Title: Installing Multisite Language Switcher newbee question Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Installing Multisite Language Switcher newbee question * Resolved [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/) * Hi, I tried to installed multisite language switcher. I run a website [http://www.html-5.ca](http://www.html-5.ca), I created a folder /en and a folder /fr and installed an english version of wordpress in the /en folder and a french version of wordpress in the /fr folder. After I did that, I copied the entire folder multisite-language-switcher in the wp- content plugins folder of each wordpress. When I try to activate it I got this error message : multisite-language-switcher This plugin needs the activation of the multisite-feature for working properly. Please read this post if you don’t know the meaning. So I went to the post it directed me to : [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network) * My question is do I really need to create a Network ? All I want is too have a bilingual wordpress website, surely there is an easy solution ? I tried qtranslate but it does not translate everything in the theme : see [http://www.juliecloutier.com](http://www.juliecloutier.com) I can’t get bilingual text widget and also have problem with the “Leave comments” being in english on the french version of the site. * Anyone has an easy and simple solution to create bilingual website with wordpress? * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-language-switcher/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-language-switcher/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Dennis Ploetner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realloc/) * (@realloc) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580052) * If you want to use this plugin you must configure your WordPress installation in this way. But there are other ways to have a multilingual blog. Please have a look here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Multilingual_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Multilingual_WordPress) * Cheers, Dennis. * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580061) * Hi Dennis, thank you for your anser but I read that already. I already tried qtranslate. The other solution numbered 1-3 and 4 do not seem to be quite right for my needs. I also looked at a paying solution : [http://wpml.org/](http://wpml.org/) Maybe this would be the simplest. * Plugin Author [Dennis Ploetner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realloc/) * (@realloc) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580062) * Yes, WPML is maybe a better solution if you don’t want to set up a multisite. * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580063) * THank you, I will let you know if it’s good after I installed it. I most probably will opt for that. * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580095) * Can I create a newtork to use it with sub/folder and not sub-domain. For exemple setup the english site at [http://www.juliecloutier.com/en](http://www.juliecloutier.com/en) and the french site at [http://www.juliecloutier.com/fr](http://www.juliecloutier.com/fr) * [lucabarbetti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucabarbetti/) * (@lucabarbetti) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580174) * If that was a question, the answer is: Sure you can! Use the multisite feature in WordPress 3.0 (or higher). Just follow the instructions in the link that you posted above: [Create a Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network), before that give a look at [Before You Create a Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network) and, if you want to know in advance something about administration, at [Multisite Network Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration) Happy networking! * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580177) * Thank you for your answer. The network solution is working great, I think it is the best solution for a multilingual website or blog. * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580233) * Hi, realloc I thought I’d re-open this thread because I have a question with the network multisite. I created a french site and created annetwork for the english version to be stored in a sub-directory /en. * I like the network solution for bilingual site because I like the plugin multi site language switcher to navigate from one langage to the other, I think it is the best plugins and I also like the fact that we can manage both site in one wp admin. * Now, I have a problem though. I created a site at [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) and it is in french. I created a network multi-site and added a new site as a sub/directory at [http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en](http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en) I want to copy the main site [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) to the new site [http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en](http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en) so that I can build the english from the exact replica of the french and not from scratch as it is right now. I already tried the plugin blog copier but as you can see from the image here : [http://www.juliecloutier.com/network_images/blogcopier_trouble.jpg](http://www.juliecloutier.com/network_images/blogcopier_trouble.jpg) It does not let me use the root [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) as the source blog to copy from. Do you know af a simple solution to do this, Surely there is a simple way, even if manual to copy the whole main site to a sub-directory. I have looked at the wordpress support for : [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory) but I don’t think this apply to multisite network. Can you help me ? * Plugin Author [Dennis Ploetner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realloc/) * (@realloc) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580234) * I’m not sure if I have fully understood the problem. The site [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) is a part of your network [http://www.juliecloutier.com/](http://www.juliecloutier.com/)? Or is this just a network with these 2 sites: [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) and [http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en](http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en)? * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580235) * It is just a network of these 2 sites. [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) and [http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en](http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en) * the first one is the main french version of the site and the second one, I aim it to be the english version of the site. But I wish to copy the entire french( post, pages, menu, gallery, theme, styling CSS) in the english so that I do not need to start from scratch. * Maybe I am not approaching this the right way ? I wanted to do a network so that we could use the multi-site language switcher has a plugin to go from the french to the english and vice versa and also I like the network solution because it enables us to do the updates and editing in one wordpress platform instead of 2 separates. But if it is too complicated to achieve the copy of the site, then I might do 2 seperates wordpress installation one at [http://www.groupeespaces.ca](http://www.groupeespaces.ca) and the english one at [http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en](http://www.groupeespaces.ca/en) * Maybe then it will get simpler to copy one site to the other since the database won’t be mixed up so I could keep the same page ID and everything ? My page ID are in usage in my CSS of the menu so I hope they stay the same for the english. * If you think I should do 2 seperate site not in a network, let me know and if you have an idea of the plugin I should use to navigate from one to another let me know too. I have heard about WPML as a plugin for milti-lingue website. * Plugin Author [Dennis Ploetner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realloc/) * (@realloc) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580236) * You could give try that plugin too: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-cloned-sites-for-wpmu-batch/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-cloned-sites-for-wpmu-batch/) * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580237) * Hum, thank you for trying to help but in the FAQ section of that plugins it says: * Why can’t I clone the main site? I chose not to because the main site can be slightly different in structure than a new network site. Therefore the plugin is not looking for the main site in the template selection. Make a new site manually first, edit it to your whishing (no domainmapping required), and use that site as a template to clone. * So it brings me back to square 1 not being able to copy the main site. * Plugin Author [Dennis Ploetner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realloc/) * (@realloc) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580238) * OK, what about the normal export and then import that in your new blog? * Thread Starter [juliejcdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliejcdesign/) * (@juliejcdesign) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580239) * What about it, I never heard of that. I have been asking around in support forum for the past week and no one ever mentioned that. Normal export-import. * Wow, I am going to try it. I guess this might be the way to go. I suppose I can later on import the theme and styling. * I hope it will import the Gallery too. * Plugin Author [Dennis Ploetner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realloc/) * (@realloc) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-multisite-language-switcher-newbee-question/#post-2580240) * For the import it will install another plugin but this is a small one and you can de-install it after that. * Let me know if it works for you. 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