[Resolved] Links not working correctly in translated content

Simply fix the link target on the translation editor. No matter if page permalink or global layout.

I'm speaking about the translation editor, not Divi Editor. Let me explain the issue again to be sure it's 100% clear :).

You added an XML-config for the blurbs so that you can translate the URL target yourself. So the automatic translation translated the words now without any context and caused this chaos. We mentioned this here for strings. This is quite the same as what happens now for you: https://wpml.org/de/changelog/2021/07/wpml-4-5-beta-translate-everything-workflow/

This feature translates pages, posts, custom post types, custom fields, taxonomies, WooCommerce products, and more. Smaller texts like strings, menus, widgets, and form fields still need to be translated using String Translation. This is because there usually isn't enough context for automatic translation to translate them effectively.

So basically, your pages would need an update. There is a way to point the URL target on that blurbs (or any other element) to the translated IDs by adding the type= "link" attribute to your already created XML-config as viewable on the 2nd code example here: https://wpml.org/documentation/support/maintaining-divi-builder-compatibility-wpml/#updating-the-language-configuration-file

The pages would still need a refresh, but it will point the URLs automatically to the translated version. I'm wondering now if you added an XML-config for the blurbs, I would expect you have probably somewhere links that should NOT point automatically to the translated version, as otherwise, you would not have that specific XML config, right? The default behaviour would be to point URLs automatically, but as you added the XML for it, it's translating the URL now too. So maybe the workaround with adding the attribute would not work 100%.

Do you really need the XML config to translate the URL target of that blurbs?

Best Regards
Marcel

Hi,

I believe WPML (classic editor) couldn't find the links in those modules, and therefor I need the config file, to manually find the URLS and translate

But do you want to translate the URLs right now? Remember that WPML will automatically point the URLs to the translated version, so if I understand it correctly, you would NOT need the XML config anymore. The XML config is only needed if you want to set the URL target manually, such as different from the translated version. My workaround with the type="link" attribute will point them automatically and make the URLs available to translate if needed.

I understand that you may get tired of the process and disappointment, but we need to figure first out what exactly was done previously, as I'm sure we will find a solution for the issues you mentioned.

Would it be possible to completely delete WPML and everything related to it, and then reinstall a fresh version, and run "translate everything" to test if there is a bug in the settings, XLM config or some of the old files?

Yes, there is a reset function, but I would not recommend that. It's not a bug, it's a workflow issue caused by a manually added possibility to translate URLs which may is not needed anymore but now translated by machine translation.

So we need first to understand your workflow and therefore recommend you the correct solution based on this. I also noticed a workflow issue on the translated Divi layouts, which I handle already in your second ticket. I will reply to you about this directly on the ticket.

Best Regards
Marcel

Hi,

let's make a test first to confirm it's working for you.

#1 Create a new page and add some blurbs, which you can already automatically only on a blurb, not on other content. Check if the URL is again wrong to see if we can fix it afterwards.

#2 As next, As next step, please remove the XML config for the blurbs and update the default language on the page you created before. It's enough to add a dot or a space.

#3 Open now the available update for the translated version and re-save the page.

#4 Is the blurb link now pointing to the correct content? So we need to confirm if the wrong link got overwritten with these steps.

Best Regards
Marcel

Thanks for the info. I escalated your case to our devs to see which further options we have.

Best Regards
Marcel