On December 13, 2005 Blogware (and thus, Blogzerk) will be updated to include multilingual functionality. Blog owners will be able to specify the language for their blog as well as for the Publisher's Control Panel. Initially, the following languages and locales will be available:

  • English - United States
  • English - Canada
  • English - United Kingdom
  • Spanish - Castilian

Additional languages and locales will be added throughout 2006.

The spell checker will be also be updated. A language field will now appear in the spell checker dialog box allowing blog posters to select the language that should be used when spelling is checked. The default dictionary is based on the user's locale. Dictionaries are available in English (U.S.), English (U.K), English (Canadian), Spanish, Danish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian and Portuguese.

These are just some of the features that will be implemented for this update. We will have the full, detailed information posted next week.