Title: “Start Translating” button not clickable
Last modified: May 29, 2020

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# “Start Translating” button not clickable

 *  [discovercrueltyfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discovercrueltyfree/)
 * (@discovercrueltyfree)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/)
 * Hi there –
 * I just activated Loco Translate. I selected a theme to translate and get to the
   page where you 1. select a language and 2. select a storage location. I select
   English and “Custom” for the storage location. The problem is the “Start Translating”
   button is not clickable.
 * Do you need to create a storage folder prior to this step? How? Apologies if 
   I am missing something here.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/#post-12913858)
 * The button will stay disabled if the new file can’t be created, but you will 
   be told why. Check for warnings at the top of the screen. It might say Write 
   Protected or something similar.
 *  Thread Starter [discovercrueltyfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discovercrueltyfree/)
 * (@discovercrueltyfree)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/#post-12918118)
 * Thanks for the reply. I do not see any warnings before or after selecting English(
   US) and Custom for the location. Clicking the grayed out Start Translating button
   does does nothing either. The theme I’m trying to translate is Storefront if 
   that helps.
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/#post-12918231)
 * I can’t think of any scenario where you’d be prevented from proceeding without
   being warned about why.
 * Do you have errors in your browser console? What is the response from the Ajax
   request that is made when you change your selections?
 *  Thread Starter [discovercrueltyfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discovercrueltyfree/)
 * (@discovercrueltyfree)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/#post-12950556)
 * Hi Tim,
 * I have a jquery.css error in addition to a blocked resource from the Amazon Link
   Builder plugin (official plugin for Amazon Associates).
 * When I make the language selection, in the network tab I see:
 * {wp-auth-check: true, server_time: 1591541573}
    server_time: 1591541573 wp-auth-
   check: true
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/#post-12950978)
 * That Ajax response isn’t for Loco Translate. If there’s no other request then
   an error must be occurring before it gets that far.
 * I don’t know what your “jquery.css error” is, but if you have any JavaScript 
   errors at all you should disable whatever plugin is causing them. That might 
   mean disabling each plugin you have installed one by one until the error stops.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-translating-button-not-clickable/#post-12950978)
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