Get language switcher fro HTML pages

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Last updated by Bobby 1 year, 11 months ago.

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February 10, 2023 at 8:05 pm #13009625
nathalieC-7	I created some HTM pages on HTML directory. Those pages are created because I need to upload 100+ external HTML files/pages to be hosted on the same WP website. The pages are bilingual, in English (eng directory) and French (fra directory). I also created a custom header for those pages. but I don't know how to add the language switcher to it so it will work for the new HTML page, and will switch between English and French as it's currently similarly to the pages created on WP dashboard. A long with the custom header, I will need the footer to be switching between languages as well. In the current WP pages, the header and the footer are switching automatically between the two languages as their elements are translated. I created a language link to the HTML files, for the languages to be recognized. Attached is a HTML sample. I am embeding PHP in the HTML files, should I created different headers and footers for different languages and include them in the related pages, or is there a way to take advantage of WPML plugin features/functionality without coding new headers and footers. I am actually working on DEV environment and the URL is not accessible to external end users. Please let me know if you need more information and/or clarification. Thank you in advance for your help. amal
February 10, 2023 at 8:58 pm #13009785
Bobby Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00)	Hi there, WPML uses the database to create the translations and link them with each other. As you are doing this with HTML hardcoded pages, you will require custom work which at the moment is outside our supports scope For this we suggest contacting one of our 3rd party contractors that specialize in custom work with WPML https://wpml.org/contractors/ you can also review our WPML Hooks library https://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-coding-api/wpml-hooks-reference/
February 13, 2023 at 3:21 pm #13021965
nathalieC-7	Hi Bobby, Thak you for your response. Could you know what would be the time frame for the third party contructor to help me with the customization of the WPML plugin and make it work the way I want it? I need this to be done by the end of this week. I have THML pages ready and need the header and the footer to be set so they work with both languares similarly to the WP pages. Regards, amal
February 13, 2023 at 7:14 pm #13024039
Bobby Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00)	Hi Amal, I can't say for sure as this would depend on them. A quick solution here could possibly be to add a custom static switcher that looks like our WPML switcher and link it to the other pages with a hardcoded link as you mentioned above as utilizing WPML for this would require to use of our Hooks however I am not sure how they will behave as we use the database to pull translation data.

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