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Last updated by Andrey 12 months ago.

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July 8, 2024 at 1:35 pm #15913510

richardB-12

Hi Andrey,

managed to get the menu working, however when translating pages the translations of buttons and texts do not take effect on the front-end.

Please see the video explaining the situation:
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Hopefully you can help me out once more, thanks in advance.!

July 8, 2024 at 1:40 pm #15913533

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Thank you for sharing the video. Have you tried the following?

1) Go to the original page, modify it a bit, and update it

2) Navigate to the WPML translation editor and complete the translation

If there is still an issue, please let me know what widget you used to add this text to the page. Is this a standard widget of Elementor?

July 8, 2024 at 2:05 pm #15913832

richardB-12

Hi Andrey.

I've followed your instructions however the page does still not translate as supposed to.
The blocks used on the page are standard Elementor Text / WYSIWYG block and elementor-button block

July 8, 2024 at 2:39 pm #15914096

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

I need to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site – preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible – in order to be of better help. You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it.

July 9, 2024 at 3:27 pm #15921750

richardB-12

Hello Andrey,

I've also managed to get FTP access. Please let me send another private message so i can share this with you.

Also curious to see what is causing the problem. Let me know. Thanks in advance.

July 9, 2024 at 7:28 pm #15922905

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Thank you for sharing the information. I understand what the issue is. It seems you haven't installed the required WPML String Translation. After installing it, please update the page translation: make a slight modification to the original page, save it, go to the WPML translation editor, and complete the translation.

https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/elementor/#required-plugins

July 10, 2024 at 8:34 am #15926538

richardB-12

Hi Andrey,

I've managed to get the translations working. Currently trying to translate my header/footer from elementor aswell. Unfortunately when following your tutorial on:

https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/elementor/#translate-elementor-templates

I do not see any templates appear in my back-end. How can i translate my header and footer? See screenshot for what i see when selecting templates in translation management.

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July 10, 2024 at 8:47 am #15926633
richardB-12

Hi Andrey.

I've also ran into another problem regarding the header and footer translations.
When switching from madunia.es to madunia.es/es/ the header layout breaks for no apparent reason.

See the attached screenshot.

New threads created by Andrey and linked to this one are listed below:

https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-when-switching-the-header-layout-breaks-for-no-apparent-reason/

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July 10, 2024 at 12:41 pm #15928131

Andrey
WPML Supporter since 06/2013

Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

I've managed to get the translations working. Currently trying to translate my header/footer from elementor aswell. Unfortunately when following your tutorial on:

https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/elementor/#translate-elementor-templates

I do not see any templates appear in my back-end. How can i translate my header and footer? See screenshot for what i see when selecting templates in translation management.

You can try to go to Templates → Saved Templates → All and translate templates from there. But make sure to update the page translation first since you didn't have PML String Translation installed. To update the page translation: make a slight modification to the original page, save it, go to the WPML translation editor, and complete the translation.

I've also ran into another problem regarding the header and footer translations.
When switching from madunia.es to madunia.es/es/ the header layout breaks for no apparent reason.

I opened a new ticket to answer your new question. This will also help other users with similar problems find solutions when searching the forum.

https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-when-switching-the-header-layout-breaks-for-no-apparent-reason/