[Resolved] Split: Some links in the site are not translated

Hello there,

I checked it and it looks like the links are added as absolute/full links. In order for WPML to translate it automatically for you, you can edit the links in the main language and set them as relative links. Eg.: I edited the link in the button "Sehen Sie sich die Produkte an" from hidden link to /product-category/viviscal-man/.

After that, I saved the page in the main language, edited the German translation as a test and just saved it as it is. Now when I check the link of that button in the German language, it is pointing to the correct domain.

Please check the screenshots I attached to my reply.

In order to fix it, you need to edit the links in the main language, remove the domain and save them as relative links as shown in the screenshot. Then you edit the translations one by one and just save them as they are without having to edit the translation.

After that the issue with the links should be fixed.

Thank you,
Mateus

Hello Boyan,

I checked the home page in the other languages and it seems to be working now. Did you manage to fix the issue? Or perhaps it was some cache?

Or maybe the issue is happening in a different page?

Thank you, please let me know so I can double-check it.

Kind regards,
Mateus

Hi,

Thank you for your patience while we're investigating this issue.

I have escalated this ticket to our 2nd tier of support where our 2nd tier specialists will take a deeper look at this issue and will try to find a solution.

I will get back to you as soon as I get an answer from them.

Best regards,
Mateus

Hello there,

Thank you for your patience while we investigated this issue.

Upon further review, our 2nd tier team identified that those buttons belong to the module et_button and the URL/link is encoded. This was preventing WPML from auto-adjusting those fields.

To fix it, we followed the steps:

- Go to WPML -> Settings -> Custom XML configuration and add the following code:

<wpml-config>
  <shortcodes>
    <shortcode>
      <tag>et_button</tag>
      <attributes>
        <attribute encoding="allow_html_tags">title</attribute>
        <attribute encoding="vc_link" type="link">href</attribute>
        <attribute encoding="vc_link" type="link">link</attribute>
      </attributes>
    </shortcode>
  </shortcodes>
</wpml-config>

- Edit the file: wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/inc/absolute-links/absolute-links.class.php in the method: \AbsoluteLinks::_process_generic_text right after:

} elseif ( isset( $permalink_query_vars['category_name'] ) ) {
						$category_name = $permalink_query_vars['category_name'];

- add this excerpt before the one above:

} elseif ( isset( $permalink_query_vars['product_cat'] ) ) {
						$category_name = $permalink_query_vars['product_cat'];

This second part is a workaround needed for the links in this button module be properly adjusted, we're working to have this included by default in the next versions, but it is important to check in new updates if the issue comes back so you can apply this workaround again.

After performing those steps, I made a minor change to the home page(added an empty space) and edited all translation, just saving them as they are.

Now, when I check the secondary languages, the buttons look to be pointing to the correct URL.

Can you please test it and confirm?

Best,
Mateus