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Multiple languages - How
it works
This feature was added in Version 4.8.0 and allows
you to have up to 3 languages running off the same database and
control panel. You can select the number of languages you require
and which parts of the store you want to translate from your main
admin page. The full set up details are outlined below.
How
to set it up
The first thing you will need to do is to define how many languages
you will be using and which parts of the store you are going to
translate. In the main admin settings of the control panel you
should see a drop down menu for the number of languages and a box
with the different sections. Use Ctrl + Click for multiple selections.
As you will probably want to offer the navigation and information
pages in other languages then the next thing you will need to do
is upload all the store files and vsadmin folder to a new folder
on your server. For example, if you are going to have a Spanish
based store then make a folder called /spanish/ on your server
and upload all the files there.
The last thing you need to do is to tell the database which language
is being used in that particular version. Open vsadmin/includes.asp
or vsadmin/includes.php for the new language store you have set
up and add this to the list for the ASP version:
languageid=2
..or for the PHP version:
$languageid=2;
where the number 2 is the identifier of the language. As an example
if you have the main store set up in English and language versions
for Spanish and French then you would have the languageid as 1
for English, 2 for Spanish and 3 for French in the respective include
pages.
You can now go into your control panel and start adding the information
for the alternative languages. As an example if you have chosen
to have separate language product names then in the products admin
you should see three boxes, the first for the main store language
the next two for the alternatives:
Once that is all set up you can add links from your main store
to the two new language stores.
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