Comments on: WordPress theme localization

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:52:16 +0000

Hi,
What values I need to put in the textdomain value.any value or specific.please guide me .I recieved messages file not found infront of all my all translations.

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:44:02 +0000

I was just having a problem but I found the answer myself while writing the question so I thought I’d share anyway.

I was following the steps above which are quite clear and well written.
Number (1) using echo seemed like a good way to go, and using the hybrid theme as a base for my custom theme there are already examples of how to code this, so I copied the code already in hybrid theme which was:

This string ‘Apologies, but no results were found.’ was already showing up in the WPML plugin management screen so I knew it was working correctly.
I then copied, pasted, and changed it

Then I searched the “string translation” tab in the WPML plugin management screen for ‘this is some test text’ but it didn’t show up, nor did it show up when I tried to export a .po file.

The answer was, I needed to get the plugin to rescan the files to pick up the new string ‘this is some test text’.

The rescan button is not in the “String Translation” tab. You need to go to the “Theme and Plugins Localization” tab and press “scan the theme for strings” after you have written all the _e calls into your custom theme. I hope this helps someone else. It might be kind to put it in the main article for others who might be at a similar low skill level as I.

My thanks to you

By: amir

amir — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:53:04 +0000

WordPress strips out PHP code. Anyway, this is not the right place for technical discussion. You're welcome to post it in our forum.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:38:54 +0000

why i can’t add a php code? i use code tag, but still it doesn’t appear

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:35:37 +0000

How can I add translation to this:

By: Pi-C

Pi-C — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:06:07 +0000

Darn it… I just see that somehow the string placeholders got swallowed in the previous posting! However, I just found another — more simple — example for the same mistake:

This should print

Posted in General

but what I get is

GeneralPosted in

So, any ideas anybody?

By: Pi-C

Pi-C — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:05:07 +0000

I have a major problem with the approach to translating texts with parameters: by This works alright for some functions. However, other functions place their output in front of the whole string, not at the position of the "%". For example, log in to post a comment.', 'wpml_theme'), get_option('siteurl'), the_permalink()); ?> results in something like this: http://URL/?p=676You have to log in to post a comment. Do you know what to do in such a case?

By: Chester Kuenzi

Chester Kuenzi — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:03:05 +0000

I am really curious if this would work as well with the new WordPress 3.0 that is going to be released this month. Have you tried it with the latest release candidate or do you have any info on that? Thank you.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:03:14 +0000

Hi, why, in line:
Name
you can use:

But there is no echo…
Please help.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:11:13 +0000

Ok, this seems to be the perfect solution for my theme !

But one question. Does it work for text administrable into the theme option ? WPML didn’t found me any strings.

Then, what is the correct way to translate (with gettext) the text directly in the code ?
For example : Search Property ?
Is it __(Search Property)

Thanks for your help !