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Documentation: Autolanguage plugin

Configuration - General

TheAutolanguage plugin is packed with options, giving you control over how it works and behaves. Here is the full list of the options you can find in the Autolanguage System plugin settings.

Plugin Tab:

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Translation method

You can choose:

Upon saving (Alert banner)
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or Batch (Overview button)
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Show Notifications (only visible when Translation method is set to Upon save (Alert Banner))

Show a notification at the top of the edit screen if the item will be automatically translated upon saving.

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You can select/unselect the target languages before saving.

Active Source Language Select the language used as the source. The plugin only works if the item being saved matches this language. '*' is ignored.
Target Languages Select which languages to translate to.
Unselected Target Languages (only visible when Translation method is set to Upon save (Alert Banner) and 1 or more Target Languages are selected) Determine whether languages not selected above should be shown when editing an item.
E.g. when you only select English and don't select French and Spanish, the Alert Banner looks like:
alert banner unselected languages

You can always manually select the Spanish and French languages before saving this item.
Debug Enable logging to help troubleshoot issues. Logs are stored in the Joomla log folder.