transfer styles to translated pages, posts, events....

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Problem:
The client was unable to transfer styles to translated pages, posts, and events using WPML, resulting in different styles appearing on the translated versions compared to the original.
Solution:
We advised the client to ensure that styles saved in custom fields are correctly copied to secondary languages. This involves adjusting the WPML settings for custom fields translation. Here are the steps we recommended:
1. Follow the guide on translating custom fields (https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-custom-fields/).
2. Navigate to WPML -> Settings -> Custom fields translation.
3. Check the 'Show "Multilingual Content Setup" meta box on post edit screen' option and save the changes.
4. When editing a post/page in the original language, adjust the configuration for the custom fields at the bottom of the page.
5. Set selectable or checkable custom fields to 'Copy' and text input fields to 'Translate'.
6. Update the translated page to reflect these changes.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 2 months ago.

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June 5, 2025 at 6:08 pm #17111671
sreckoA	more precisely none of the posts in collection section in dashboard is translatable*
June 6, 2025 at 6:21 am #17112889
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hi Srecko, This is happening because the Collection post type is set to be non-translatable. To translate the Collection, you must go to WPML -> Settings -> Post type translation -> Find 'Collections' -> Set it to 'Translatable - only show translated items' -> Add the translated slugs and save the changes. In this link you will find our official guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/translating-custom-posts/
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 am #17112938
sreckoA	Hi Carlos, Ok did the collections part, but have you check the first question, the one with the printscreens? Its not about the collections, its missing strings? Thank you, Srecko P.S. So i made collections translatable, but now styles are missing and where to find those settings? So my first question was can the website by default be translatable as it is, and then user can customize and turn off what he dont need? This way I need to investigate and learn wpml, like Im going to work at WPML. Just let it be translatable as it is =(( isnt it obvious that I want to translate and translated page to be the same? I mean I know this has nothing to do with you, but you can advise your devs to simplify as much as possible. Thanks again...but I feel I have more open issues now , and the dealine for launching website is weay passed. Srecko
June 6, 2025 at 11:01 am #17113678
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hi Srecko, I'm sorry, I missed your previous messages. For the text in the top header left, I followed the steps described in this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/finding-strings-that-dont-appear-on-the-string-translation-page/ and translated it. Now you can find it in WPML -> String Translation: hidden link Regarding the Contact page, when I visited it, I could see the texts correctly translated into English. If you continue to see them in Serbian, please clear all cache memory and let me know. The untranslated texts in the About Us page were translated by updating the translation 🙂 Best regards, Carlos
June 6, 2025 at 11:08 am #17113695
sreckoA	Ok, we had to rush since we are late with website production so we went edit on english page, regardless wpml told us its risky. So all is good except collection page, which lack with styles...And I dont know where to set it to transfer styles and definitions for the page like in original. Thank you in advance, Srecko
June 6, 2025 at 12:27 pm #17114018
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hi Srecko, When I try to visit a collection in the frontend I get this error: ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Can you share a collection URL that I can see in the frontend?
June 6, 2025 at 12:31 pm #17114026
sreckoA	Carlos hi, Sure, hidden link this one is translated, and this one is original hidden link Please help! Srecko
June 6, 2025 at 12:41 pm #17114041
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hi Srecko, The cause of the issue in the Collection page was that the slug used in the EN translation is reserved for the archive page of the collection post type. I changed the slug from collection to collections (plural) and the issue disappeared.
June 6, 2025 at 12:45 pm #17114045
sreckoA	Carlos hi, Thats it! thank you so much! Close the ticket and ban my IP =))) Thank you for your time, patience and resolution of all issues... One thing I cannot seem to understand is...is it possible to set all to translate, and all to pull predefinitions and style...cause this is way to complicated and takes too much time? THANK YOU! Srecko
June 6, 2025 at 12:52 pm #17114061
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hey Srecko, I'm super happy to hear that all the problems were solved 🙂 We are here to help, so please don't hesitate to contact us if you need our help in the future with WPML. Have an excellent weekend!