I need more information on how to manage content in multilingual dynamic content. When having a content in All lanuages I cannot duplicate the excisiting items at all... Is it really required to do each item again separatelly in each language (7 languages) for each language? Aren't there any shortcuts?
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Rashida Rahman Staff
Hi there!
Thanks for reaching out.
If a dynamic content item is assigned to "All Languages", Joomla treats it as a shared/global item, so it cannot be duplicated into language-specific versions directly.
For multilingual sites, the recommended approach is to create separate items for each language and assign the appropriate language to each one. Unfortunately, there is no built-in shortcut that automatically creates all 7 translated versions at once.
However, you do not need to recreate everything from scratch manually each time. A quicker workflow would be:
- Duplicate the original item
- Change the Language field for the duplicated copy
- Translate only the text/content parts
- Repeat for the remaining languages
This is still much faster than rebuilding every item from scratch.
Also, if you are managing a large amount of multilingual content, you may consider using Joomla Associations so related items across languages stay connected.
Best regards,
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