Posted 3 months ago #
I've just implemented my first multisite, and was promptly pointed over to the Bilingual Linker plugin. Since I'm sort of slow when it comes to working with new plugins, I'm wondering if there are any step-by-step instructions for this plugin?
Thanks so much!
Posted 3 months ago #
Did you look at the instructions on the plugin's page?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bilingual-linker/installation/
Where are you stumbling?
Posted 3 months ago #
Hi Yannick,
All it says to do after installation is "Use the OutputBilingualLink function in the loop to display a link to the item translation." Is the code provided complete, or does it require <php wrappers. And, which template would that go into and where? Obviously, I'm not a coder and need either detailed instructions or examples.
Thank you,
Posted 3 months ago #
I guess you are not familiar with editing theme templates. The loop refers to the processing loop found in theme templates. To see the translation link, you need to edit one or more of your theme's files to add a call to OutputBilingualLinker. Yes, it will need <php wrappers like any PHP call.
Posted 3 months ago #
Yeah, that's my situation. I'm still learning where to put what in which template. I have edited one of the pages to link to it's English version. This being said, would I put it in my page.php, single.php, index.php or maybe someplace else? Will the tag look like this?:
<?php OutputBilingualLink($post_id, $linktext, $beforelink, $afterlink); ?>Thanks for your time and help...
Posted 3 months ago #
I have a template called "loop-single.php". In it I placed this code
<?php OutputBilingualLink($post_id, $linktext, $beforelink, $afterlink); ?>in various places, but nothing happens. Is there anyone out there who has been able to make this work, and who has an example to share?
Thanks much!
Posted 3 months ago #
The plugin will not display anything is there is no link associated with the article. Did you assign a link to the article that you are viewing?
Posted 3 months ago #
I have a friend, who better understands php, work on the code with me. This is what was tried:
<?php if ( function_exists( 'OutputBilingualLink' ) :
)
echo '<ul>';
echo OutputBilingualLink('123', ' English version', '<li>', '</li>); echo OutputBilingualLink('124', ' Spanish version', '<li>', '</li>); echo '</ul>'; endif;?>
<?php the_content(); ?>Where the "123" and "124" is where the post id is supposed to go (at least in her understanding). I think that's a mistake. How does this look to you?
Posted 3 months ago #
Well, you should not be hard-coding the post id. It should come from the current post being process. If you're in a loop, that parameter would be $post->ID.
Posted 3 months ago #
For the life of me, I can't understand why you choose to be so cryptic about how to make your plugin code work. I'm not a php coder. Don't you have a working example that you can share?
Posted 3 months ago #
One of the forum members supplied me with a working code. All is good now.
Posted 2 months ago #
I have the same problem as laptophobo.
I have been trying for hours to learn where to put what to get the code to work. Is there a simple example of what goes into "the loop"? Where I can put it? For example, can it go into the header and then when it is called, it will be available on all sites?
I have been reading great things about this plugin in my quest for an example of how to use it. It's the only reason I am still trying... but at this point it seems that to use this plugin, I have to learn all of the code that went into creating it.
Please help...
Posted 2 months ago #
Gnomecircle. If you email me at laptophobo[at]gmail.com I'll forward you what I've learned.
Posted 2 months ago #
Thanks laptophobo!
I have got it working. Now I can proceed to actually creating the site. lol.
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