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Last updated by dennisR-14 1 year, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Mihai Apetrei.

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April 23, 2023 at 7:21 pm #13523627

dennisR-14

Hi,

I've translated my website from English into Dutch and Spanish, but there is one part found on the home page and under services which I cannot find in the Advanced Text Editor or under string translation. It's a Qode Process element in Elementor.

Please see screenshot attached.

Thank you for advising me.

Screenshot 2023-04-23 at 21.13.44.jpg
April 23, 2023 at 7:27 pm #13523653

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

We had a client using the same Qode block here:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/split-how-to-translate-the-icon-with-text-widget-from-qode-bridge/

Please take a look at my colleague's recommendation as this is a custom widget.

Kind regards,
Mihai Apetrei

April 24, 2023 at 10:39 am #13526169

dennisR-14

Hi Mihai,

I've followed all the steps from the video about the custom widget and I've included a custom CSS under WPML -> Settings, but I still don't see the fields unfortunately.

This is the code entered in unserialize:

[{"id":"ecd32d5","elType":"section","settings":{"qode_parallax_speed":"0"},"elements":[{"id":"268617d","elType":"column","settings":{"_column_size":100,"_inline_size":null},"elements":[{"id":"213a03e","elType":"widget","settings":{"circles":[{"_id":"755bdc7","title":"test","text":"test"}]},"elements":[],"widgetType":"bridge_circles"}],"isInner":false}],"isInner":false}]

This is what unserialize provided:

Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[id] => ecd32d5
[elType] => section
[settings] => stdClass Object
(
[qode_parallax_speed] => 0
)

[elements] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[id] => 268617d
[elType] => column
[settings] => stdClass Object
(
[_column_size] => 100
[_inline_size] =>
)

[elements] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[id] => 213a03e
[elType] => widget
[settings] => stdClass Object
(
[circles] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[_id] => 755bdc7
[title] => test
[text] => test
)

)

)

[elements] => Array
(
)

[widgetType] => bridge_circles
)

)

[isInner] =>
)

)

[isInner] =>
)

)

The widget I am trying to add is "bridge_circles" and I've updated the custom CSS as follows:

<wpml-config>
<elementor-widgets>
<widget name="heading">
<conditions>
<condition key="widgetType">bridge_circles</condition>
</conditions>
<fields>
<field type="title" editor_type="LINE">title</field>
<field type="text" editor_type="AREA">text</field>
</fields>
</widget>
</elementor-widgets>
</wpml-config>

But the field still doesn't show up after resetting it to the Advanced Text Editor.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

April 25, 2023 at 9:36 pm #13537071

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

1. That code needs to be added in WPML > Settings > Custom XML configuration (you said something about "CSS", just trying to be sure that you added the code in the right place)

2. After you save the code, you need to make a small edit in the default language of that page, and then the translation will get into the "needs update" state. When you will re-open the translation, the fields should show up if the code is correct.

I never worked with this builder so I am not sure if the code you created is correct.

Please let me know how that goes and if it still doesn't show, I will have to take a deeper look.

Mihai

April 25, 2023 at 10:41 pm #13537235

dennisR-14

Hi Mihai,

1. Yes, I've added the code under WPML > Settings > Custom XML configuration.
2. Yes, I've made a small edit in the default language and still nothing when re-opening the translations.

April 27, 2023 at 10:18 pm #13553483

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Thank you for the update.

I see that you used the exact same "<widget name="heading">" as in our documentation so that might be wrong, the widget's name might be different (not sure what the developers of this plugin added as a name for that widget and how is it called).

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Mihai

April 29, 2023 at 7:49 pm #13561617

Mihai Apetrei
Supporter

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there and thank you for the update.

The developers should better support this plugin.

For these types of plugins where WPML compatibility is not a priority for the developers, the best option is to always use the manual translation method (https://wpml.org/documentation/translating-your-contents/using-different-translation-editors-for-different-pages/) and that will give you infinite freedom to edit/create the translation with the Elementor builder.

I think you made the best decision when you started to use Elementor for the translation, too, if you want to have full control over those types of blocks.