Tranlation all messed up...

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Problem:
The client was expecting that after updating content on the home page in Portuguese, the corresponding pages in English and French would also update automatically, but this did not happen. The client found the process non-intuitive and ended up with mixed language content.

Solution:
We recommend that after making changes to the content in the default language, you should use the translation icons or send the content for automatic translation to update the translations. Managing translations and updates is more straightforward with the use of automatic translation. For detailed guidance on how to use automatic translation, please refer to our guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 1 year, 2 months ago.

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April 10, 2024 at 2:48 pm #15505523
cristinaL-7	Tell us what you are trying to do? I guess it was everything working properly until I updated some content on the home page. My expectation was that once I changed the content on the Portuguese page, the correspondent pages in English and Fresh would be updated. But didn’t happen. I find all of this really nor intuitive or user friendly… I don’t understand what happened that I have some PT pages with FR footer… the French home page never updated… Can you help me understand what I did wrong? What should we do when we have to make changes on the content to get all languages updated? Thank you so much, Cristina Is there any documentation that you are following? Some you tube videos, but it is so hard to find the correct ones... What is the link to your site? hidden link
April 11, 2024 at 11:17 am #15508743
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hello Cristina, Thank you for contacting us To update the translations after making some changes in the content of the default language, you must use the translation icons or send the content for automatic translation. The easiest way to manage the translations and the translation updates is by using the automatic translation as described in this guide: https://wpml.org/documentation/automatic-translation/ Please let me know if you need assistance solving any specific issue on the site or the configuration and I will be more than happy to keep helping you. Regards, Carlos