Languages

Page: Settings >> Country Settings >> Languages
On this page, you can prepare the languages for the Web site and administration areas. For an introduction to this, see Language-dependency.
The table lists all the languages you have activated for the Web site. The appropriate countries are automatically displayed with the language.
For each country, clicking the icon will display the specific formats which must be observed while entering information.
Use the option button in the Default column to set the default language for the Web site. An entry must be set to visible before it can be made to the default.
Using the sorting in the Sorting language column, you can set in which sequence the languages in the selection field for the are shown. See Language-dependency.
Using the sorting in the Sorting country column, you can set in which sequence the countries are shown on the web site.
To activate a new language, select it from the drop-down menu at the end of the table and confirm with Save.
Note: The languages listed in the drop-down menu are part of the installation. If you need additional languages, contact your provider.
Before you can deactivate a language, you must make sure that none of the associated countries are set to Default and that all associated countries are set to Not visible. Once these requirements are fulfilled, you can deactivate the language as described in Deleting records. The language will still be available in the drop-down menu.
Caution : As soon as you have activated an additional language, check all the objects (products, categories, and so on) for language-dependent fields and enter the translation. If the text data does not exist in the corresponding languages, it cannot be displayed.
If you have set up more than one language for your Web site, you should offer your visitors the option of selecting a preferred language. A corresponding page element is available for this. For more on working with page elements, see Page elements and navigation.