>and in petition.php I've called
>
>load_plugin_textdomain("fcpetition", dirname(__FILE__));
load_plugin_textdomain() needs a path relative to WP's root.
>From the source:
$mofile = ABSPATH . "$path/$domain-$locale.mo";
so I think you need something like:
load_plugin_textdomain('fcpetition',
'wp-content/plugins/'.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)));
Ozh