with your Shopify API.
- How did you localize your actual products from Shopify?
- How are emails, text messages, website messages and other types of messages handled in Contentful for different locales?
- How do you handle user sessions across locales?
- Do you allow users to switch locales on the website itself?
- What's the most important thing to consider before embarking on localization?
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Reference Links
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- Diego on Twitter (https://twitter.com/diegolamanno)
- Diego’s Website (https://www.diegolamanno.com/)
- Diego on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegolamanno/)
