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Background of the issue:
I am trying to use the dropdown to change the URL parameters on the page to translate content. The site I need help with is hidden link.
Symptoms:
When I change the URL parameters to translate the page, all the content that is through ACF disappears.
Questions:
How do we keep the ACF content on the page after changing the language?
You can find it at Plugins > Add new > Commercial (tab).
If you plan to create the translations with the WordPress Editor, make sure to set each field group to "Different fields across languages".
Also, make sure that on the original content, inside the right sidebar of the WordPress Editor the "WordPress Editor" is set as the translation method for the page or post.
Finally, make sure that at WPML > Settings > Post Type Translation the "ACF Field Groups" are set to "Not translate".
I set it to Translatable but it still makes the content dissappear. These custom fields are on the page template and on the fields from the options page.
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
The "Field Groups" field should be set to "Not translatable".
The custom fields for pages, posts, or templates will be translated when translating each content with the WPML Translation Editor or WordPress Editor, but you need to choose the specific translation method for each field group.
WPML Translation Editor > Same fields across languages
WordPress Editor > Different fields across languages
ACF Option pages can only be translated directly on the options page while switching the language inside the top admin bar. For this field group the setting "Different fields across languages" would be advisable.
That was able to make it so the nav and footer that came from the option pages showed up but they aren't being translated even when I try to edit it under the spanish mode.
I'm also not sure why but now the spanish url are redirectly to pages that don't exist for example /es/login -> /es/?page_id=133 leads to a 404. Is there any way to set it to the actual page but the spanish version of it?
It's still not showing the acf field content for the page that i set up and still not sure why?
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
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Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
I would suggest using "Different languages in directories":
hidden link > English hidden link > Spanish
The language as a parameter option can cause unexpected issues and is not recommended when it comes to SEO.
The Header & Footer Options are working. If you want to use different texts and links in different languages, you need to change the translation preference for these groups to "Different fields across languages".
Your pages were in the trash, I recreated them now.
For the Login page, the issue is that there was spending "Review" (eye symbol) which can not longer be completed, at the translation mode was changed from "Translate Everything Automatically" to "Translate What You Choose". I have fixed this issue now.
Further, if you use a page-login.php file as a template, then the page needs to have the slug "login" in each language:
Does every page need to have a copy in the pages with a different language version? I have another site that I manage that had this plugin but it didn't have a copy of the page for each language?
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
If you want different text in each language, the pages and posts will need to be translated.
WPML will create one post or page for each language.
On your old site you might have set WPML's post type settings to "Translatable – use translation if available or fallback to default language" which will display the original content in all languages, as long a translation does not exist.
For the acf links on the header that i put through the option pages, they don't automatically redirect to the spanish page, do those links need to be manually changed as well?
Languages: English (English )Spanish (Español )German (Deutsch )
Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)
Yes, you will need to set the field groups in ACF to "Different fields across languages" and after that edit the options page on each language by switching the language inside the top admin bar.
