From b5639b43e9fb1a408e14fda712fc29c4a073dbf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MandelBot <infra@mandelblog.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:36:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add i18n URL routing and locale middleware for language
 switching

---
 mandelstudio/settings/base.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 mandelstudio/urls.py          | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 mandelstudio/urls.py

diff --git a/mandelstudio/settings/base.py b/mandelstudio/settings/base.py
index 39b7e89..a86e623 100644
--- a/mandelstudio/settings/base.py
+++ b/mandelstudio/settings/base.py
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@ from ocyan.main.settings import *  # pylint:disable=W0401,W0614
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = ["mandelstudio"] + INSTALLED_APPS
 
+# Use project-local URLConf so language-prefixed URLs are supported.
+ROOT_URLCONF = "mandelstudio.urls"
+
+# Enable request language negotiation.
+if "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware" not in MIDDLEWARE:
+    if "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware" in MIDDLEWARE:
+        idx = MIDDLEWARE.index("django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware") + 1
+        MIDDLEWARE.insert(idx, "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware")
+    else:
+        MIDDLEWARE.insert(0, "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware")
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "nl"
+LANGUAGES = [
+    ("nl", "Nederlands"),
+    ("en", "English"),
+    ("de", "Deutsch"),
+    ("fr", "Français"),
+    ("es", "Español"),
+    ("it", "Italiano"),
+    ("pt", "Português"),
+    ("ru", "Русский"),
+]
+
 STATIC_ROOT = str(BASE_PATH / "static")
 MEDIA_ROOT = str(BASE_PATH / "media")
 PRIVATE_MEDIA_ROOT = str(BASE_PATH / "private")
diff --git a/mandelstudio/urls.py b/mandelstudio/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f83e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mandelstudio/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.conf.urls.i18n import i18n_patterns
+from django.urls import include, path
+
+from ocyan.main.urls import urlpatterns as ocyan_urlpatterns
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("i18n/", include("django.conf.urls.i18n")),
+]
+
+urlpatterns += i18n_patterns(
+    *ocyan_urlpatterns,
+    prefix_default_language=False,
+)