About the project<\/h2>\n![\"www.ceremonietea.co.il:](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ceremonia-tea-project-300x269.jpg\")
<\/a>www.ceremonietea.co.il: a multilingual site with WooCommerce store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nwww.ceremonietea.co.il<\/a><\/p>\nThe site ceremonietea.co.il is a Hebrew\u2013English eCommerce site created for a client, the owner of a company called Ceremonie Tea. Currently, 45 products are being sold via the site.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWhat were the reasons for creating an online store<\/h3>\n
The tea provided by Ceremonie Tea is normally sold in their stationery stores. However, the company wanted to give their customers the option to buy online, particularly those who could not buy the products in the traditional way. <\/p>\n
What were the reasons for making the store bilingual<\/h3>\n
Hebrew is the language of Israel, whereas English is an international language. In making the site bilingual, the company aimed to reach more foreign customers. Moreover, by having the store set and tested for handling two basic languages, the client could easily handle the task of extending the site\u2019s functionality to accommodate additional languages in the future. <\/p>\n
What were the challenges to the project<\/h3>\n\n- Right-to-left (RTL) language support <\/dt>\n
- Hebrew, the main language of Yardena\u2019s project site, is an example of an RTL language, in which writing starts from the right of the page and continues to the left. The second language used in the site is English, which is a left-to-right language. In building a website dealing with these two ways of writing, you have to keep Right-to-Left_Language_Support<\/a> in mind. <\/dd>\n
- A user-friendly interface for product translations<\/dt>\n
- English is the mother tongue of the site owners, and consequently, dealing with product translations is easy for them. The only challenge here was in providing a friendly WordPress interface to manage translations in different languages. <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
About the site maker<\/h2>\n
![\"Yardena](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/yardena-site-maker-241x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Yardena Epstein, the Ceremonie Tea site maker<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nYardena Epstein<\/strong> creates WordPress sites with Premium Templates for small businesses. She has built about 30 sites in the last three years. Before getting into WordPress, she coded HTML for 10 years at a web design company. <\/p>\nWhat Yardena says about herself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\u201cI am neither a graphic artist nor a \u2018real\u2019 programmer. This is why the system of building WordPress sites based on ready-to-use templates has been a perfect opportunity for me. WordPress, templates, and plugins become increasingly sophisticated and awesome each year.<\/p>\n
I have really found a great niche in building small websites for small businesses. In the past, only \u2018real\u2019 companies\/organizations created websites, and they used \u2018real\u2019 website developing companies to build such website. At present, every \u2018one-man show\u2019 small business needs a website, and they need a \u2018one-man show\u2019 to build it, and that\u2019s me!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You can read more about Yardena and see the other websites she built with WordPress by visiting her site: http:\/\/www.yardenasweb.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuilding an online store: What solutions were chosen<\/h2>\n
For the Ceremonie Tea project, Yardena chose the following WordPress solutions:<\/p>\n
\n- WooCommerce<\/a>, to deal with eCommerce issues<\/li>\n
- WPML<\/a>, to make the entire site multilingual<\/li>\n
- WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin<\/a>, to handle product translation management <\/li>\n
- Avada theme<\/a>, to minimize the custom work to be done to meet the project\u2019s special requirements (RTL support and product presentation, including product reviews and related products viewing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
At this point, let\u2019s have a closer look to see why she decided to choose such solutions.<\/p>\n
Why WooCommerce<\/h3>\n
![\"ceremonietea.co.il](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/woo-commerce-store-300x162.jpg\")
<\/a>ceremonietea.co.il built with WooCommerce: back-end view<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe WooCommerce plugin is one the most frequently chosen solutions<\/strong> by WordPress users to extend their site with eCommerce functionality. It is free, and so far, it has been downloaded more than two and a half million times from the WordPress repository. <\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhy WPML<\/h3>\n![\"ceremonietea.co.il](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/wpml-strings-avada-300x163.jpg\")
<\/a>ceremonietea.co.il back-end view: string translations made with WPML<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYardena learned about WPML from the LinkedIn WordPress Experts Group. If one is making a multilingual website, WPML is the only go-to plugin to use. <\/p>\n
\nYardena lives in Israel, and consequently, many of her clients want a Hebrew\u2013English site. She has built many small business websites with WPML. Ceremonie Tea was her first eCommerce site built with WPML.<\/p>\n
How Yardena learned WPML<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\u201cI mostly learned WPML from just installing it and finding my way around. As I mentioned, I am not a real programmer, so I need things to be intuitive as I try to stick with default settings. When elements don\u2019t work as they should, I would email support to get help.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WooCommerce + WPML = WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce<\/h3>\n
To ensure full support for the multilingual eCommerce WordPress site based on WooCommerce, you have to install the WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin. <\/p>\n
This is a dedicated plugin for WooCommerce product translation management created by WPML makers. The plugin is free and can be downloaded from the WordPress repository.<\/p>\n![\"Woo](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/woo-commerce-multilingual-plugin-300x203.jpg\")
<\/a>Woo Commerce Multilingual is a free plugin created by WPML developers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"WooCommerce](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/woocommerce-mulitilingual-plugin-ceremonietea-300x203.jpg\")
<\/a>WooCommerce Mulitilingual plugin in ceremonietea.co.li site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nHow the plugin helped Yardena translate the products<\/strong><\/p>\nBy using the WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin, all product-related information could be handled easily, including:<\/p>\n
\n- single product information (compare pictures below)<\/li>\n
- product category translations<\/li>\n
- product tag translations<\/li>\n
- product attributes translation (e.g., bag weight)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"A](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/single-product-hebrew-300x292.jpg\")
<\/a>A single product page in Hebrew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"A](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/single-product-english-300x289.jpg\")
<\/a>A single product page in English<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nEven the tag archive pages<\/a> for viewing the products are fully available in both languages: English and Hebrew. <\/p>\nThe WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin also supports dealing with different currencies<\/a>. As Ceremonie Tea currently only ships within Israel, the prices appear in NIS only.<\/p>\nAvada theme<\/h3>\n
The site was based on Avada theme customized by Yardena to meet her customer\u2019s needs. <\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/avada-wpml-ready.jpg\")
<\/a>The Avada, a WPML compatible theme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/avada-custom.jpg\")
<\/a>The Avada theme customized for the Ceremonie Tea site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nYardena says that she started using the Avada theme months ago and continues to use it for most of her sites for the following reasons:<\/p>\n
\n- Great design and multiplicity of built-in options<\/dt>\n
- Yardena says that the Avada theme looks sophisticated and offers various customization options and great support. She used to give her clients a choice of themes, but then decided against it because, as she says, \u201cAvada has it all. No need to look at others.\u201d<\/dd>\n
- WPML support<\/dt>\n
- The Avada theme was certified to be \u201cmultilingual ready\u201d with the WPML Go global program<\/a>.<\/dd>\n
- WooCommerce support<\/dt>\n
- If a theme is WooCommerce ready, then the majority of your work as a WordPress developer has already been done for you. You don\u2019t have to add any custom CSS to make your product pages fit your main site design. <\/dd>\n
- RTL support<\/dt>\n
- The most important reason Yardena used the Avada theme was its support for RTL languages, which is necessary for her Hebrew sites. Yardena comments: \u201cLast summer, when Avada came out with RTL support, that meant I was finally going to be able to create a Hebrew (RTL Language)\/English-WPML-WooCommerce site. Avada has it all in one.\u201d<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
What was the most difficult part of building a multilingual eCommerce site?<\/h2>\n
In combining themes, such as WPML and WooCommerce, the biggest challenge is in understanding the systems to overcome problems that may come up. In Yardena\u2019s case, she had to know which support forum to turn to for help:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMost of the time, I got it right, but I had situations where I was back and forth with WPML about an issue for a week, and then it hit me that the issue was a WooCommerce issue. Thus, I wrote to WooCommerce, and they quickly helped me resolve the issue. <\/p>\n
It is challenging that support forums (WooCommerce, WPML, and Avada) don\u2019t have the same insight I have using all three systems together. This gap gives a lot of stress to a non-programmer like me,\u201d she adds with a smile<\/strong>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAmir, the CTO of OnTheGoSystems comments:<\/p>\n
![\"www.ceremonietea.co.il:](\"http:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ceremonia-tea-project.jpg\")
<\/a>www.ceremonietea.co.il<\/a><\/p>\n The site ceremonietea.co.il is a Hebrew\u2013English eCommerce site created for a client, the owner of a company called Ceremonie Tea. Currently, 45 products are being sold via the site.<\/p>\n The tea provided by Ceremonie Tea is normally sold in their stationery stores. However, the company wanted to give their customers the option to buy online, particularly those who could not buy the products in the traditional way. <\/p>\n Hebrew is the language of Israel, whereas English is an international language. In making the site bilingual, the company aimed to reach more foreign customers. Moreover, by having the store set and tested for handling two basic languages, the client could easily handle the task of extending the site\u2019s functionality to accommodate additional languages in the future. <\/p>\n What Yardena says about herself<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\u201cI am neither a graphic artist nor a \u2018real\u2019 programmer. This is why the system of building WordPress sites based on ready-to-use templates has been a perfect opportunity for me. WordPress, templates, and plugins become increasingly sophisticated and awesome each year.<\/p>\n I have really found a great niche in building small websites for small businesses. In the past, only \u2018real\u2019 companies\/organizations created websites, and they used \u2018real\u2019 website developing companies to build such website. At present, every \u2018one-man show\u2019 small business needs a website, and they need a \u2018one-man show\u2019 to build it, and that\u2019s me!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You can read more about Yardena and see the other websites she built with WordPress by visiting her site: http:\/\/www.yardenasweb.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the Ceremonie Tea project, Yardena chose the following WordPress solutions:<\/p>\n At this point, let\u2019s have a closer look to see why she decided to choose such solutions.<\/p>\n Yardena learned about WPML from the LinkedIn WordPress Experts Group. If one is making a multilingual website, WPML is the only go-to plugin to use. <\/p>\n \nYardena lives in Israel, and consequently, many of her clients want a Hebrew\u2013English site. She has built many small business websites with WPML. Ceremonie Tea was her first eCommerce site built with WPML.<\/p>\n How Yardena learned WPML<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\u201cI mostly learned WPML from just installing it and finding my way around. As I mentioned, I am not a real programmer, so I need things to be intuitive as I try to stick with default settings. When elements don\u2019t work as they should, I would email support to get help.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n To ensure full support for the multilingual eCommerce WordPress site based on WooCommerce, you have to install the WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin. <\/p>\n This is a dedicated plugin for WooCommerce product translation management created by WPML makers. The plugin is free and can be downloaded from the WordPress repository.<\/p>\n How the plugin helped Yardena translate the products<\/strong><\/p>\n By using the WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin, all product-related information could be handled easily, including:<\/p>\n Even the tag archive pages<\/a> for viewing the products are fully available in both languages: English and Hebrew. <\/p>\n The WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce plugin also supports dealing with different currencies<\/a>. As Ceremonie Tea currently only ships within Israel, the prices appear in NIS only.<\/p>\n The site was based on Avada theme customized by Yardena to meet her customer\u2019s needs. <\/p>\n Yardena says that she started using the Avada theme months ago and continues to use it for most of her sites for the following reasons:<\/p>\n In combining themes, such as WPML and WooCommerce, the biggest challenge is in understanding the systems to overcome problems that may come up. In Yardena\u2019s case, she had to know which support forum to turn to for help:<\/p>\n \n\u201cMost of the time, I got it right, but I had situations where I was back and forth with WPML about an issue for a week, and then it hit me that the issue was a WooCommerce issue. Thus, I wrote to WooCommerce, and they quickly helped me resolve the issue. <\/p>\n It is challenging that support forums (WooCommerce, WPML, and Avada) don\u2019t have the same insight I have using all three systems together. This gap gives a lot of stress to a non-programmer like me,\u201d she adds with a smile<\/strong>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Amir, the CTO of OnTheGoSystems comments:<\/p>\nWhat were the reasons for creating an online store<\/h3>\n
What were the reasons for making the store bilingual<\/h3>\n
What were the challenges to the project<\/h3>\n
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About the site maker<\/h2>\n
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\nYardena Epstein<\/strong> creates WordPress sites with Premium Templates for small businesses. She has built about 30 sites in the last three years. Before getting into WordPress, she coded HTML for 10 years at a web design company. <\/p>\nBuilding an online store: What solutions were chosen<\/h2>\n
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Why WooCommerce<\/h3>\n
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\nThe WooCommerce plugin is one the most frequently chosen solutions<\/strong> by WordPress users to extend their site with eCommerce functionality. It is free, and so far, it has been downloaded more than two and a half million times from the WordPress repository. <\/p>\nWhy WPML<\/h3>\n
<\/a>WooCommerce + WPML = WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/a>Avada theme<\/h3>\n
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What was the most difficult part of building a multilingual eCommerce site?<\/h2>\n