Manage languages and translations in Site Creator

This guide explains how to change the language of the interface Site Creator Infomaniak and how to manage the translations of your pages.

Prerequisites

• Go to Site Creator:
  1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
  2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Customize my site:
     
      

Change the language of the interface

To change the language of Site Creator:

1. Click on the button Adjustments in the left side menu.
2. Click on General parameters.
3. Change the language of Site Creator:
   

A drop-down menu allows you to change the language of the Site Creator editor's interface (this will also translate some items accessible by the visitor, such as the button Search of the search barThe choices are German, French, Spanish, Italian and English.

Don't forget to save your changes at the bottom of the page.

Offer your site in several languages

Automatic and on-the-fly translations of all your pages

To propose the translation of your site automatically:

1. Click on the button Applications in the left side menu.
2. Click on the module Translations:
   

You can add or delete the languages in which your site will be offered to the visitor:

With the mouse, move the languages in the desired order, which affects the language selection drop-down menu (read below).

This menu can be activated in the bottom part of the translation module configuration page:

So once the languages are determined and classified in the top (do not forget to save your changes at the bottom of the page), activate the menu to give the visitor the choice of language by drop-down menu at the top of the page:

Page translated manually

It is possible to propose a page (single, per language) manually prepared in advance, to which the visitor will be redirected when choosing a language different from the main language via the language selection drop-down menu (see above).

To do this you need to edit the desired language by clicking on the icon pencil Then click on the second radio button next to the field to specify the URL of your translated page:

It is therefore possible to write one page per language in advance. It'll be a good idea. Hide this type of page of your main menu: