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LOL, sorry, my Enfold skillz were a bit rusty.Do not use WP “add media” – > “insert from url”
Use “Insert theme shortcode” -> “Media Elements” -> “Video”, which offers choices for aspect ratio etc…
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Elliott – thanks. We all agree that it is a great OPTION to have different settings for each language.
The problem is (or WAS, see below) that so far stuff like import/export or any other way to quickly set all basic theme options for all languages did not work. And how often will you have different fonts, different headline sizes, different link colors and another gazillion standard theme settings… usually those are all the same for all languages and only a few things, like logo, frontpage, etc. will differ…
The option you edited out :) (exporting the settings, then re-import after switching to a different language) did not work for me when I started this topic a couple weeks ago.
Right now, after your suggestion, I did a quick test again on a different test site, and it seemed to work.
Did not see anything in the Enfold changelogs, but maybe a “silent update” fixed this? If so: thanks!If it really does work, I am happy.
It is not the best solution I can imagine, but quick enough, I usually do not tweak that much after a site is set up.I’ll check this again on my other sites and report back.
If the export/import workaround works, the problem is solved for me.cheers
MartinAs for this being a useful feature.. well if it were a feature it could be toggled and be a choice not a constraint.
Exactly, ianstudio.
having the option to modify language-specific theme settings would be great, being forced to (as it is now) is f*cking annoying.Thanks for the hint with copy/pasting from dynamic_avia… will have a look at that… because so far I could not even copy/paste in an efficient way (having Enfold panel open in one language, copy one setting, switch language, navigate to same setting, change value, change back language… ridiculous).
Can you elaborate a bit on how this is handled by the other themes you mentioned?
CAN you use language specific theme settings (e.g. different home page, different logo, etc.), but still define the majority of settings for ALL languages? That would convince me to invest time/money/learning curve again in a different theme, as much as I love Enfold… I am working on several bi-lingual sites right now, and I really don’t like it the way it is now with Enfold/WPML…
…and you guys might want to reconsider that “WPML compatible” sticker, currently I can not recommend using Enfold and WPML together because of this flaw and the resulting maintenance nightmare (for me as a user it does not matter if it is in the code of Enfold or WPML – the two just don’t play together well in this regard).
Usually – according to WPML support – there should be the same three options (lang1 / lang2 / all languages) in the theme options panel that you have for the WP dashboard, so that you can make global changes to your theme settings. Maybe something to consider for future updates – right now the configuration and maintenance effort is not worth it, not even for 2 languages, let alone sites with more than that… .
P.S.: not even the most logical approach works – on a fresh install just tried to configure Enfold with all the design options etc. as needed, THEN installed and activated WPML, hoping Enfold would duplicate my settings to the new language – but nope, a default set of settings is used.
great idea Rikard – but unfortunately that does not work. It seems to export all settings, also for the language that is not currently active, and import both as well… Which actually makes sense, since it is supposed to backup all theme settings, but does not help with my scenario.
cheers
MartinUpdate: I have posted this to the WPML forums as well – they say it SHOULD work if you chose the “all languages” option, which it does not (Enfold panel only has German/English, no “all languages” option – probably that is the problem).
And – as it is common practice with compatibility issues: they claim that the problem is with the theme, LOL.
Thread, in case anyone is interested:
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/how-to-tell-wpml-to-leave-theme-option-panel-alone-enfold-theme/
Hey Andy, understood.
I was hoping someone else here who actually works with WPML and ran into the same situation might have found a simpler solution.
I’ll post that as a feature request on the WPML forums – having features (that CAN be very useful, totally agree!) forced upon me when I do not need them is annoying, esp. with complex themes like Enfold with a gazillion of settings, so it would be a cool addition if there was a setting in WPML
“have separate theme option panels for every language?” yes/no
So, whatever… – case closed, user unhappy, not your fault. :D
P.S.: if I want to write custom.css files, I do not use comfortable themes like Enfold – one of the reasons for me using it is that it comes with literally everything I need WITHOUT having to mess/code around a lot, apart from 2 or 3 lines in the quick css section.
hmmm… thanks Andy, but…. that is (for me as a user) exactly how Enfold works ;-)
I am talking about the Enfold control panel, not some custom CSS.
Just the usual font settings, color/color scheme settings, blog layout, etc..
And since Enfold is advertised as having WPML compatibility I suspect there is something in Enfold that causes the theme control panel to “duplicate” when WPML is active – and those 2 sets of Enfold settings don’t talk to each other, it would seem.
If I get you right that means I have to go through every setting of Enfold twice to match the appearance of the German and English version of my site…
I hope there are other WPML users here who can point me to a more effective solution – because otherwise that would be a killer argument to switch multilingual sites to a different theme.
*facepalm*
of f******* course.
Thanks Elliott! – you guys may officially list me as the forums idiot. :D
thanks for testing as well, Yigit!
I tested myself again (I have latest Chrome 38.0.2125.104m running on Win 8) and found the culprit!
It is the “Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller” in Chrome that causes the problem I recorded in the video (-> previous post).
As soon as I deactivate it, everything works fine.So – I guess I will just ignore it, since hopefully the “coming soon” page will make way for the next stage of my site by tomorrow… ;-)
take care guys!
MartinThanks Ismael for having a look! Weird – maybe it is something with my Chrome (but actually I do not have a lot of weird plugins..)
Anyways: screenshot is ofc a bit problematic since it is a “dynamic” issue, I made a small clip on screencast.com
http://www.screencast.com/t/JZiWZVGt
No biggie, and my site will probably be completed before we find out what caused the glitch ;-) – but maybe it helps you guys to squash another tiny bug!
cheers and keep up the great work!
Martin
