Beginner's Guide

Every user can configure his frontend language once he is logged in in the frontend. Most of the time,
there is a user menu that, depending on your rights, provides you with different menu items. In this user
menu, you will also find the Yo ur p ro fi l e link. By clicking on the link, you will then be able to view and edit
your profile data. In the profile edit form under Basic Settings, users can choose among other
configurations and set their frontend language (Figure 4). You may use the default website language or one of
the available content languages. Depending on these settings, the language plug-in will allow you to view
the website in the corresponding language.language.
Figure 4: User profile - Basic Settings
LANGUAGE SWITCHER MODULE
By activating the Language Switcher module, you have the possibility to switch between languages in the
frontend, regardless of whether you are a visitor or a logged in user. In Basic Settings you can add text
and choose whether you would like the languages to be displayed with the language name or the flag
icon. I am sure some third party templates will provide special templates positions for this module in the
near future. In the default template Beez2, position-7 works well in combination with the flags.
Joomla! 2.5 - Beginner’s Guide
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