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While we’re working hard on WPML 1.7.0, I came across a thread in our forum, asking about multilingual support for e-commerce plugins (and an older thread here). It’s something that’s technically doable, but raises a good question – who’s going to pay the bill?
This kind of work isn’t simple. To make an e-commerce plugin multilingual, [...]

90% of WPML users run multilingual blogs and 10% use it with custom themes, using WordPress as CMS. What about all the great premium themes out there?
Turning themes multilingual is too much work
Premium WordPress themes are complex beasts. When folks purchase them, they’re ready to be used and provide tons of functionality.
This means you can [...]

WPML users had an excellent suggestion on making it easy to add new languages to existing sites.
The idea is you can add new languages to your site, but everything in those languages stays invisible (to visitors) until you’re done with the translations.
So, you can translate peacefully, without things looking half done or half-broken and then, [...]

The iStudio Canada team built teamcopd.ca for the Canadian Lung Association. He used WordPress as a content management system and WPML for both its multilingual and navigational capabilities.
Mike wrote the following post, which makes for great reading for anyone building full sites with WordPress and WPML.
When working on the development of TeamCOPD, I knew there [...]

On every release of WPML, we add new and cool features, fix bugs and… create new ones. This is very disturbing for us, as well as for the thousands who depend on WPML for their sites and we’ve decided to do something about it.
The next step in WPML development is to add a full test [...]

WPML is somewhat of a dual beast. It lets users translate their own sites and also offers professional translation. Today, I’d like to show how the professional translation works.
How WPML’s professional translation works

You write contents in your language.
WPML sends posts and pages to ICanLocalize for translation.
Translators work on ICanLocalize’s translation system.
WPML fetches the completed translations [...]

We’re finally ready with a first second testing version for WPML 1.3.0 – wpml_130_beta2.
New in WPML 1.3.0
This release is a result of 6 weeks of development. It’s packed with new features and bug fixes.
1. Much improved usability
The translation controls are now easier to use. Adding translations is done in a single click without having hoops [...]