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Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate pages in English and German using WPML's Advanced Translation Editor (ATE) on my site hidden link. I follow the process by clicking on the gear icons in the pages overview, checking the values, and clicking on 'complete translation'.
Symptoms:
The gear icon changes to a renew icon, but it keeps spinning forever. I have to make a copy of the page, then do it to the copies, and it sometimes works. I then have to remove the original page and replace it with the right one. It is complicated and not workable.
Questions:
Why does the gear icon keep spinning forever after I click 'complete translation'?
How can I resolve the issue of having to make copies of pages to complete translations?
Welcome to the WPML support forum. Before passing this thread to my colleague, I would like to share some suggestions and possible solutions for the issues you mentioned.
Does it happen with multiple posts/pages translation? Please visit WPML>>Support>>Advanced Translation Editor>>Error Logs and check if you are getting any recent warnings or errors.
I have a request. Please upgrade the following configurations for better performance of the site.
1) Increase *WP Memory Limit* to *256*(the minimum required memory limit for WPML is *128*). Please check the following links for more details
2) Increase the *MaxInputVars* of PHP settings to *10000*. Please check the following article for more details or contact your system admin/hosting provider for this purpose.
The memory I could allocate, but the InputVars I need my ISP for.
In the mean time I am trying to fix an issue with my theme Enfold. In enfold I use a shortcode of WP Booking Calendar. This booking calendar is not WPML proof. So I have to make the shortcode visible in WPML.
I am in contact with Enfold devs and they asked me to relay this to you:
This might also be the reason why the Text Block and other elements are not translatable. Please forward this error to WPML-config.xml file in the child theme folder, then transfer its content into the WPML > Settings > Custom XML Configuration tab.
It seems that the memory upgrade in config.php and MaxInputVars did the trick with the translations 🙂 Thanx a lot.
The only issue remaining is the shortcode translation.
This is the shortcode
[wpbs id="1" language="nl" title="no" legend="yes" legend_position="side" display="1" year="0" month="0" language="auto" start="1" dropdown="yes" jump="no" history="1" tooltip="1" highlighttoday="no" weeknumbers="no" show_first_available_date="no" form_id="1" form_position="bottom" auto_pending="yes" selection_type="multiple" selection_style="split" minimum_days="0" maximum_days="0" booking_start_day="0" booking_end_day="0" show_date_selection="no"]
Adding the code below to the wpml-config.xml file in the child-theme did not do the trick.
<wpml-config>
<shortcodes>
<shortcode>
<tag>wpbs</tag>
<attributes>
<attribute>id</attribute>
<attribute>language</attribute>
</attributes>
</shortcode>
</shortcodes>
</wpml-config>
