multilingual woocommerce
DESCRIPTION
+ Why E-Commerce Multilingual + Challenges in WooCommerce Multilingual sites + Introduction to WooCommerce Multilingual plugin: - how to install - basic settings - features - examples Content credit to: Agnes Bury @agnesbury Saigon, April 19, 2014 Event: http://www.meetup.com/Saigon-WordPress/events/172553212/TRANSCRIPT
WooCommerce Multilingual
sell global with WordPress WooCommerce and WPML
About me and the companyDat Hoang
● Community & Support of OnTheGoSystems
● Marketing Online
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● WPML● Toolset plugins● ICanLocalize
Agenda
● Why E-Commerce Multilingual● Challenges in WooCommerce Multilingual
sites● Introduction to WooCommerce Multilingual
plugin
Why E-Commerce Multilingual
● Enhance your customer reachsell products to all customers, irrespective of the language they speak
● Increase competitiveness
● Gain business credibility and customer trust
● Be professional Keep all your multilingual elements in different languages, including products
● Let yourself grow discovering different customers needs
Getting ready for multilingual E-Commerce
What matters for site visitors● each single page in
visitor’s language● language switching
made easily ● site for different
languages on separate URLs
● multi-currencies
What to translate● pages listing all
products● product description● product categories● product fields● product attributes
(size, weight, ...)● currencies● images
Getting ready for multilingual E-Commerce
What matters for WordPress editors● users expect to
create the store once, in site main language
● then they should only care of product translations
● product translation management should be easy both to configure and to translate
Easy product translation management
● configuration - all product elements which require translation gathered in one place
● filter options to see missing translations
● preview original language when translating
● flexibility to translate all product information including currency, attributes, images
● manual work limited to minimum
WooCommerce Multilingual
What you will need● WooCommerce● WPML 2.9.3 +
○ String Translation○ Translation
Management○ Media Translation
● WooCommerce Multilingual 3.0+
it’s free in wordpress.org
How to configure
● make sure you have WooCommerce standard pages in your main language
● more infodocs.woothemes.com/document/woocommerce-pages/
WooCommerce Multilingual - where to start
● go to WPML -> WooCommerce Multilingual to manage your product translations
WooCommerce Multilingual general settings
plugin helps to● check if you have all
needed plugins installed
● create WooCommerce store pages for missing languages
● detect taxonomies missing translations
Translating categories, tags, attributes
● WooCommerce Multilingual can automatically detect WooCommerce:○ product categories,○ tags, ○ shipping classes,○ and attributes
for translation
Size and Color tabs added automatically
Product translations
Product translations
● you can manage all product translations in one panel
● plugin will identify products which miss translations
● easy access to product title, content, excerpt, images translations
● you can search products
● you can filter products by category
● you can view products in all languages or limit it to a specific language only
Front-end view (Vietnamese)
Front-end view (English)
WooCommerce Multilingual - other features
● support for WooCommerce product variations
● automatic inventory updates
● support for multi-currency
● Vietnamese admin interface
● two product translation interfaces to choose:○ translation table (as
presented before)○ native WooCommerce
product editing screen
Support and documentation
● WooCommerce Multilingual support at wpml.org
● support at wordpress.org
● documentationwpml.org/documentation/ related-projects/ woocommerce-multilingual/
WooCommerce extensions compatibility
● WPML makers work extensively with WooCommerce team to make WooCommerce extensions compatible with WooCommerce Multilingual plugin
Multilingual ready● Tab Manager● Subscriptions● Table rate shipping
http://wpml.org/2014/02/woocommerce-extensions-wpml-tab-manager-subscription-table-rate-shipping/
Real sites with WooCommerce Multilingual?
● http://www.coupure-art.ch/● http://luontofurniture.com● http://www.ceremonietea.co.il/● and many more...
coupure-art.ch [German]
Source: http://www.coupure-art.ch/ by Neil Matthews, WebPolyglot.com
coupure-art.ch [English]
Source: http://www.coupure-art.ch/ by Neil Matthews, WebPolyglot.com
ceremonietea.co.il [English]
Source: ceremonietea.co.il by Yardena Epstein
ceremonietea.co.il [Hebrew]
Source: ceremonietea.co.il by Yardena Epstein
DiscussionQ & A
Big Thanks!Dat HoangCommunity & Support Vietnam E: [email protected]: wpml.org | wp-types.com | icanlocalize.com
Saigon, April 19, 2014