Since 1.6.1 the multilanguage options were changed in Joomla, now, if you want to use the Language Switcher, you are forced to have a Main Menu for each language, before, you could still use the maimenu from default and add the other items.
But this is not the main issue, creating another featured articles menu is quite an odyssey. First, you can’t create multiple ‘home’ menu and one must be set to ‘All’, which makes no sense. So you must create a new menu group for each language.
I thought I had it fixed and started to translate modules and assign articles by language.
But oh surprise… once you set languages to be used as Home, you realize a couple things, first, mainmenu is set as default by the template, and it seems you would have to duplicate the style to assign the second language.
Second, even if you force a language menu to be default, the featured item never shows up. The frontpage remains blank, no matter if you copied each and every variable set in the default mainmenu.
That’s why I’m wondering if it is simply impossible to work with multilingual sites and joomlart templates.
Wouldn’t mind duplicating the template to set another language, but what about the content, why is it that the featured items are not shown?
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Thanks you very much to contact us about this problem, can you send me admin account and url via pm ? i want to have a close look on this issue to detect the problem.
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Unfortunately, it is a localhost test site using the quickstart installation. Found out that the featured content is not shown because the Category this one was assigned on was disabled. Once enabled, it works.
Now, in terms of using the language switcher, here is a tutorial, I’m trying to follow, another ‘work around’ might be use the mainmenu as in minisite, with an image, then assign menu items per language, at least i’m testing that right now.
I have also same problem with JA Telin IV. I could not find a way to prevent template default style from using “allmenu”. From technical stuff I got this advice:
“You should disable menu of template, then use other menu modules to that position.
Please go to templatesja_teline_ivblocks, open topmega.php file
Change this code section:
<div id=”ja-topnav” class=”clearfix”>
<?php if (($topmenu)) $topmenu->genMenu (); ?>
</div>
to
<div id=”ja-topnav” class=”clearfix”>
<jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”your position” />
</div>
Then you can create some menu modules and assign them to this position following your language.”
It makes sense but it did not work for me. Try it, if it works I would be glad if you share how did you solve it.
Another possible solution for teline IV ( I do not do you have this option in teline) is to assign pages certain styles in which you can choose menus. You cn assign pages in template profile. (In right column of settings). But this solution seems some sketchy because you are not using any menu module and it may create some other problems in the site.
If I found a solution I’ll share it, pls do the same…
Forget about menu modules and all online multilangual tutorials for joomla 1.6 Assign your menu items to template styles in which you choose appropriate language menu. In attached pics you can see my template screen shot. It will be helpfull I hope…
I also supposed that I will need to assign all articles but it is not 🙂
Since you assign all categories to some menu items in menu management, articles shows up the menu assigned to its own category. Try it you will see it works…
<em>@markusthiel 250224 wrote:</em><blockquote>The bugfix for duplicate templates will be released next week so I´ll wait for that version of the plugin :)</blockquote>
An how will that help us all? :p
markusthiel 13 years, 2 months ago.
