{"id":15474,"date":"2021-04-20T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T11:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rnbtheme.com\/documentation\/?p=15474"},"modified":"2024-12-17T07:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:40:17","slug":"how-to-make-multilingual-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rnbtheme.com\/documentation\/knowledge-base\/how-to-make-multilingual-site","title":{"rendered":"How to make multilingual site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The theme is ready for translation, however, it does not have the multilingual feature.<\/p>\n<p>It can be done wth the help of the translation plugin, e.g:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPML<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/polylang.wordpress.com\/documentation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polylang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The translation within Polylang is not automatic, you simply create a new page or copy the existing one and replace the content in another language.<\/p>\n<p>The Ronneby theme is fully compatible with the <strong>WPML<\/strong> and we are in touch with <strong>WPML<\/strong> developers to fix any possible issue.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed <strong>WPML<\/strong> documentation and guidance on how to translate the site you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/getting-started-guide\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to translate your site with WPML<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WPML is a popular plugin that makes your site multilingual and is fully <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/theme\/ronneby\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compatible with Ronneby<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The plugin translates your posts, pages, and other content, including text from the theme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to install and setup WPML<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/purchase\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">purchase WPML<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, go to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/account\/downloads\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">downloads area<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in your WPML account, get the <\/span><b>OTGS Installer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plugin, and install it on your WordPress site. This plugin helps you install necessary WPML components. The most important to get started are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WPML Multilingual CMS<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WPML String Translation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After installing and activating WPML, go to <\/span><b>WPML &gt; Setup<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to configure the plugin on your site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translate content with WPML<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To translate content, go to <\/span><b>WPML &gt; Translation Management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On this page, you can find all content on your site, like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portfolios<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galleries<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widgets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Products (if you have WooCommerce, too)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select as many items as you want, choose between manual or automatic translation, and send for translation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translate texts from themes and plugins<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, you need to translate some texts (strings) coming from your themes and plugins. These texts are separate from main content like posts and pages. To translate such texts, follow the steps below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Visit your pages with untranslated texts in a secondary language. This way, WPML automatically detects untranslated strings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Go to <\/span><b>WPML <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt; <\/span><b>Translation Management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and scroll down to the <\/span><b>Other Texts (Strings)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use the <\/span><b>All sources &gt; Frontend (viewed)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filter, select all strings that appear, and send them for translation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enable translation for custom fields, post types, and taxonomies<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most content types are translatable by default when using WPML-compatible themes. But sometimes, you may need to manually make some custom content translatable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re using the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin with Ronneby, learn how to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/related-projects\/translate-sites-built-with-acf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">translate custom ACF fields with WPML<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For other custom types, follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Go to <\/span><b>WPML &gt; Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and scroll to the sections <\/span><b>Custom Fields Translation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Post Types Translation,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><b>Taxonomies Translation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the content type you want to translate and set it to one of the translation options.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review translated content<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can review and edit translated content by going to <\/span><b>WPML &gt; Translations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, you can see what translations look like on your site\u2019s frontend and then edit them via <\/span><b>WPML\u2019s Advanced Translation Editor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need help translating your site, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/forums\/forum\/english-support\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WPML\u2019s support page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/getting-started-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting Started Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme is ready for translation, however, it does not have the multilingual feature. 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