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Language switcher not showing

Post by topi » Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:42 pm

Hi,

I'm currently running my site on Joomla 3.8.3 with two content languages installed (finnish and English).
I have placed a Language Switcher module but only the title is showing. Why?
Please help.

Thank you in advance,
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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by infograf768 » Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:34 pm

Have you set your site as a multilingual site?

See https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Setup_a_Multilingual_Site
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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by topi » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:15 pm

Hi,

Yes, I have gone through the steps for making an existing site multilingual by installing Swedish, Finnish and English but the poblem persists. Only Finnish and English are available under Content Languanges for some reason thouigh... ?

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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by infograf768 » Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:19 am

Please display the Multilangstatus administrator module to see the possible errors.
First publish it then click on it to get the Popup, take a screenshot and post here.
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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by topi » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:57 pm

Hi,

Seems fine. See attached screen shot.
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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by infograf768 » Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:09 pm

You have to make sure the module is published and position set to status.
Screen Shot 2018-02-04 at 17.06.21.png
then click on its name at bottom left of the window
Screen Shot 2018-02-04 at 17.06.33.png
You will get a popup.
Screen Shot 2018-02-04 at 17.08.46.png
Take a screenshot and attach here.

There could be an issue, try to solve it and report back.
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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by topi » Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:18 pm

Hi,

Thank you for the tip.
Attached you'll find my multilanguage status. It is displaying an error about the defualt home pages but this should not result in the language switcher not showing, right?

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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:32 pm

It will show after you have corrected the default menu items condition.

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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by infograf768 » Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:20 am

but this should not result in the language switcher not showing, right?
If you have not set the module to display its title, it would.
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Re: Language switcher not showing

Post by topi » Sun Feb 18, 2018 2:42 pm

Hi,

Thanks for the support!
The problem was I did not understand what the "Published default home pages" really meant.
After creating a menu (with default home page) for the default language (Finnish) it worked :)

Regards,
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