celebryson
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I'm creating a bilingual website (French and English) on a single URL with a language link to switch to English. What is the best way to install both language versions of WP on a single domain?
- Can both versions be installed, one in the root directory and the other in a folder (e.g., .../english) in the same root directory? Or,
- Will I have to create a sub-domain, e.g, en.mysite.ca?
Many thanks in advance,
have read of this and see if it helps
celebryson
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
Thanks for the link. By the looks of it, there is no way around installing both versions and running two databases.
there is no way around installing both versions and running two databases.
If there is a question in it somewhere, I am not sure. Hopefully someone who is expert may respond.
Install a single instance of WordPress in your preferred language and then use a translation plugin.
gedwoods
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I am in the same boat as you, celebryson. I had understood that the way to do this was to open a Networked site (what used to be called a MultiUser or MU site) with two subdirectories (or subdomains) running under a single WP system. But there seem to be no off-the-shelf plugins to do the file management between the two versions. Hence I am planning to hack it together myself if I can find no alternative - as a novice WP user, this is going to take me a little while... The language translation stuff will help, but it seems to localize the language, not allow multiple versions to work together. I am as curious as you are regarding other possible solutions!