How to build a site that supports two languages (Fr or En)

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  alainleveille · Member · Feb 7, 2013 at 4:46 pm

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  Hi

  I would like to build a site in two languages: French and English.

  Is it possible to ad something like a “Choose your language” option somewhere on a site (like at the top right corner or in the footer) ?

  Or does the Templates can only support one language.

  Many thanks,

  Alain

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  kardotim · Member · Feb 8, 2013 at 4:17 am

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  You can follow the steps mentioned on this page: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/02/14/translation-widget-for-wordpress-com-blogs/

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  alainleveille · Member · Feb 8, 2013 at 10:29 pm

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  Super !

  Thank you for answering.

  I will look at this this w-end.

  Thanks again.

  Alain

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  alainleveille · Member · Feb 8, 2013 at 10:33 pm

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  Oh, I looked at it briefly.

  I think it’s a tool to translate a blog.

  I don’t want to translate mine.
  I want to be able to offer it both in French and in English.

  I was wondering if it was possible to ad a “French/ English” button somewhere to give my user the opportunity to either visit the french or the english pages of m site depending on their needs.

  Maybe through a plug-in ?

  AL

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  kardotim · Member · Feb 9, 2013 at 7:24 am

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  If you want to add the buttons in the sidebar, you can use either the Image Widget or Text Widget.

  Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.

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  alainleveille · Member · Feb 9, 2013 at 3:06 pm

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  Hi again.

  Thank your for you help.

  But I’m not sure my question is clear ;-)

  Basically, what I want is to create a bilingual site (French and English) from the same Theme template.

  And I want to offer my users the opportunity to switch from the french to the english version of my site (or vice-versa) from a simple click on a link, or a button or anything else.

  And as per the Admin point of view, I would like all my site pages (french and english) to be available in the same WordPress Theme Dashboard.

  But I think it might not be possible.
  I might have to create two identical sites, one in french and the other in english, and ad the button or link you are referring to in your previous answer.

  Am I right ?

  Thx again for your help and consideration.

  Alain

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  kardotim · Member · Feb 9, 2013 at 4:50 pm

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  I see. To do you so you’ll need to create the content in both language by creating multiple blogs or posts/pages. Otherwise you can use the translation widget: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/02/14/translation-widget-for-wordpress-com-blogs/

  There are no restrictions if you setup a self-hosted WordPress.org blog instead of a WordPress.com blog, but there are some added responsibilities. We have hosting recommendations at the following link if you are interested.

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  alainleveille · Member · Feb 10, 2013 at 5:12 pm

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  Great.

  That’s what I figured.

  But then I guess I would need to look for a template that allow the creation/ use of 2 menus.

  Al

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  kardotim · Member · Feb 11, 2013 at 6:42 am

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  You can follow the instructions in this guide on how to create your own custom menu: http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus . This works with almost any theme/template.

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  alainleveille · Member · Feb 12, 2013 at 2:36 pm

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  Great.

  Thanks.

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  kardotim · Member · Feb 12, 2013 at 3:13 pm

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  You’re welcome.