[Resolved] RTL Footer for Arabic

Hi,

Thank you for contacting WPML Support. I’ll try my best to help you solve this issue.

- To translate the footer widgets, please follow the below steps:

1. Go to WPML >> String Translation page.
2. Scroll down and click on the Translate texts in admin screens » link at the bottom of the page.
3. Search for your required string.
4. Select the string.
5. Click on the Add to String Translation button.
6. Then click on "the « Return to String Translation" link.
7. Add the translation from WPML >> String Translation page.

Here is a doc for more details about translating texts in admin screens: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/finding-strings-that-dont-appear-on-the-string-translation-page/

- To keep the Arabic footer in the LTR direction, please note that WPML provides a translation feature to your site, and the RTL/LTR layout is handled by your theme. However, you may keep the LTR layout of the footer using the CSS “direction” property and changing floats from right to left. Here is an example of CSS:

.footer, .header {
body.rtl #footer .cols_2 aside, 
body.rtl #footer .cols_3 aside, 
body.rtl #footer .cols_4 aside, 
body.rtl #footer .footer_widgets_wrapper .cols_1 aside {
	float: left !important; 
}

body.rtl #footer {
    direction: ltr !important;
}

body.rtl #footer .widget_contacts ul li .icon {
    float: left;
    margin-right: 23px;
	margin-left: 0;
}

}

And it will look as in the attached screenshot.

Here is a doc for more details:
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Please let me know if this resolves your issue or if you need further assistance with this issue.

Thank you

Thanks for trying the above steps. It appears that you prefer to maintain the English language text and layout for the Footer in the Arabic language. If this is the case then please follow the steps below:

1. Go to the WPML >> String Translation page.
2. Search for your footer string using English or Arabic text.
3. Enable the “Include translations” checkbox as you can see in the attached screenshot.
4. Press the “Search” button.
5. Now, please click on the Plus/Pencil icon in front of each string to add/update the translation, and please make sure to keep the same translation as you have in the default language as you can see in the attached screenshot.

If your translated text doesn’t display at frontend, please go to WPML >> Settings > Custom XML Configuration section and add the below XML:

<wpml-config>
  <admin-texts>
    <key name="widget_stm_text">
		<key name="*">
			<key name="text"/>
			<key name="title"/>
		</key>
    </key>
	<key name="widget_contacts">
		<key name="*">
			<key name="fax"/>
			<key name="phone"/>
			<key name="address"/>
			<key name="title"/>
		</key>
    </key>
  </admin-texts>
</wpml-config>

And please let me know the results.

Thank you

Glad to hear the issue is solved now. Missing elements issues, are a different issue and will be handled separately as per our support policy. I've created a new ticket for this at: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/missing-the-list-of-the-arabic-footer/

If your original issue is solved, please mark this current ticket as resolved and we will continue to work on the new ticket.

Thank you for your cooperation