In those detailed tutorials, we’ll follow a few steps to create a multilingual Joomla site.
Good to know:
- Translating your Joomla site into different languages gives you a chance to start ranking in Google for queries in new languages.
- A multilingual website serves the same content in multiple languages. The webmaster has full control over what content will be translated.
- Most extensions are translation-ready. However, they may not have translations for all languages, or some phrases are hard-coded.
Useful video guides:
The most important tips:
- Before you start, install the needed languages in Joomla and prepare professional translations.
- All articles, k2 items, modules, and Pages (SPPB) can be assigned to different, selected languages.
- If you have a Multilingual Site, an off-canvas (mobile) menu also should be prepared for each language.
- About Mobile Menu - remember to assign Menu modules in "offcanvas" position for each language.
- Don't use fonts that aren’t international, It’s an easy one to forget, but make sure you choose a font that displays special characters. French accents (like this: é) can totally change the meaning and pronunciation of a word, so they’re important to include and get right!
- It would be a good idea to first test your skills on a test site and verify that everything works correctly before you start making changes on the production website.
- And once you’ve translated your site, you can add and display a language switcher module.