Beginner's Guide

Figure 5: Language Switcher
It is important to read the description text careful (and twice)
When switching languages and if the menu item displaying the page is not associated to another
menu item, the module redirects to the Home page defined for the chosen language.
Otherwise, if the parameter is set for the Language filter plugin, it will redirect to the associated
menu item in the language chosen. Thereafter, the navigation will be the one defined for that
language.
If the plugin 'System - Language Filter' is disabled, this may have unwanted results.
Method:
1. Open Language Manager Content tab and make sure the Languages you want to use in
contents are published and have a Language Code for the URL as well as prefix for the image
used in the module display.
2. Create a Home page by assigning a language to a menu item and defining it as Default
Home page for each published content language.
3. Thereafter, you can assign a language to any Article, Category, Module, Newsfeed, Weblinks
in Joomla.
4. Make sure the module is published and the plugin is enabled.
5. When using associated menu items, make sure the module is displayed on the pages
concerned.
Joomla! 2.5 - Beginner’s Guide
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