- a. Install i18n module
- b. Add all the required languages in admin/settings/language
- c. Configure the “Language negociation” to “path prefix only” in admin/settings/language/configure
- d. Configure the “Content selection mode” to “Current language and language neutral” and check the “Switch interface for translating” in admin/settings/language/i18n
- e. Make some variables multilanguage by adding a few lines in you settings.php file :
/** * Multilingual settings * * This is a collection of variables that can be set up * for each language when i18n is enabled. * These are the basic ones for Drupal core, * but you can add your own here. */ $conf['i18n_variables'] = array( // Site name, slogan, mission, etc.. 'site_name', 'site_slogan', 'site_mission', 'site_footer', 'anonymous', // Different front page for each language 'site_frontpage', // Primary and secondary links 'menu_primary_links_source', 'menu_secondary_links_source', 'menu_default_node_menu', // Contact form information 'contact_form_information', );
This is the reason why I checked the “Switch interface for translating”, so if you go to “admin/settings/site-information” or “admin/build/menu/settings” and switch the language you can change the Site information and menu per language.
To be sure, you should see “This is a multilingual variable.” next to each variable you put in the settings file.
i18n : Menus and primary / secondary links
After a lot of problems with i18n and primary links, I finally decided to read the i18n documentation from A to Z, and the solution was there at page 2.