Hello Otto,
apologies mate but i have another string i cant find in hidden link, can you assist again?
the string is the week days: hidden link , i actually translated the days but it seems that not all strings are translated and i cant find the rest.
in addition, can you tell me how do i update the plugin, from what i see it will make my life easier in translating listings 🙂
cheers,
Yaron
You can update WPML automatically if you registered the site going to Plugins > Add New > Commercial (tab).
Or you can update it manually, following these steps
-Deactivate all WPML plugins.
-Login via FTP to your wp-content/plugins/ folder.
-Delete all WPML folders.
-Go to http://wpml.org/my-account/downloads/ and download the latest WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin, then extract it.
-Upload the plugin via FTP to wp-content/plugins/ folder.
(alternatively you could upload the .zip folder using Dashboard > Plugins > new > upload)
-Activate the WPML plugin via WP Dashboard > plugins
-Complete the setup, if needed
-Register WPML for your site (at the end of setup, click on “generate key” button)
-Navigate to Dashboard > Plugins and locate WPML Multilingual CMS
-Click on the blue link that says “Registered”
-Download and activate all needed WPML AdOn Plugins
In both cases:
❌ Before proceeding please make a full website backup! ❌
And yes, the new show without duplicating feature may help. But take into account that it falls back to the default language, not the original language of the listing.
So, if your site has EN (default) and IL. And you create a listing in EN, it will show in IL. But if you create a listing in IL, it won't show in EN. When there is no translation, it falls back to the site's default language post.
Regarding the days' strings. Where are they coming from? Is that a widget? From the theme? Do you have the chance to edit them in the theme options?
Hi Otto,
thanks for the detailed explanation, i have updated the plugin (used the auto method).
understood about the translation issue, it OK i think because i only create pages in EN (default) first and only afterwards translate it into HE lang.
the days are not edited in the theme options, its a part of the listing page and add the open-close hrs (open days) directly from the listing back office, for example: hidden link (hope this helps)
regards,
yaron
So, those strings (days) should be part of the theme or listing plugin.
If you haven't done this before:
1. Go under “WPML -> Theme and plugins localization”
2. Make sure that “Translate the theme and plugins using WPML's String Translation” is active
3. Scroll down to “Strings in the theme” and click on “Scan the theme for strings”
4. Scroll down to “Strings in the plugins”, select the plugin you want to scan and click on “Scan the selected plugins for strings”
5. Once you followed the above steps go under “WPML -> String Translation”. All strings available for translation should display in the table you see there.
If this does not help, I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to take a better look at the issue. It would be better to a testing site where the issue is replicated.
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.
Maybe I'll need to replicate your site locally. For this, I’ll need to temporarily install a plugin called “Duplicator” on your site. This will allow me to create a copy of your site and your content. Once the problem is resolved I will delete the local site. Let me know if this is ok for you.
** IMPORTANT **
- Please make a backup of site files and database before providing us access.
- If you do not see the wp-admin/FTP fields this means your post & website login details will be made PUBLIC. DO NOT post your website details unless you see the required wp-admin/FTP fields. If you do not, please ask me to enable the private box. The private box looks like this:
Otto is on vacation this week so I'll be covering for him.
I downloaded a copy of your plugins and theme test locally and I was able to reproduce the issue. Unfortunately, there's no easy way around it due to how the plugin stores the data for the listings.
It stores all values in the "listing settings" section of each listing in as a single serialized array. That means we cannot easily "pick out" individual words and translate them.
Unfortunately, that requires custom programming work which is beyond the scope of our support. At this point I would suggest you consider contacting one of our certified partners from this link: http://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-contractors/
Hello Ricardo,
thank you for your reply.
excuse me but i don't understand...the bordered segment is translated but the below part is not able to be translated? hidden link
how can this be possible?
let me know how can we resolve this
regards,
yaron
The text outlined in your image is part of a theme/plugin file string. The other text, the business hours is not. It's part of a plugin option that's stored in as an array in a database table. The wp_postmeta table to be specific. See the attached image.
However, that only works if the values are stored in the wp_options table. If you are using another table (such as the wp_postmeta table in this case), for string translation, these need to be registered in WPML’s string table.
To do this, you need to use icl_register_string() function
icl_register_string($context, $name, $value)
$context – the name of the plugin, in a human-readable format
$name – the name of the string which helps the user (or translator) understand what’s being translated.
$value – the string that needs to be translated.
Hello Ricardo,
thank you so much for your reply.
i have taken a look at the documentation provided and i have to say, its pretty tricky for me, my technical knowledge is limited and i'm afraid to mess up my site.
can you do this for me? you have access to my site and for ftp
thanks in advance
Yaron
Hi Ricardo,
thank you for your assistance, however if its OK with you pls send this ticket back to Otto since he is familiar with my site and theme and had been successful in solving these kind of issues
thanks in advance
Yaron
I took a deep look at the ticket and I must say that Ricardo did a great job here to found the root of the problem.
In the other issues you had, I was able to fix them because they were configuration issues that depended on WPML.
This issue is much more complex and depends on the plugin's code.
In order to solve it, we need to contact and cooperate with the author (it is not just on us).
Of course, we are willing to do it but take into account that it may take some time. If we find a workaround, we will be happy to provide it, but that depends on the findings of our compatibility team.
We are going to escalate the issue to them, they will check, and contact the author if necessary.
Just want you to have clear expectations about the resolution time.
thanks Otto,
i appreciate you looking at this... well i have so many issues...in order to make the theme compatible.
pls let me know if they dont answer and i'll also open a ticket on my end.
in addition... i have some more small issues i want to bring to your attention...i guess i will open a ticket shortly (sorry for that lol)
regards,
yaron
