Archive for June, 2011

We’re ready with another release of WPML, all dedicated to bug-crushing. This time, there are no new features at all. However, we did manage to trace and fix several annoying bugs which have been around for a long time. Most issues revolve around categories, tags and custom taxonomy. Most users would not be aware of [...]

Back in the days when WordPress introduced plugins and themes, a centralized repository was the best thing imaginable. However, the WordPress ecosystem has evolved and a single repository no longer fills all needs. Is it time to open the doors for commercial repositories? Today, many quality themes are commercial. Plugins are following this path. What [...]

We want our visitors to link to us and share our links with others. However, WordPress often generates very long URLs which are difficult to share. I’ll show you how to produce short and unbreakable URLs. Have a look at this page: http://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/ The URL takes 68 characters. This is the Chinese translation: http://wpml.org/zh-hans/documentation-4/%E5%85%A5%E9%97%A8%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97/%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E8%AE%BE%E7%BD%AE/ That’s [...]

We just released WPML 2.3.2. This new version is all about simplifying the things that you already did with WPML and ironing out issues that you reported in the past two weeks. First, a quick announcement. WPML 2.3.1 was out last night. It had faulty interaction with several other plugins, causing crashes. We identified the [...]

The Visual Editor in WordPress is great, but often, when we need to do some group-thinking, we turn to Google Docs. Wouldn’t it be great if these two got connected? Large sites have teams of writers and editors. When these sites are multilingual, they also have translators and proofreaders. Right now, WordPress has no real [...]

We’re ready with a first beta of WPML 2.3.1. This version improves usability and makes your multilingual administration easier and more fun. In WPML 2.3.0, we added some major new features. This release just makes them easier to use and more intuitive. It’s not yet ready for production sites, but you’re welcome to use on [...]

This has nothing to do with WPML, but I’m sure you’ll still like it. When I noticed what’s happening, I hardly believed it. Tried again and it really works. Chrome recognizes WordPress sites and uses their search feature! Here’s a video that shows how it works: This is what I’m doing: In Chrome, go to [...]

Right-to-Left languages pose a special challenge. Luckily, WordPress goes a long way to reduce the pain. We’ll show you how to create a perfectly functional RTL site, based on the default TwentyTen theme. When you create a multilingual RTL / LTR site, you need to address two issues: Editing / translation Display The first part, [...]

The Admin content-language switcher in WPML 2.3.0 allows creating different sidebars per language using Woo’s Sidebar Manager. See how it works. The Sidebar Manager in Woo Framework is a great example for using the new Admin content-language switcher in WPML 2.3.0. It lists pages, categories and templates and lets users create special sidebars that display [...]