Any recommendations for a multilingual feature/addon with RTL and LTR languages on EE4?

Question

Is there a native functionality for additional languages in EE4 or should we go for an addon for a site with LTR and RTL languages?

Please share your experiences.

Answer 1

okay it seems you are into this too. if you want to spend 200$ use https://boldminded.com/add-ons/publisher-2

if not; here is the tips for an easy way to do it. lets say that you have two languages English - en Arabic - ar

first duplicate your fields in your channels and make sure that you suffix the field name with the short-code of your language Like:

{title_ar} {body_en} {body_ar}

if you need categories add a custom field for your categories lets say the English is your default language : {category_name_ar}

if you have variable; you can use the suffix too, like: {home_en} : home {home_ar} : الرئيسية

=== in you blog template === use the template routs and make sure the segment_1 as the language short-code like: template group Blog/index

/{lang:regex[(en|ar)]}/blog/{section:category}/{page:pagination}

now the url of the "Blog" will be like: https://localhost/ar/blog/ https://localhost/en/blog/

in your template the code will be like this:

   <ul>
      <li>{home_{segment:lang}}</li>
    {!-- this will translate the variable upon requested URL --}
    </ul>



 {exp:channel:categories}
        <a href="{path='{segment:lang}/blog/'}">
    {if segment_1 == "ar"}
{category_name_ar}
{if:else}
{category_name}
{/if}
    </a>
    {/exp:channel:categories}

    {exp:channel:entries channel="blog" }
<h2> 
  {if segment_1 == "ar"}
    {title_ar}
    {if:else}
    {title}
    {/if}
</h2>

<p>{body_{segment:lang}}</p>
 {/exp:channel:entries}

there is many ways to do so this is the easiest way to do it natively

hope you find this useful