FAQ

Installation Instructions

• Download the plugin and uncompress it with your preferred unzip programme
• Copy the entire directory in your plugin directory of your WordPress blog (/wp-content/plugins)
• Activate the plugin in your plugin administration page (by the network administrator on all the blogs or by the root blog administrator for each particular blog).
• You need to activate the plugin once in each blog, set the configuration in Settings -> Multisite Language Switcher

Now you can:

• connect your translated pages and posts in Posts -> Edit or Page -> Edit
• connect your translated categories and tags in Posts -> Categories or Post -> Tags
• connect your Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies across languages
• use the widget, the shortcode [sc_msls] and/or a content_filter which displays a hint to the user if a translation is available
• optionally you can place the code <?php if ( function_exists( 'the_msls' ) ) the_msls(); ?> directly in your theme files

Review the Multisite Language Switcher Website for more information.

I have no language options in the General settings.

You might read first WordPress in your language.

But I’d like the interface to stay in English.

You can choose the language of every website and the dashboard in the settings page of the plugin.

Do I really need a multisite?

It’s up to you – of course. But yes, if you want to use the Multisite Language Switcher.

How can I automatically redirect users based on the browser language?

The Multisite Language Switcher does not redirect the users automatically. I’m not sure if the plugin should do that. You might check out this jQuery plugin or this approach with a theme
if you need such functionality.

How can I add the Multisite Language Switcher to the nav-menu of my blog?

Please check the add-on MslsMenu out.

I want to have the languages in an HTML select. How can I do that?

Please check the add-on MslsSelect out.

I don’t want to upload the same media files for every site. What can I do?

You could try the plugin Network Shared Media. It adds a new tab to the „Add Media“ window, allowing you to access the media files in the other sites in your multisite.

Is there a function I can call to get the language of the page the user is currently viewing?

Yes, you can get the language like that

$blog     = MslsBlogCollection::instance()->get_current_blog();
$language = $blog->get_language();

How can I move from WPML to MSLS?

There is a plugin which comes handy in here.