Joomla! Documentation™

How to Access

Select Extensions → Language Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation or click the icon Language in the control center.

Description

In the Language Manager you can set the default Language for both the Front-end and Back-end of your Joomla! web site.

Column Headers

The Installed tab has the following column titles. These details are fetched from the XML file included in the language pack.

• Num. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.

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• Default. The default language of the site, marked with a yellow graphical asterisk in this column. Note: to every user a language can be assigned (see "User Management"), user from groups "Administrator" and "Super Administrator" can select their preferred language themself at login.
• Version. The version number of the installed language.
• Date. The creation date of the language.
• Author. The name of the language translator is displayed in this column.
• Author E-mail. The e-mail address of the translator.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

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• Default. Makes the selected language the default language. The default star symbol will show in the Default column, indicating that this is now the default language.</translate>

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• Options. Opens the Options window where settings such as default parameters can be edited.</translate>

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• Help. Opens this help screen.</translate>

Installed and Content Tabs

At the top left, above the columns, you will see two links as shown below:

• Installed. Shows the Languages available for the Front-end of the web site or administrator area, depending on the filter location at left that is current.
• Content. Shows the Content Languages available for the web site. See Extensions Language Manager Content.

Quick Tips

• Users can use any Language from the list of installed Languages, either by having it assigned in the User Manager or by filling out a Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - User Form Layout at the Front end. This will cause the Joomla! system prompts to be generated in this Language just for this User. For example, if a User chooses Spanish as their language, then the Search Module will show with prompts in Spanish.
• This User's choice is not affected by the Default Language set for the Front-end.

• Changing a User's Language or the Default Language does not affect the web site's Articles and other content.

• Important: Do not delete the default language files (for example, with FTP). This will create errors on both the Front-end and Back-end.

• Additional Languages can be added using the Extension Manager - Install Screen.

• If desired, you can show the Front-end site in one Language and show the Back-end administration pages in a different Language. Also, individual articles can be configured to use a different language in the Advanced Parameter pane when editing the Article.

Related Information

• To install more Languages: Extension Manager - Install Screen
• To uninstall a Language: Extension Manager - Manage
• To change the Language for a User: User Manager - New/Edit
• To set the Language of an Article: Article Manager - New/Edit - Parameters - Advanced