Using the Enfold theme we put buttons on the page to link to other pages. The link targets are defined as dynamic links.
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The translated page should again have the links set as dynamic links to the respective target.
Instead, I got: The links are set as manual links. Manual links do not update when the slug or path of a page changes. That is bad news. A mistake. Please forward it to the compatibility team.
We need a patch quickly.
Hi Bobbie, I hope you can still work on this with Corona no longer just a beer brand. We still need help to solve this problem. It gives us a lot of broken links. The WPML Sticky Links does a poor job these days.
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I added the code for the shortcode of the buttons in WPML -> Settings -> Custom XML Configuration. Now when you translate the page you will be able to translate the advanced tab which contains the post type (page) and the ID of the page.
Please translate the Test page using the correct page IDs for the german version and let me know if the issue persists.
Hi Carlos, you are a Genius. I am not sure why I called you Bobbie before. The solution works. The link field shows up in the ATE with the pageID. We now finish the translation without changing the pageID and the page works. Magic. Checking the translated page then in the Page Editor shows the link is set as a dynamic link to the corresponding translated page. Perfect.
However, WPML should do that without the patch. It used to do it. We now add the Custom XML for single button and full width button as well.
Please let us know if WPML can fix that in the next update. It was working before.
Hi Carlos,
yes, the Sticky Links is a related topic. For sure they work now. What I am saying is that you may want to alert the compatibility team to update the ATE. We should not need the Custom XML configuration with a theme that is labeled as compatible.
Yes, I will update our compatibility specialists about this ticket and ask them to take a look at a compatibility level. If they find a solution it will probably include in a future release of our plugin.
Please let me know if you need further assistance and I will be more than happy to help.
Best regards,
Carlos
Greetings from house arrest in Italy. Carlos did a great job. He understood the issue quickly and found a remedy. Great. I would nominate Carlos to be the "Supporter of the Week".
