I have successfully translated my website. However, my search form does not work as expected with the English/WPML website. Could you help me fix this issue?
I ran the import and then had to run a script, it seems something in the import removed WPML capabilities. Once I got it running, I duplicated properties and pages, and set taxonomies to Translatable or Fallback to default. With these settings, I was able to search properties on the translated homepage and got results. hidden link
Please log in to this site using the link below and compare the settings here to your live site, and perhaps we can find something different that is causing the issue on your site.
Thank you for testing and getting back to me. I have compared the settings, and nothing seems different apart from the fact that your test site uses 'language per directory' and my website uses 'language per domain'. Can we test it that way?
By the way, I have changed the home page search form to sort of more match my website (so it opens another page for search results, instead of a dynamic search).
I do not have a way to test different domains on our sandbox install, unfortunately. Please temporarily switch your site to languages in directories to see if that changes things on your site, or test in a staging environment if you can set one up with different domains.
Also, check what settings you have for passing arguments in the WPML -> Languages -> URL Format different domains per language settings. You might try changing the options there, clearing the cache, and then see if it works.
Please let me know the results of testing your site with different languages in directories, so we can determine if the issue is isolated to the different domains per language set up.
Yes, you can switch it to and from different URL formats and switch it back. The only thing you should need to do is resave permalinks in General Settings. However, we do always recommend a full backup. You may also want to set your site to not be indexed while you make the change. This setting is also in general settings.
Thank you for your reply. I have tested it with the different structure, but unfortunately I still see that it does not work properly. Is there anything else we could try?
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THank you. I found that when you edit the homepage in Netherlands, there is an option to select which page to go to for the search results. That page was set as the homepage in the English page. I manually edited the page in English and set the Properties page as the search result page and now it works as expected.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance and I will be happy to help.
