Under the wave of globalization, websites no longer serve only local users. How to enable visitors from different linguistic backgrounds to access and understand the website content without barriers has become an important challenge for many operators.AnQiCMS (AnQiCMS) fully understands this need and provides a flexible and powerful multilingual support solution to help websites easily expand into the international market.This article will provide a detailed introduction on how to enable the multi-language feature on the AnQiCMS website, and guide you on integrating language switch options into the frontend template to enhance user experience.

Enable AnQiCMS multilingual support: from backend configuration to content strategy

Implementing multilingual support in AnQiCMS involves system-level language packs, template string translation, and content multilingual management.Understanding how these three work together is the key to building a comprehensive multilingual website.

1. Configure the system default language package (affects system UI elements)

The AnQi CMS is built-in with multiple language packs for translating the back-end management interface and some general texts automatically generated by the system on the front-end (such as 'Previous page', 'Next page', etc.).This part is relatively simple, but it mainly affects the display language of the system itself, rather than the specific content you publish, such as articles, products, etc.

Please log in to your AnQiCMS backend and navigate to“Backend Settings” -> “Global Settings”. Here you can find“Default Language Package”Option.Please select the language you want the website to default to from the dropdown menu (for example, "Chinese" or "English").Although this setting does not automatically translate your articles, it is the first step to ensure language consistency at the system level.

2. Utilizing multi-site management to achieve multi-language at the content level

For the core content of the website, such as articles, products, categories, etc., AnQiCMS recommends using its powerfulMulti-site managementFunction to implement multi-language. This means that you will create a separate sub-site for each target language. For example, you can have a main site for Chinese content (yourdomain.com)，and then create a sub-site for English content(en.yourdomain.comoryourdomain.com/en/)，and another one for French content(fr.yourdomain.comoryourdomain.com/fr/).

The advantage of this method is:

  • Content independence:Each language version has its own independent content management space, allowing for the publication of completely different articles and products, thus avoiding language confusion.
  • SEO-friendly:Different language versions can have independent URL structures and TDK (title, description, keywords) settings, which is beneficial for search engine optimization.
  • Management flexibility:You can assign different permissions to the operation teams of different language sites.

Summary of the steps to create a language sub-site:

  • In AnQiCMS backend, go to **