Testing a multilingual site #

This page is for administrators and site builders who check a multilingual site. Exponential ships a language made for testing, Lorem Ipsum (qlo-ZZ), which no installation adds by itself (The test language Lorem Ipsum).

Contents #

1. Testing with Lorem Ipsum
2. Checks per language
3. Checks across languages
4. Caches
5. Remove the test language

Testing with Lorem Ipsum #

Use a test installation, never practise removal on a language your content uses.

1. Setup > Languages > Add language, choose Lorem Ipsum.

2. Give a test siteaccess SiteLanguageList[]=qlo-ZZ and your main language second.

3. Fill translations with lorem ipsum text:

   ./console exp:loremipsum <object id> --dry-run

   It fills only test languages. Remove --dry-run when the output looks right.

4. Browse the test siteaccess: every translated text is visibly lorem ipsum, so untranslated fixed texts and fallbacks stand out.

Checks per language #

• To do: The address answers and <html lang> is right.
• To do: Menus, footer and fixed texts are in the language.
• To do: Dates and numbers follow the locale.
• To do: Forms, their error messages and confirmation pages are in the language.
• To do: Mails sent by forms and newsletters are in the language.
• To do: Error pages (not found, access denied) are in the language.
• To do: Search finds pages in the language.
• To do: For right-to-left languages: dir="rtl" and a mirrored layout.

Checks across languages #

• To do: The switcher leads to the same page in each language.
• To do: A page that exists in one language behaves as the fallback policy says on the others.
• To do: Always available items (images, users) show everywhere.
• To do: A new translation published in one language does not change the others.
• To do: Translators can edit only their language.

Caches #

After settings changes clear the INI and content caches (php bin/php/ezcache.php --clear-tag=ini,content) and Velocity's response cache (./console exp:velocity cache clear --apply) when Velocity serves the site; otherwise a test may show an old state (Content languages, section 10).

Remove the test language #

Remove the Lorem Ipsum translations (or the test objects), then the language in Setup > Languages, so it does not keep a content language slot.

Related pages #

• The test language Lorem Ipsum
• Languages checklist
• Launch checklist
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.