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Johan Delforge
13,317 PointsAnyone experienced with WPML custom icons ?
Hello everyone,
As i did not understand how to replace WPML icons, i decided not to show them, and rather redirect my own language icons to different language urls.
So clicking on the FR icon redirects to www.lacm.be & clicking on the NL icon redirects to www.lacm.be/nl
Fine.
But this is not ideal, because when i'm inside a particular section, like www.lacm.be/interventions/ , when i click on the NL button, it does not go to the dutch version of that section, it goes to the root www.lacm.be/nl , and this is not what i want.
So now i admit i should be using the WPML icon system. The problem is that i dont want them graphically.
Here is my question :
how can i replace these WPML icons with my own custom icons ?
Any idea ?
Thank you !
Johan
2 Answers
Johan Delforge
13,317 Points(This answer sits on the top, but is actually the latest, & working one.)
Here is what I've done :
1. Added these lines in functions.php :
<?php
// Update of the my_language_switcher function
function my_language_switcher(){
$languages = icl_get_languages('skip_missing=0&orderby=code');
if(!empty($languages)){
echo '<ul>';
foreach($languages as $l){
if($l['active'])
{
$class = 'class="active"';
} else {
$class = '';
}
$langs .= '<li><a href="'.$l['url'].'" '.$class.'>'.$l['translated_name'].'</a></li>';
}
echo $langs;
echo '</ul>';
}
}
?>
2. Added this in header.php, nested inside my header banner:
<div id="wpml_lang">
<?php my_language_switcher();?>
</div>
3. Updated my CSS to my needs :
/* Language buttons
============================*/
#wpml_lang{
margin-top: 11px;
position:absolute;
top:5px;
right: 58px;
z-index:999;}
#wpml_lang ul{
list-style: none;
margin:0;
padding:0;}
#wpml_lang ul li{
display: inline;
margin: 0 2px;
padding-right: 5px;}
#wpml_lang ul li a, #wpml_lang ul li a:visited {
background: #8d1851;
color: #fff;
padding: 7px 12px;
text-decoration:none;
font-style: italic;
border-radius:20px;
line-height:100%;
font-size: 12px;}
#wpml_lang ul li a:hover{
color: #fff;
background: #3b0522;
padding: 7px 12px;
text-decoration:none;
border-radius:20px;
line-height:100%;
font-size: 12px;}
#wpml_lang ul li a.active{
color: #fff;
background-color:#3b0522;
padding: 7px 12px;
text-decoration:none;
cursor: default;
border-radius:20px;
line-height:100%;
font-size: 12px;}
I'm still a bit blind on the subject, but it works.
Best regards,
Johan
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherI searched for how to change wpml country flags and found this: http://wpml.org/forums/topic/change-language-flag/
Johan Delforge
13,317 PointsThanx Zac...
the problem is that i want to use custom CSS forms... There is not much on the web about this... Last week i came across this, but still no success.... http://wpml.org/forums/topic/change-flags-for-buttons/
... I have read somewhere that a new course about Wpml was in the pipe... that would be a blast... i want to be able to control & understand the whole process of replacing the complete WPML front-end interface.
Cheerz, Johan
Johan Delforge
13,317 PointsOk, i finally found a way to make it work... Still, the question is not completely clear.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherPlease post up how you solved this if you can?
Johan Delforge
13,317 PointsDone !