How to manage languages in Joomla 1.5

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Providing alternative language translations for the default Joomla text helps members of a multilingual community find their way around more easily. This tutorial assumes you have already installed at least one language pack. Language packs are installed just like any other extension in Joomla. There are dozens of translations for Joomla on the Joomla extension site in the Languages/ Translations for Joomla category. For details on how to find or install Joomla extensions, watch the accompanying tutorials

Note that most language pack are available as two separate extensions – one for the site and one for the administrator backend. You can choose to install either, or both

To begin, please go to Joomla back-end via this url: “your_site/administrator” (e.g:http://vinaora.com/joomla/administrator/)

• Once you have at least one additional language installed, go to Extensions. Then go to Language Manager
• Since the installation and uninstall of languages are both done elsewhere, the only thing you can really do here is set the default language for the Site and Administrator backend
• Click the radio button next to the language that will be the new default
• Look to the right. Click Default. The default language has been changed!
• Now, let’s change the default language dor the Administrator backend
• Click Administrator
• The process is exactly the same as before
• Click here
• Scroll right
• Click Default
• Success! As you can see by pretty much all the text on this page, the default language has been updated
• This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to manage languages in Joomla

How to manage languages in Joomla 1.5 Tutorial Video

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