Need to provide your visitors the option to read your content in two or more languages? There are a few ways to do this, and we’ll go over a couple of them here.
Multilingual site through Apps #
The Weebly App Center has two different third-party apps for multilingual websites:
Multilanguage, and LocalizeInternet
Each has different features, so you’ll want to check them both out to see which is a better fit for your needs. Find guides and FAQ’s via the links below:
Multilanguage How-to Guide
LocalizeInternet Help Center
Multilingual site without Apps – copy and translate #
You can also set up multilingual sites by yourself without using any apps.
1.Start by creating your site in one language #
If most of your visitors speak English then build the English version of your site first. Once this is done, create a copy of the first site. You’ll find this option on your Site Dashboard.
This will create an exact copy of that site (though if you wrote any blog posts on the original site, those won’t be copied). Edit this copied site and translate all the content into the appropriate language. You can then assign an address to this site via Settings > Site Address in the editor.
2. Link the pages #
Now all you need to do is link to each site from the other one(s). That way if a visitor is reading your English site, but needs the French one, they can just click a link to get there (and vice-versa). The easiest way to do this is by creating a navigation link that leads to the other site. How? Via the Pages tab. Go to the Pages tab and add a new page and choose the option to link to an External Site.
Give this page a name (like Francais) and enter the address or subdomain of the other site. Then hit Save.
In this example the English version of our site now has a link that leads directly to the French version. We’d then take the same steps on the English version to link it to the French one.
What if you want to add more than one language? Just make more copies and translate them following the same steps shown in this guide.
