- #Joomla language switcher two menus how to#
- #Joomla language switcher two menus install#
Open the front page of your site and try using the language switcher to check how the both versions work.Do the same for the rest of the modules that have “yes” under Display, then click Save.Home for eng and Home for pt) and click Save and Close. Click each module which has “yes” under Display and in the Menu Assignment select the two menu tabs you added (i.e. Your new Home menus should have the same modules assigned to them if you want your mulingual versions of the site to look correctly.Now go to Menus -> Main menu -> Home -> Module Assignment for this Menu Item and check Hide Unassigned Modules.Disable the Superfish menu for all languages.If its Portuguese, the settings should be as follows: Repeat the same to create a menu module for the new language.Under Menu Assignment: select Only on pages Selected in the Module Assignment drop-down box, then click Select None and check Home Eng under Main Menu eng Under Options: in the Select Menudrop-down select Main Menu eng (the one you created in 19) to Superfish Menu Eng), change the Status to Published, in the Language drop-down select English (UK)
For English, under Details: you are going to change the Name (e.g. Superfish Menu (the name depends on your template).
Find the module used for the top menu, e.g. Now you need to duplicate the top menu module for English and the language you added. If everything is done properly, under Menu you will see flag icons added to the main menus. This can be done any time later, so for now you can just leave it as is). The new category needs to have articles in the new language added to it. If you don’t, go to Content -> category manager and create it. (Only in this case under Advanced Options you will also need to click Select Categories and select the category for the new language : for instance, if its set to a category “Home”, you need to have another “Home” for the new language. Repeat steps 22- 23 for your new language. For example, for English under the Details tab you should change the Menu Title, the Alias, change the Status to Published, select the Main Menu English you created in the Menu Location drop-down, change the Default Page to Yes, in the Language drop-down select English (UK). Under “MessageMenu item successfully saved” you need to change the fields for the new languages. You can go to Menus -> Main Menu for Eng -> Add New to add the menu, but the easiest way would be to just duplicate the exiting menus by going to Menus -> Main Menu -> select the default menu tab like Home and click Save as Copy Now you need to add new menu tabs to each of the main menus based on those already added to the default Main Menu. Go to Menus -> Menu Manager -> Add New Menu again and enter the necessary fields for your new language (e.g. Enter all necessary fields for the English language and click Save and Close. Go to Menus -> Menu Manager -> Add New Menu 
For example, if you have the Main Menu with the default menu item, you are going to use it for all languages, and additionally you will need to create two more Main Menus for English and the new language you have just installed. Check, which of your menus is set to be the default menu (has a home icon). That is, if you have English and Portuguese installed, you will have to create menus both for English and Portuguese.
Now you need to create a menu for every installed language and leave one additional for both languages. Enter the module name, make sure its set to published, select its position and click Save. To create a language switcher, go to Extensions -> Module Manager. Look for one called System – > Language Filter and enable it. You will see a message saying "Content Language successfully saved" For example, for Portuguese the fields should be filled in this way Create a new content language with unique parameters. Wait till you get a message saying the new language’s been installed successfully. ‘Portuguese’) in the Search field and click the magnify glass icon. Enter the language name you want to install (e.g.Log into your Joomla admin panel and go to Extensions -> Extension Manager.
This tutorial is going to show you how to configure a multi-language site based on Joomla 3.x.
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