For Pre-Wordpress 4.0 users please follow below steps<\/p>\n
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- Login to your FTP account and edit wp-config.php file.<\/li>\n
- In\u00a0wp-config.php file, look for WPLANG constant for example define(‘WPLANG’, ”);<\/em><\/li>\n
- Define\u00a0WPLANG constant by adding ISO language code of your desired language. For example if you want to add German\u00a0language. Use this code\u00a0define(‘WPLANG’, ‘de_DE.po’);<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
For WordPress 4.0 + users\u00a0please follow below steps<\/p>\n
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- Login to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to Settings > General Settings<\/li>\n
- Make sure “Site Language” option is set to your desired language.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Storing Translation Files<\/strong><\/p>\n
By default storing inside theme folder. The theme language folder is wp-content\/themes\/grandportfolio\/languages<\/strong> this method has one downside. Because whenevery you update the theme. The whole language folder will be replaced with original version which overwrite your translation files.<\/p>\n
NOTE: <\/strong>So the solution is to backup your translation file before updating theme.<\/p>\n
Translating The Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n
Theme use PO translation file which is industry standard translation method. In theme folder you will find a folder called languages. You will find each languages files store in the folder.<\/p>\n
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- *.po<\/strong> – A lists of all text strings in theme. The text strings are in English and you can add translation to each of text string.<\/li>\n
- *.mo<\/strong> – This is the compiled .po file and is used by WordPress to translate the theme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If your language isn’t included in the theme language files. You have to create a new .po file from original Theme.po located in theme’s languages folder then save the new .po file with your language code for example\u00a0de_DE.po<\/em><\/p>\n
Translating The Custom Post Type Plugin<\/strong><\/p>\n
Custom Post Type Plugin\u00a0use PO translation file which is industry standard translation method. In plugins\u00a0folder you will find a folder called languages. You will find each languages files store in the folder.<\/p>\n
If your language isn’t included in the theme language files. You have to create a new .po file from original grandportfolio-custom-post-en_US.po<\/strong> located in plugin’s\u00a0languages folder<\/strong> then save the new .po file with your language code for example grandportfolio-custom-post-de_DE.po<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
- *.mo<\/strong> – This is the compiled .po file and is used by WordPress to translate the theme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- *.po<\/strong> – A lists of all text strings in theme. The text strings are in English and you can add translation to each of text string.<\/li>\n
- Define\u00a0WPLANG constant by adding ISO language code of your desired language. For example if you want to add German\u00a0language. Use this code\u00a0define(‘WPLANG’, ‘de_DE.po’);<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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