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Last updated by Andreas W. 1 year, 6 months ago.

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October 6, 2023 at 12:50 pm #14528219

andreS-50

Tell us what you are trying to do?
Make the footer change language. I have the ocean wp theme and the footed does not change language. I was told to go to the page that I have attached. I searched for footer. Is this correct? If not, what can I do?

Is there any documentation that you are following?

I got these instructions.

1- Copy the footer ID
2- Go to WPML-> String Translation
3- Scroll down and click on the “Translate texts in admin screens »” link
4- Search for the footer ID
5- Select the strings
6- Click on the “Add to String Translation” button
7- Then click on “« Return to String Translation” link
8- Translate the footer ID, clear the cache, and check the front end

What is the link to your site?
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October 7, 2023 at 6:08 pm #14533223

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

I would be happy to offer to take a closer look.

I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to the website to investigate the issue further.

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October 10, 2023 at 3:37 pm #14552121

Andreas W.
WPML Supporter since 12/2018

Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

In fact, it is kind of complicated to translate those templates.

The original footer is the English version with ID 4224.

You did not yet translate this ID accordingly with the ID of the template for each language in WPML String Translation.

Further, as your site uses Swedish as the default language, this string was registered as Swedish, so I had to adjust it to use the English source language.

Guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/string-translation/how-to-change-the-source-language-of-strings/

How to translate Ocean WP Custom Templates:
https://wpml.org/documentation/theme-compatibility/build-multilingual-wordpress-sites-using-oceanwp-theme-and-wpml/#translating-custom-templates

Best regards
Andreas