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[IMP] website: URL translation note to be updated
taskid-4377816 closes #11545 Signed-off-by: Xavier Platteau (xpl) <[email protected]>
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content/applications/websites/website/configuration/translate.rst

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To allow translation of your website, you must first :doc:`install <../../../general/users/language>`
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the required languages and add them to your website. To do so, go to :menuselection:`Website -->
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Configuration --> Settings` and click :guilabel:`Install languages` in the :guilabel:`Website info`
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section. In the dialog box that opens, select the :guilabel:`Languages` you want from the dropdown
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menu, tick the required :guilabel:`Websites to translate`, and click :guilabel:`Add`.
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Configuration --> Settings` and click :icon:`fa-arrow-right` :guilabel:`Install languages` in the
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:guilabel:`Website Info` section. In the dialog box that opens, select the :guilabel:`Languages` you
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want from the dropdown menu, tick the required :guilabel:`Websites to translate`, and
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click :guilabel:`Add`.
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To edit your website's languages, go to :menuselection:`Website –> Configuration –> Settings` and
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To edit your website's languages, go to :menuselection:`Website -–> Configuration -–> Settings` and
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add/remove the required languages in/from the :guilabel:`Languages` field in the
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:guilabel:`Website info` section.
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#. Go to your website and click :guilabel:`Edit`;
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#. Click the language selector available in the :guilabel:`Copyright` block and go to the
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:guilabel:`Copyright` section of the website builder;
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#. Set the :guilabel:`Language selector` field to either :guilabel:`Dropdown` or :guilabel:`Inline`.
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#. Set the :guilabel:`Language Selector` field to either :guilabel:`Dropdown` or :guilabel:`Inline`.
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Click :guilabel:`None` if you do not want to display the :guilabel:`Language selector`;
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.. image:: translate/language-selector.png
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page, i.e., the page in the original language of the database. Any changes made to the master page
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are automatically applied to all translated versions.
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To replace the original text with the translation, click the block, edit its contents, and save.
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To replace the original text with the translation, click the block, edit its contents, and
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:guilabel:`Save`.
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.. note::
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When a website supports multiple languages, the content is accessible through different URLs,
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depending on the language selected. For example,
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`https://www.mywebsite.com/shop/product/my-product-1` is the URL to the master page, in English,
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while `https://www.mywebsite.com/fr_FR/shop/product/mon-produit-1` is the URL to the French
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version of the same page.
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When a website supports multiple languages, the core URL structure remains consistent across
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languages, while specific elements like product names or categories are translated. For example,
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`https://www.mywebsite.com/shop/product/my-product-1` is the English version of a product page,
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while `https://www.mywebsite.com/fr/shop/product/mon-produit-1` is the French version of the same
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page. The structure (/shop/product/) stays unchanged, but the translated elements (e.g., product
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name) adapt to the selected language.
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.. tip::
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Once the desired language is installed, you can translate some items from the backend (e.g., the

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