translation

Can’t generate pot file using wp cli

The problem here is that WordPress project folder is a shared folder on Ubuntu VirtualBox guest OS with guest additions. Searching in wp cli source code, I found that to scan the directory is used: $files = new IteratorIterator( new DirectoryIterator( $this->source ) ); and I could verify that it returns only . and .. … Read more

Translating a custom taxonomy

I haven’t tried this myself but theoretically it should work. It just requires some hacking. First of all, this involves using qTranslate. If you don’t want a multilingual site, you can always fill only the default language. Then to force display only the default language on the post pages, you will need to modify the … Read more

Inconsistent translation on a WP site

When every message is hard coded in the theme files there can be no problem with gettext anymore. So, yes, depending on the theme WordPress can use different templates for home and other pages. But no, this has nothing to do with automatic translations. You have simply forgot to translate some strings, possibly in front-page.php … Read more

Translating long texts with html formatting

Most translation tools are really hard to use when you try to handle a long text, so the translators have to use a HTML editor anyway. Use separate files, but use the language prefix as directory name: en main.html help-main-options.html help-special-options.html de main.html help-main-options.html help-special-options.html That’s easier to handle for translators and for you too. … Read more

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