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1. PeterPAP
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi again Chouby,

   So I set up this test site where I activated Polylang and as expressed before it works like a dream. Now I have activated it in my live site and have the same problem again!

   I can set up languages in settings, I can set up pages in different languages and easily link relevant page translations using ID field. I can then see liitle '+' and pencil icons in the table listing all pages.

   However when it comes to categories and tags I am not able to even set a language.

   Lets say I have 30 categories, all with English selected in the dropdown (they were original categories). I add a couple of new translated categories. Now I click on edit (new) category. The language shows English. So I select Polish from the drop down (as this is the second language for my project). A frame shows up below - more like a table - showing 3 columns in 1 row:
   Language - English
   Translation - No untranslated term
   Edit - Add new

   There is no drop down field where I could select matching English category! I believe a drop-down field should appear where there is 'No untranslated term' is.

   It is absolutely doing my head in!!!
   I click 'Update' button and my language selection is not saved.
   When I come back to re-edit the category it still reads English even though I had selected different language.
   (is it because it is not saving 'Polish' I select, that then 'No untranslated term' shows on any English category???)

   I remember I had a similar issue on the test site and then suddenly these drop-downs where I could select matching translated category showed up. From then on I could match all categories/tags. I do not recall what I did to get to that point though.

   Any ideas?
   Your help will be much appreciated,
   Pete

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/polylang/

2. Chouby
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Do your English category show a pencil in the English column and a + in the Polish column ?

   If no, could you edit (not quick edit) one of your English category and click on the update button ? Does the pencil and the + appear for this button ?

   If no, could you de-activate Polylang, re-activate it and retry the above test ?

3. PeterPAP
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Neither English or Polish category shows a pencil or a + sign.
   All have English as their language. When I change English to Polish language in Polish category and Update this change does not seem to be implemented. When I Edit this Polish category again I can see it is still English.

   I tried to edit English category. Same as described above.
   I also deactivated and reactivated the plug-in but it made no change unfortunately.

   Most bizarre because I had the same issue with my test site but then the problem suddenly disappeared and the test site works without no problems.

4. Chouby
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Polylang creates a table (wp_termmeta) in the database, and for some reason I ignore, it seems that it was not created for your site. Have you access to your database to check if the table is present or not ?

   Which version of Polylang are you using ?

5. PeterPAP
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I use Polylang 0.6.1. and WP 3.3.1

   I use cPanel so I have phpMyAdmin.
   Just check and you are correct - there is no table (wp_termmeta).
   Also checked my test site and this table is there.

   Any ideas how to rectify my live site?

6. PeterPAP
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   do you think manual export of the table (wp_termmeta) from my test site and then import to live will do the job?

7. Chouby
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I guess you can do that. Check the prefix (wp_ or something else). It's the first time I am aware of such an issue.

8. PeterPAP
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   OK. This is what I did:
   - exported (wp_termmeta) from my test database as .sql file
   - in WordPad I deleted all data, and left only table structure
   - imported it to my live database

   It did the job!
   Everything seems to be working fine now. I can see pencils and + signs next to category and tag names once I 'update' them.

   Chouby many thanks for your help.

   It is interesting however why this table did not install in the first place. As you might remember with my test site I as experimenting with different bilingual plugins when I came across the same issue with Polylang. I then did the fresh install of WP, and only then it started to work as far as I remember. So it is entirely possible that the very same table had been missing in the first place?

   Anyway, it is a super plugin and thank you for it.
   Looking forward to v0.7

   regards,
   Peter

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