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#640266

Hello guys, I really need your help here, so thanks in advance.

I’m building my first multilingual site in Joomla, and I’m very confused. I’ve followed tutorials, watched videos and such, and I don’t get it to work properly.

So,

-What do I need?

I need to make itgschile.cl site bilingual (spanish default, english optional).

-What do I have?

I have demo site up and running, demo contents untouched. I have two menus created, one for each language. Language selector is published. Language filter is enabled. Language contents are defined. Both languages are installed properly. Separate layouts for each language are created -Megamenu required-.

-What are the issues?

First, I’m confused because Joomlart doesn’t have -or I couldn’t find it- precise material for multilingual sites WITH Megamenu. Megamenu works different from Joomla standard regarding to multilingual sites, so bottom line I don’t really know what I’m doing and that really bothers me. >:(

Second, although I’ve followed some tutorial steps, Language selector does not show up, so I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or if there is something wrong with the template. :((

Sorry to have started a new thread, but I needed to send the user and pass to admins, and I needed to fully explain my situation. I think some other users like me may benefit from this thread. That’s what I want.

BIG THANKS TO ALL.

[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#645095

Hi

As you can see from your website now , it is correctly showing 2 menus , 1 for English and 1 for Spanish .

I simply assigned the correct language as default language to the Home of the respective language menu and made a new menu assigning it for ALL languages

It is more simple than explanations can be

If you have any doubt about it you can ask , we will answer to your questions

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[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#743720

Hi

As you can see from your website now , it is correctly showing 2 menus , 1 for English and 1 for Spanish .

I simply assigned the correct language as default language to the Home of the respective language menu and made a new menu assigning it for ALL languages

It is more simple than explanations can be

If you have any doubt about it you can ask , we will answer to your questions

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1. rabarrig

[rabarrig Friend rabarrigJoin date: March 2015Posts: 87Downloads:12Uploads:10 Thanks: 16 Thanked: 5 times in 2 posts]

#645099

THANK YOU PAVIT

It is working properly now. I can start filling up the site with contents now!

I still have doubts though. Just for knowledge sake.

Why is that third menu needed?

Is there a way to show the active language? Why active language flag dissapears? Should I check CSS?

Is my template / megamenu correct? I mean, is that the right way to do it or all that “duplicate template” fuzz is unnecesary?

Is there a chance that you as a team could create a clearer tutorial related to multilingual sites and Megamenu? Please take that as a suggestion, because I had a hard time finding information about it.

Again, thanks a lot. Thanks for your help and good will.

Regards,

[rabarrig Friend rabarrigJoin date: March 2015Posts: 87Downloads:12Uploads:10 Thanks: 16 Thanked: 5 times in 2 posts]

#743724

THANK YOU PAVIT

It is working properly now. I can start filling up the site with contents now!

I still have doubts though. Just for knowledge sake.

Why is that third menu needed?

Is there a way to show the active language? Why active language flag dissapears? Should I check CSS?

Is my template / megamenu correct? I mean, is that the right way to do it or all that “duplicate template” fuzz is unnecesary?

Is there a chance that you as a team could create a clearer tutorial related to multilingual sites and Megamenu? Please take that as a suggestion, because I had a hard time finding information about it.

Again, thanks a lot. Thanks for your help and good will.

Regards,

[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#645104

Hi

<blockquote>Why is that third menu needed?</blockquote>

This is Joomla setting configuration , a mainmenu for ALL language is mandatory in configuration

<blockquote>Is there a way to show the active language? Why active language flag dissapears? Should I check CSS?</blockquote>

No you can change it from Language Switcher Module settings

<blockquote>Is my template / megamenu correct? I mean, is that the right way to do it or all that “duplicate template” fuzz is unnecesary?</blockquote>

Yes it is correct , template duplicate is needed to switch the template for the assigned language in this way page can show the mainmenu associated to the template from settings , (in each template you can assign a different language menu ).

<blockquote>Is there a chance that you as a team could create a clearer tutorial related to multilingual sites and Megamenu?</blockquote>

There are already a lot of video and text guides about multilanguages configurations , here nothing is changed T3 only requires to create a new template for each language menu item and assign to the template the respective language mainmenu . you can find a lot of threads about this on Joomlart forums

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[pavit Moderator pavitJoin date: September 2007Posts: 15749Downloads:199Uploads:2274 Thanks: 417 Thanked: 4028 times in 3778 posts]

#743729

Hi

<blockquote>Why is that third menu needed?</blockquote>

This is Joomla setting configuration , a mainmenu for ALL language is mandatory in configuration

<blockquote>Is there a way to show the active language? Why active language flag dissapears? Should I check CSS?</blockquote>

No you can change it from Language Switcher Module settings

<blockquote>Is my template / megamenu correct? I mean, is that the right way to do it or all that “duplicate template” fuzz is unnecesary?</blockquote>

Yes it is correct , template duplicate is needed to switch the template for the assigned language in this way page can show the mainmenu associated to the template from settings , (in each template you can assign a different language menu ).

<blockquote>Is there a chance that you as a team could create a clearer tutorial related to multilingual sites and Megamenu?</blockquote>

There are already a lot of video and text guides about multilanguages configurations , here nothing is changed T3 only requires to create a new template for each language menu item and assign to the template the respective language mainmenu . you can find a lot of threads about this on Joomlart forums

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1. rabarrig

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#645178

Thanks for yout time and clear answers, Pavit. You’ve given me tremendous help and advice.

Thanks to all Joomlart crew too for these amazing templates and good reference material.

Good day!

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