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Last updated by Andrey 1 day, 3 hours ago.

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April 9, 2025 at 5:48 pm #16915466

leslieV

Did that and now WordPress is talking to WPML, was able to update the plugins, thank you! One problem still, which maybe you could provide some guidance on. The French side is still not accessible, so we must have the settings wrong. Any tips?

April 9, 2025 at 5:53 pm #16915475

Andrey
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Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

I have looked at your website and can see the French side is working well. What am I missing? I have attached the screenshot.

Friends-of-lac-Bernard-(1).png
April 9, 2025 at 5:58 pm #16915513

leslieV

It only works with the French URLs using the English URLs + fr. We want the French pages to use the amisdulacbernard.org URL. But if we add that setting in WPML, the French links don't work.

April 9, 2025 at 6:06 pm #16915522

Andrey
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Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

If you want amisdulacbernard.org to open in French, you need to change your site's default language to French in WPML → Languages → Site Languages and click on "Change default language". In that case, the links become as follows: amisdulacbernard.org for French and amisdulacbernard.org/en/ for English.

If this is not what you are asking, please elaborate a little more so I can better understand.

April 9, 2025 at 6:08 pm #16915527

leslieV

We want friendsoflakebernard.org for English, and amisdulacbernard.org for French.

April 9, 2025 at 6:13 pm #16915549

Andrey
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Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Ah, I see now. You need to follow this article in order to configure your second domain and use the URL option "A different domain per language": https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/language-url-options/how-to-use-wpml-with-different-domains-per-language/.

April 9, 2025 at 6:16 pm #16915569

leslieV

Will try that, thanks!

April 9, 2025 at 6:18 pm #16915575

Andrey
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Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Sure, I hope it will work. Thanks

April 9, 2025 at 6:19 pm #16915580

leslieV

I'm going to keep the ticket open for a bit, because I think we tried this previously and had issues.

April 9, 2025 at 6:26 pm #16915616

Andrey
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Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Yes, of course. If it is closed due to inactivity after some time, you are always welcome to open a new support ticket. We will assist you.

April 9, 2025 at 9:12 pm #16915966

leslieV

Hi Andrey. I have set that up as the article directs (have done that before but it didn't work), and it still doesn't work. If I select 2 urls it does validate amidulacbernard.org but then when I go to that url I see the english version of the site.

I had asked Rebel to check the DNS records and they confirmed they are correct, but to be sure, when the 2 url selection is not clicked, amisdulacbernard.org points to friendsoflakebernard.org which is what the article said.

Right?

Here is what I have done:

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April 10, 2025 at 2:06 am #16916334

leslieV

here is the english html for that section of the page, and the french beside it. You can see where I pasted the code you provided. But it isn't working as illustrated above.

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April 10, 2025 at 2:47 am #16916356

leslieV

Sorry, ignore that last message! Wrong support team. But the earlier one is still valid - 2 urls not working.

April 10, 2025 at 12:58 pm #16918730

Andrey
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Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский )

Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

Thank you for your feedback.

I have looked at your website, and it still has the option "Different languages in directories "activated.

If I select 2 urls it does validate amidulacbernard.org but then when I go to that url I see the english version of the site.

Can you show me this?

You need to ensure that all your domains (or subdomains) point to the same WordPress site where WPML is installed.

You can try deactivating the "Validate on save" option, entering your second domain, saving your changes, and then testing the domain to see if it works. Sometimes, the validation message can be a false positive. Check if you can access it using your secondary domain. If it doesn't work, your second domain is might not be configured correctly.

April 10, 2025 at 8:54 pm #16920471

leslieV

Andrey... did you see my earlier message that the 2 url system is not working? Please help.