VirtueMart in 2 languages

[DimitriDV]

Hi there

we managed to save our website in 2 languages: 1 article in Dutch is successfully saved in English.
This means the setup is done correctly.

But, we have Dutch and English items in our VirtueMart shop.
We added these items in several Categories.

Because we have a multilanguage website, we added a TOP category for each language.
Right now our shop has these categories:

ENGLISH (as category) (id=20)
-> category1-eng (as category)
-> category2-eng (as category)
-> category3-eng (as category)

DUTCH (as category) (id=40)
-> category1-dutch (as category)
-> category2-dutch (as category)
-> category3-dutch (as category)

Each item is cloned and saved in it's category.
We also have to use the top left dropdown menu to translate the description field for example.

The English menu item has type=Category Layout (id=20) and shows all categories like category1-eng, category2-eng and category3-eng

The Dutch menu item has type=Category Layout (id=40) and shows all categories like category1-dutch, category2-dutch and category3-dutch



Is this the right way? We have 500 items, so we need to make sure we are doing it the right way.

[jjk]

Sounds ok at a first glance. Is the site visible online already so you can provide a link to look at?
Two things you might check are:
1. In Joomla enable: Extensions > Module Manager > select "Administrator" in the dropdown filters > enable 'Multilingual Status' and check if everything is green there.
2. Check with phpMyAdmin if your product information is stored in the correct language tables, for example dutch descriptions in xxxxx_virtuemart_products_nl_nl and english descriptions in xxxxx_virtuemart_products_en_en.