Joomla! Documentation™

How to Access

Select Extensions → Language Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation or click the icon Language in the control center. Under the content tab click on the language to edit.

Description

In the Language Manager: Edit Content Language you can set the title, SEF, image, code, and description of the installed langauges. You may also update or add meta keywords and description.

Screenshot

Details

• Title. The name of the language as it will appear in the lists.
• Title Native. Language title IN the native language.
• SEF. SEF for this language. If 'en' is used then it will be added after the site URL. Example: http://mysite.com/en. Note: The prefix must be unique over all the languages.
• Image. Name of the image file for this language when using the "Use Image Flags" Language Switcher basic option. Example: If 'en' is chosen, then the image shall be en.gif. Images and CSS for this module are in media/mod_languages/
• Code. Enter here the language tag - example: en-GB for English (UK). This should be the exact prefix used for the language installed or to be installed.
• Published. Available options are published, unpublished, disabled, trash
• Description. Enter a discription for the language

• ID. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by Joomla. It is used to identify the item internally, and you cannot change this number.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

• Save & Close. Saves the content language and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the content language and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another content language.

• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

Site and Administrator Links

At the top left, above the columns, you will see two links as shown below:

• Site. Shows the Languages available for the Front-end of the web site.
• Administrator. Shows the Languages available for the Back-end of the web site. Note that the languages for the Front and Back end can be different.

Quick Tips

• Users can use any Language from the list of installed Languages, either by having it assigned in the User Manager or by filling out a Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - User Form Layout at the Front end. This will cause the Joomla! system prompts to be generated in this Language just for this User. For example, if a User chooses Spanish as their language, then the Search Module will show with prompts in Spanish.
• This User's choice is not affected by the Default Language set for the Front-end.

• Changing a User's Language or the Default Language does not affect the web site's Articles and other content.

• Important: Do not delete the default language files (for example, with FTP). This will create errors on both the Front-end and Back-end.

• Additional Languages can be added using the Extension Manager - Install Screen.

• If desired, you can show the Front-end site in one Language and show the Back-end administration pages in a different Language. Also, individual articles can be configured to use a different language in the Advanced Parameter pane when editing the Article.

Related Information

• To install more Languages: Extension Manager - Install Screen
• To uninstall a Language: Extension Manager - Manage
• To change the Language for a User: User Manager - New/Edit
• To set the Language of an Article: Article Manager - New/Edit - Parameters - Advanced