Language Settings: English admin area, French front-end

Hi all,

I needed to set up a client’s site with an English admin area, but a French display for theme information. (i.e. site display online is in French.)

I achieved this by:

–installing a theme with its own language files

–setting my wp-config.php file to expect french

–removing the french .mo and .po files from /wp-content/languages/ so the admin area would have no files to draw from and have to default to english.

It worked, but if feels a little… dishonest? ?? I was just wondering if anyone had a more official idea about how to do this. Would love to know!