By default, we provide you with an English Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite. However you can, not only edit the text of your SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite with ease, but also add new language SuperSites / PartnerSites and translate their entire content, to let visitors view your website in the language of their choice.
Adding a New Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite (Anchor: new)
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Login to your SuperSite 2 or PartnerSite Admin Area. See details
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Now, the process slightly differs for SuperSite 2 and PartnerSite:
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For SuperSite 2
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Under the My Languages section, click on the Add New Language button.
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Select a language from the Choose Language to Add drop-down menu.
NoteDefault Languages are languages for which the SuperSite 2 textual content is already translated and the SuperSite 2 can be straightaway set to be displayed in these languages.
Custom Languages are languages for which you need to first translate the SuperSite 2 textual content and then set the SuperSite 2 to be displayed in these languages.
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Click on Add to complete this process.
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For PartnerSite
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Under the My Language PartnerSites section, click on the Add New Language PartnerSite button.
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Here,
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Select a language from the Choose Language to Add drop-down menu.
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If this language is read from right to left, you need to select the check box adjacent to Is this Language Written Right-to-Left?.
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Unless you have already created a new Theme for this Language PartnerSite, you should select Create New link from the Apply Theme drop-down and provide the name for this theme.
In the event that you had previously added a New Theme for this Language PartnerSite, you need to simply select the same from the Apply Theme drop-down.
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Languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, etc. are RTL languages.
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Support for languages which are written from the Right to the Left (RTL) has been provided through a Partnersite-rtl.css file in the existing set of CSS files, which becomes available once a RTL language is added in your PartnerSite. This CSS file mostly contains positional attributes and browser specific information for elements on the PartnerSite to be displayed properly across most browsers.
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Every Language PartnerSite must be associated with a Theme. Ideally, you would want to create a new Theme for every Language PartnerSite as each Theme contains images displaying English text and you would like to translate this as well to your Language PartnerSite.
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Click on Add to complete this process.
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Updating the Settings of your Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite (Anchor: theme)
Once you have added a new Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite, you need to understand the various settings available for the same.
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Login to your SuperSite 2 or PartnerSite Admin Area. See details
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Under the My Languages section for SuperSite 2 or My Language PartnerSites section for PartnerSite, click on Manage Site besides the Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite, whose settings you wish to make edit.
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Click on the Edit Settings button.
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Here, you may tweak the following settings:
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Current Theme: Your SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite content comes with a default Theme. A Theme consists of all your CSS, Images and Javascript files. Ideally, you would want to create a new Theme for every Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite as each Theme contains images displaying English text and you would like to translate this as well to your Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite. See details
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Site Status: By default, when you add a new Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite, it would be set to the Under Construction Status. In this status, while you will be able to modify the Text content of this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite, your visitors will not be able to view this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite.
If you set a particular Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite to Live Status but haven't yet translated its Text content, then when a visitor views this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite, some parts of this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite would appear translated, while the rest of the content would appear in your Default Language.
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Default Site: Select the Yes checkbox to set this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite as default. Upon selecting this option, visitors to your SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite would automatically be shown this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite.
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RTL Support: The Right to Left (RTL) setting needs to be enabled for only those languages that are written from the Right to the Left like Arabic, Hebrew, etc.
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Click the Save button to confirm the above settings.
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If you wish to make any changes related to the positional attributes, you need to edit the Rtl.css / Partnersite-rtl.css file along with the css file for the specific Product. See details
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The following are known display issues for Right to Left language support across browsers:
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Special characters [brackets, exclamation marks, hyphens and other special characters]: While translating the content, ? needs to be placed after the special character. Else, the order of the special character will be reversed.
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Textboxes requiring user input [Username, Password, etc.]: If the Username or Password has some special characters, the order of the special characters will be reversed. This will result in login failures.
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There may be several default images in your SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite pages that are either, aligned or pointing in a particular direction, in-synch with the default English content of the SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite pages.
You would need to browse through your SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite pages, edit all such affected images using a photo editing software such as Adobe PhotoShop or PaintShop Pro and replace the existing images. See details
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Deleting a Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite (Anchor: delete)
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Login to your SuperSite 2 or PartnerSite Admin Area. See details
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Under the My Languages section for SuperSite 2 or My Language PartnerSites section for PartnerSite, click on the Delete link which appears above the Manage Site button for the Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite that you wish to delete.
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Click OK in the confirmation dialog, to permanently Delete your Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite.
You can not Delete you Default Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite. If you do want to Delete such a Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite, you would need to:
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Associate another Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite as your Default Language. See details
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Then, follow the above mentioned steps to Delete this Language SuperSite 2 / PartnerSite.