Multi-Language Support for Website Content

In Site Management Tools (SMT), Multi-Language pages lets you create website content and add your own translations in any of your configured languages. The type of content you add determines what translation options are available. If website content does not have any translations, the base language displays as the default. For SEO metadata, this behavior does not occur to ensure there is no adverse SEO effect. You must supply any SEO translation data for the commerce category.

Note:

The visibility dates you select apply to the default language and any translations. There is no option to select individual visibility dates for a specific translation.

To find out more, explore these topics:

Creating Website Content Translations

In Site Management Tools (SMT), you can create a translation when you add content to a new or existing landing page.

To create website content translations:

  1. Log in to SMT. For details, see Log In.

  2. Click Overview Mode.

  3. Click the ellipsis beside the page you want to add a translation to.

  4. Click Preview.

  5. Click Edit Mode.

  6. Click Add.

  7. Select the content type you want to add and drag it to the preferred location on the page.

  8. From the settings panel, enter a name in the Name field.

    Note:

    You will not be able to enter translations until you have entered a name for the content in your default language.

  9. From the language dropdown list, select the language for which you want to create a translation.

  10. Check the Enable this Translation box.

    1. If you added the CMS HTML content type, enter the translation in the HTML Code field.

    2. If you added the CMS Image content type, enter the translation in the Image Upload, Link, and Alternate Text fields.

    3. If you added the CMS MerchZone content type, enter the translation in the Merchandising Rule field.

    4. If you added the CMS MerchZone2 content type, enter the translation in the Section Heading and Merchandising Rule fields.

    5. If you added the CMS Text content type, enter the translation in the Text field.

  11. Click Save.

Editing Website Content Translations

In Site Management Tools (SMT), you can edit a translation to update the existing content when changes are necessary.

To edit website content translations:

  1. Log in to SMT. For details, see Log In.

  2. Click Overview Mode.

  3. Select the Pages tab.

  4. Click the ellipsis beside the page for which you want to edit a translation.

  5. Click Preview.

  6. Click Edit Mode.

  7. Hover over the content you want to edit and click the Edit icon "".

  8. From the settings panel, select the language from the language dropdown list.

  9. Make any required changes.

  10. Click Save.

Hiding Website Content Translations

In Site Management Tools (SMT), you can hide translated content that you are not ready to display on your website.

To hide website content translations:

  1. Log in to SMT. For details, see Log In.

  2. Click Overview Mode.

  3. Select the Pages tab.

  4. Click the ellipsis beside the page for which you want to hide translated content.

  5. Click Preview.

  6. Select Edit Mode.

  7. Hover over the content that you want to hide translations from and click the Edit icon "".

  8. From the settings panel, select the language from the language dropdown list.

  9. Clear the Enable this Translation box.

  10. Click Save.

You can view hidden translations in Overview Mode from the Translations tab. Use the Translation Status filter and select Hidden to display all hidden content.

Deleting Website Content Translations

In Site Management Tools (SMT), you can delete a translation when it is no longer needed.

Important:

You cannot recover deleted translations.

To delete website content translations:

  1. Log in to SMT. For details, see Log In.

  2. Click Overview Mode.

  3. Click the ellipsis beside the page for which you want to delete a translation.

  4. Click Preview.

  5. Select Edit Mode.

  6. Hover over the content that you want to delete translations from and click the Edit icon "".

  7. From the settings panel, select the language from the language dropdown list.

  8. Click the ellipsis and select Delete this Translation.

  9. Click Save.

Related Topics

Managing Your Translation Content
Translations Tab User Interface
Multi-Language Support for Commerce Categories
Multi-Language Support for Landing Pages
Exporting and Importing Bulk Translation Content in Site Management Tools

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