Language links in main menu – language rewritten

@arnisraido,

the link itself does not need an add as /en or /fr, only the title of the link is in different languages.

I hope I have understood what you meant.

You use the widget?

What do You mean “Only title is different”?
I am not using plugin. I add links manually in main menu.

OK, if I need 2 language links in main menu

English
French

So the links in main menu should be

https://site/en
https://site/fr

If I add them to main menu, and set links with/or without full sitename – the links all are rewritten to

if I am in ENGLISH version:

<a href="https://site/en">En</a>
<a href="https://site/en">Fr</a>

or

if I am in FRENCH version:

<a href="https://site/fr">En</a>
<a href="https://site/fr">Fr</a>

I am not using plugin.

You do!

Widget, or anything else

Sorry, i mean – I AM using qtranslate-x plugin for multilanguage site.
But I am not using anything extra for main menu links. Just plain links ??

Anything more, how to explain?

@arnisraido,

have you read this article?

Also you can download the latest beta version which has more possibilities with cookies. You can download it here

Success

@gunu

I think, there is nothing to do with cookies.

What I want –
– to be able enter custom link in main menu, with fixed language in link, like this:
https://www.domain.com/en/
https://www.domain.com/fr/

– then – Open the webpage and _see those links as they are added to main menu_

At this moment – if I will go to header.php template file, and enter those links there – they will stay “as is”.

But if I enter them into Main menu – they are automatically rewritten to “the current language, I am at the site”…

It seems, this is not possible at this moment?
Then –
this tutorials will not work either

@arnisraido,

you have links in the menu (Appearance – Menus – Links)?

link 1 = mysite.com/en
link 2 = mysite.com/fr

I tried this on my test site.

Unchecked – Hide URL language information for default language in the language settings. With latest beta version.

Works here.

Ok, I have not tried with beta, with latest live – did not work.
I will try beta.

@arnisraido,

May I ask what the purpose is to make it so?

Because – it has always been a problem for me – after installing Qtranslate, to add fixed links (usually, with language iso code (En, Fr, …) or flags somewhere in “header” section.

One way – to use Qtranslate Language selection widget. But not all themes supports widgets in header.
You can always add them hard-coded in header.php template.

But – all themes has “main navigation” menu. And it seems – it is much more easier to add this link in main menu and it afterwards with css.
IMHO.

But may be You have better solution?

Seen this? – Under Appearance – Menus – there is a Language Switcher

If it is not visible – Screen Options – check Language Switcher

This helps you?

@arnisraido,

is this solved now?

@arnisraido: please read FAQ topic “How can I prevent URL of a custom menu item from being converted”.

And, just in case, use the latest version from GitHub, for example, https://github.com/qTranslate-Team/qtranslate-x/archive/3.2.9.8.4.zip, since this feature ‘setlang=no’ was broken in some earlier versions, not sure which one you use.

Nice!

After upgrade to 3.2.9 (plugin update from admin),
?setlang=no – started to work.

Now I have link https://sitename.domain/fr/?setlang=no

in main menu. And it works!

Previously had 3.2.7 version – ?setlang=no did not worked.

Thank You!