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Hi WPML, is there a shortcode that you place into your posts and pages that takes the correct language (i.e. translation) and places it into the post/page? The reason is I have a lot of reoccurring text on my site. I thought this was string translation did but it seems not.
This is Sarah here. Can you please elaborate as to what exactly you are trying to do with the shortcode?
You wrote: "...a shortcode that you place into your posts and pages that takes the correct language (i.e. translation) and places it into the post/page"
You define a text somewhere, I don't know where it would fit best
id: myfavouritestring
en: This is my favourite string
de: Das ist mein Favoritstring
se: Det är min favoritsträng
Then you could use a shortcode in your post/pag like:
[get_string name="myfavouritestring"]
And it would pick the correct language automatically.
I hope I understood you correctly. If I did not please forgive me and correct me where necessary.
You will need to register such a shortcode yourself where you will define the string you want to output.
It will look like something like this:
/**
* Register string shortcode
*
* Usage in Post/Page content:
* default: [wpml-get-string string="my-string-id"]
*/
function wpml_return_string($atts){
global $OPTION;
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
"string" => '1'
), $atts));
switch($string){
case '1':
$output = __('String 1','your-theme-text-domain');
break;
case '2':
$output = __('String 2','your-theme-text-domain');
break;
case '3':
$output = __('String 3','your-theme-text-domain');
break;
}
return $output;
}
add_shortcode("wpml-get-string", "wpml_return_string");
Now when you scan your theme all the strings you will define in the shortcode will be registered under String Translation where you will be able to translate them.
Them when you call the shortcode in your post/page content you only need to define the number of the string you want to output.
You can extend the code so include as many or as few cases as you want.
Thanks for your answer. I placed the code into functions.php but the strings were not displayed in String Translations. The reason is probably that I could not register a text domain. How do I do that?
I would first check if your theme already registers a text domain. You can do this by searching inside your theme's template files for this function: "load_theme_textdomain" (without the quotes)
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I checked your site and you did quite well. All that was missing was to scan the theme for strings under "Theme and Plugins Localization".
I did this for you and as you can see now under String Translation: /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpml-string-translation/menu/string-translation.php&context=theme travelwaxer&status=0 the 3 strings you entered in your theme's functions.php file are there registered for translation.
All you have to do now is actually translate them 🙂
Hi again, thanks for your help. I can now see the strings in String translations, but unfortuanately I cannot see any of my translations when I add the shortcode (I just see "String 1")
[wpml-get-string string="1"]
You can try putting it in this post for instance: hidden link
By the way, I cannot find where you do the theme scanning?
As I mentioned in my previous comment, scanning the theme is done under "Theme and plugins localization" - see here: /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sitepress-multilingual-cms/menu/theme-localization.php
The translation should display as long as the strings are actually translated under "String Translation" - see here: hidden link
Currently, non of those strings are actually translated. - see attached screenshot.
P.S At some point (and especially if you are still having problems), you will want to update to the latest WPML versions. Both the core WPML plugins as well as its add-ons will need to be update.
