The home page doesn't translate

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Problem: When I click and choose the second language on the home page the page doesn't translate but just refreshes the page

Solution: This is happening because the Homepage is not existing in the Russian language. So translating the homepage to Russian has fixed the issue.

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Last updated by juliaS-37 2 years, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Bigul.

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May 26, 2022 at 4:37 pm #11318917
juliaS-37	I did it and now the design is the same, so in a way it worked, but for example: When I click and choose the second language on the home page the page doesnt translate but just refreshes the page
May 26, 2022 at 4:59 pm #11319231
Bigul Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)	Hello, Welcome to the WPML support forum. I will do my best to help you to resolve the issue. Please check the attached image. This is happening because the Homepage is not existing in the Russian language. So please translate the homepage to Russian and make sure the issue is existing or not. Also, please clear all types of caches and resave the permalinks from Settings>>Permalinks after the translation. -- Thanks! Bigul
May 27, 2022 at 7:20 am #11322989
juliaS-37	I clicked the "Edit this page to add translations" but then this popped up, what does this message mean?
May 27, 2022 at 9:39 am #11324475
Bigul Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Europe/Vienna (GMT+01:00)	Hello, Thank you for the updates. You are getting this warning because the translation of the Homepage is in progress and not completed yet. So please complete the translation of the Homepage. Because it is not recommended to update the original language post/page while translation is in progress. Refer to the attached image for more details. Also, please check the following documentation to read more about WPML Translation's status. https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/#translation-icons -- Thanks! Bigul