My presentation on Joomla 3 Multilingual setup, presented online Thanks for checking this out, note that the actual presentation is now part of the Josetta Documentation (see the video walkthrough down the page) http://anything-digital.com/josetta/docs/getting-started-with-native-multilingual-web-sites-in-joomla.html. I'll be presenting similar information at the Joomla World Conference (JWC) http://conference.joomla.org/ and will be available for additional help Feel free to let me know what issues you may have had, or any comments on the slides/presentation

1. NATIVE INTERNATIONALIZATION
WITH JOOMLA! 3
Ron van Schaik
@Ron_v_S
August 15, 2014

2. About Me:
en-CA
nl-NL
en-US
en-GB

3. JOOMLA!
=
ALL TOGETHER
MULTI-LINGUAL REPRESENTS THIS LIKE NO OTHER
FEATURE

4. GOALS OF THE
PRESENTATION
• Steps to implementing
multilingual for Joomla! 3
• Understanding what each
functions does and why
we need it
• Identifing and fixing
common problems
• Tips on managing
translations
• Working with Templating
Systems

5. STEP 1
Publish the Multilingual Status Admin Module
How?
1. Extensions
2. Module Manager
3. Select Administrator
4. Search for Lang
5. Publish
Why?
This is your guide
to help you
troubleshoot issues

6. WHAT WENT WRONG?
If you cannot find it, you forgot to select Administrator

7. STATUS AFTER STEP 1
Check the Multilingual Status at the bottom of your
Joomla! 3 Administrator

8. STEP 2
Publish the Language Filter Plugin
How?
1. Extensions
2. Plugin Manager
3. Search for Lang
4. Publish the Language
Filter
Why?
This enables multilingual
features including the
navigation and default
language URLs

9. WHAT WENT WRONG?
Not much, but there may be preferences.
- often site owners prefer not to have the site code in the default URL, it is set here.
- Some SEF Components may require this to remain disabled.

10. STATUS AFTER STEP 2
Yeah we have a Multilingual Site - and nothing works!

11. STEP 3
Publish the Language Switcher Module
How?
1. Extensions
2. Module Manager
3. New
4. Language Switcher
Why?
Nothing to switch yet, but
hey, may as well get'r done
while we're doing modules
and plugins.
Decide how the switcher
will display the languages.

12. WHAT WENT WRONG?
As with any module, make sure that it is published to an
appropriate position and assigned to menus.

13. STATUS AFTER STEP 3
We removed one of the notifications

14. STEP 4
Install additional languages from over 50 offically
supported languages
How?
1. Extensions
2. Language Manager
3. Install Language
4. Search for desired
language
5. Click the Install button
(not the link)
6. Repeat for each
language
Why?
The languages need to be
installed before they can be
activated. This installs all
the core feature's language
files.

15. WHAT WENT WRONG?
This is pretty straightforward, nothing went wrong but
often this is where people get stuck....
Make sure to proceed to Step 5 - Publish Content
Languages

16. STEP 5
Activate Content Languages
How?
1. Extensions
2. Language Manager
3. Select Content from
the left menu
4. New
5. Enter Required info
for each langauge
Why?
The installed languages
add language support in
admin and front end.
Now we need to define
what languages can be in
the site's content.

17. WHAT WENT WRONG?
Most commonly the Language Tag is incorrect. This will
result in the language not being enabled in the language
switcher. It will be available in all other areas.

18. FIX LANGUAGE TAG
Select the language with the notification in Language
Manager - Content, and correct the Language Tag

19. STATUS AFTER STEP 5
Additional languages appear, but not completed.

20. STEP 6
Create a "Main Menu" for each language
How?
1. Menus
2. Menu Manager
3. New Menu
4. Repeat for each
Language (including
one for "All")
Why?
Every language is required
to have a default or "Home"
menu item, including the
common "All".
However, there can only be
one default item per menu,
so you need a menu for
each language.

21. MENU CREATION PRO TIP
When creating the menus, create one for the language
"All".
Your current "Home" will become the "Home" for the
default language. In fact, all the items in the current menu
will likely be changed from "All" to the default language"
Doing this will save a lot of time, since all modules etc.
will already be assigned properly.

22. WHAT WENT WRONG?
Often the "All" menu item has not been created.
Remember that you need a menu for each language as
well as for "All" so that they can each recive a default
menu items as per Step 7.

23. STATUS AFTER STEP 6
Nothing has changed, we have created the menus, but
not yet the required "Home" or default menu items.

24. DEFAULT MENU ITEM
PRO TIP
When creating the initial Home/Default menu items, you
will not likely have any actual translated content yet.
An easy way to create an appropriate Default item for
each language is to select the Articles - Featured
Articles Menu Item Type. You can change this later if it
is not appropriate, but it does not depend on content
having been translated already, and it is commonly used
as a homepage anyway .

25. STEP 7
Create a "Home" or default menu item for each language
How?
1. Menus
2. Select A language's "
Main Menu"
3. Add New Menu Item
4. Select the Language
of the item
5. Set "Default Page" to
Yes
Why?
Every language is required
to have a default or "Home"
menu item, including the
common "All".

26. STATUS AFTER STEP 7
Success - we have created a multilingual site!
Now - time to translate.

27. 7 STEPS TO CREATING A MULTILINGUAL
JOOMLA 3 SITE
1. Publish the Multilingual Status Admin Module
2. Publish the Language Filter Plugin
3. Publish the Language Switcher Module
4. Install Additional Languages
5. Activate Content Languages
6. Create Menus for each language (including All)
7. Create a Home/Default Menu item for each language (including All)

28. TRANSLATION WORKFLOW
1. Translate the Menu Modules
2. Translate Categories
3. Translate Articles
4. Translate Menu Items
5. Translate Modules
The order you translate is the same logical order in which you build a
standard site.

29. JOSETTA TRANSLATION MANAGER
1. Collaborative front end translation submission
2. Little or no Joomla knowledge required
3. Original visible while translating
4. Automatically assigns proper item/menu associations
5. Completion monitoring
6. K2 Support (Easy Integration for Developers)
7. Advanced ACL (Pro)
8. Machine Translation Guidance (Pro)
Simplifies the management of core Joomla Translation
Josetta does not change Joomla features or functionality.

30. TRANSLATION NOTES
1. When converting a standard site to a multilingual site, items that used to belong to language "All"
generally will be changed to the default language.
2. "All" means I want this visible at all times and not translated. In general a fully translated multi-lingual
site only has the "Home All" menu item associated with the Language "All"
3. If there will be more than one version of a language, include the full language tag (fr-CA, fr-FR) in the
URLs
4. Use Joomla 3's advanced ACL to set the permission of the Content Language in order to provide
access to translators and admins until the Language has been sufficiently translated to be published
publicly
5. Use a translation manager such as Josetta to provide simplified access and management of core
content translation
6. Read a good book like Steve Burge's Joomla 3 <Explained>
7. Be part of the community, participate online and attend events if possible.
There are some ways to save time and avoid trouble

31. RESOURCES
• Joomla 3 Translation Community:
http://community.joomla.org/translations/joomla-3-translations.html
• Josetta Products Page - getting started manual has setup for core
language support: http://anything-digital.com/josetta/the-translation-
manager-for-joomla.html
• OSTraining - J1.7 core multilingual setup:
https://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/multi-language-sites-in-joomla-17/
• Thanks to CloudAccess for providing free Joomla Demo Installs anyone
can use, and which were used during the presentation.
http://demo.joomla.org/

32. NATIVE INTERNATIONALIZATION
WITH JOOMLA! 3
Ron van Schaik
www.anything-digital.com
@Ron_v_S
August 15, 2014