Split: The French side is still not accessible

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Supporter timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)

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Last updated by Andrey 1 day, 3 hours ago.

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April 11, 2025 at 8:03 am #16921461
Andrey Supporter Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Andrey... did you see my earlier message that the 2 url system is not working? Yes, I have read it carefully. Could you please explain what exactly is not working and upload some additional screenshots so I can understand better?
April 11, 2025 at 12:49 pm #16922754
leslieV	As described above, I want to have two urls. One for the english version of our site and one for the french. Your "Help" info says have the 2nd language (french) url point to the original site (english). I have set amisdulacbernard.org to forward to the english version - friendsoflakebernard.org That works. But then when I change the setting in WPML languages to look like this (see image) it validates and saves. But when I go to amisdulacbernard.org it is not going to the french version, but rather to the english one. And if you click "Francais" in the menu bar it also stays english. Does that help you understand better?
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 pm #16923082
Andrey Supporter Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	I appreciate your feedback. It is now clear to me. I need to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site—preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible—in order to be of better help. When you log in to leave your next reply, you will find the needed fields below the comment area. The information you will enter is private, meaning only you and I can see and access it.
April 11, 2025 at 8:49 pm #16924457
Andrey Supporter Languages: English (English ) Russian (Русский ) Timezone: Europe/Kyiv (GMT+03:00)	Thank you for the information. I have reviewed this and found out that you have a 301 redirect from hidden link to hidden link. This means that you will not be able to change the language to French if the "A different domain per language" option is enabled. Once you remove this redirect, it should work correctly. Please note that even if you temporarily disable WPML, the redirect will still be in place. I have set amisdulacbernard.org to forward to the english version - friendsoflakebernard.org You need to point your domain to the same WordPress site where WPML is installed but do not set up the redirect to the original URL.