You can set the language of each blog in Settings > General. If there is no option like “Site language” you have to install the language files you need (have a look at http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-i18n/).
I think that you get the error because there are no language files. I will check that. I use WordPress 3.3 for testing so it should work “out of the box”.
Thank-you for your reply – it was exactly what I was looking for.
I got it working after first adding the *.mo files into my site (wp-content/languages), setting the language of each site in “General Settings”, and then installing and configuring the “Multisite Language Switcher” plugin for each site.
However, I had to reinstall WordPress and the “Multisite Language Switcher” plugin because I’m assuming my previous attempts at setting it up was causing conflicts (I was getting the “Fatal error: Call to a member function get_language() on a non-object in C:\[…]\wp-content\plugins\multisite-language-switcher\includes\MslsMain.php on line 65” error when tryign to update my english site, despite the fact I had installed my language files.
In any case, everthing seems to be working now.
Thank-you again for your quick response
Does anyone know how to create a NEW multi-site in 3.3?
I’m completely lost, all I have is “My Sites” and see no ability anywhere to act in Network Admin and create a new site from base domain.
I’ve of course modified the wp-config.php and it was all working fine in 3.2.1.
Thanks!
Under “My sites” you should find “Network Admin” … but you know that this has not much to do with the MSLS-Plugin?
It’s not there, but I plan to use your plugin once I get it working…
garybrant, this question doesn’t really belong here – that said, I recently set-up multisite for the first time (on WordPress 3.3)
Start your search here: http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Create_A_Network
I also found this article helpful: http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/build-multilingual-site-wordpress
You probably just have something configured wrong. I recommend starting from scratch and taking it step-by-step.
He all,
I do have the exact same problem as jenUnderscore_.
I do have two sites (English and Spanish).
I have set these sites to their languages in General Settings.
The .mo files are there.
I am using two different themes for each site.
I’ve set up the Multisite Switcher for both sites individually.
The language switcher only recognises one language (English) and I cannot update my site, just as jenUnderscore_
Also tried to delete the plugin and reinstall.
Do I really need to reinstall WordPress? That’s a pain.
Is there another easier fix?
Shalom,
Jonathan
You should make the setup of the plugin. Go to Settings > Multisite Language Switcher and click then on Save if the settings fit your needs. Do this for the other blogs too.
@realloc
I have done this offcourse, but still I will get the problem that I cannot update pages or posts.
My language switcher in the header also gives the wrong URL. I will point to the same language and not to the other language.
Any more ideas?
Greetings,
Jonathan
Jonathan
I’ve just come through a similar issue. Not sure if the resolution is the same. In my case, as an absolute beginner with web page building, I found out how small details matter – I installed the .mo files to /wp-content/Languages instead of …/languages. Once I renamed the folder, it all worked beautifully.
Hope that helps, good luck
Adam
@jonathanfokker Yes, I’m quite sure that you have not set the language in all of your blogs. Please have a look if you set the language in your Spanish blog too.
He Adam,
Thanks, but I have the language directory well translated.
I am trying to reinstall my whole multisite which is a pain.
Shalom,
Jonathan
@jonathanfokker There is no need to reinstall the whole multisite.
He all,
I got it to work today.
Don’t know what the problem was, I think it was a User problem or that I installed the Multi Language Switcher also in the Main site (not the language sites).
Great plugin realloc. Really good.
Some ideas for further optimization:
1) Quick possibility to link the pages. Now I have to open each page, but just in one click would be great.
2) A little bit more documentation on the custom flags and directory?
Shalom,
Jonathan
@jonathanfokker Thanks for your feedback. I’ll work on this … 😉
