FAQ

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Here is list of frequently asked questions. You will find answers below.

How to configure support for other translation APIs?
How does multi language support is working?
What is required for this mod to work?
After translation I get blank page - what is wrong?
After translation all text disappear - what is wrong?
How to check am I blocked by translation provider?
I have:Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vbseo_thread_seotitle - why?
After installation whole forum goes down, even Admin CP - what is wrong?
I have SEO translation links on, I use vBSEO and main page is not translating - what is wrong?
What to do, to have translations links good for SEO consensus?
I have indexed pages from old translator (with hl=) - what to do?
I have indexed pages from old links type (with language=) and want switch to SEO links- what to do?
How do you get back to default language after you click a flag?
I have warnings in safe mode - what to do?
Can I add translated pages to sitemap?
How to translate pages outside forum directory?
I get the e-mail message about MySQL server has gone away issue. What is wrong?
I have langtitle in my url and it is not translated, is it an issue?
The URL includes the accented. Is it indexed by google?
How to reach translation limits slower, and pay less for translations by commercial APIs
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What to do to have URL's translated under the flags?
Flags are not displayed on mobile style

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- You must install it and configure it appropriately (please read parameters descriptions carefully)
- You must have installed CURL in your php. Most servers already have it. Just install this mod and if it is not working then ask your server stuff to install CURL. In meantime you can disable mod or remove flags so users will not be affected. If you get blank page for translation pages (it will not affect your normal pages) it means that you don't have CURL installed - just install it
- You must have installed ICONV in your php. Most servers already have it. If not an error will occur or blank page for translations.

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Just read answer for previous question

Also you can check this vBulletin documentation about blank pages: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/blank_pages
Still - first just make sure that you have everything what is needed for vBET.

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In such case you have 3 possibilities:

1. You didn't fallow installation instructions. You MUST configure Forum language option. Just configure mod
2. You set wrong Google Translation API key - set it to appropriate value or remove it (not advised - just set it appropriately)
3. For some reason you was blocked by Google

The last one needs some clarification - how you can tell that you was blocked. Here is simple manual how to do that:
http://www.vbenterprisetranslator.co....html#post1728

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Make sure that your .htaccess rules are OK - especially for forums with subdirectory in URL.

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You have to set appropriate option in Admin CP and change/create .htaccess file (NOTE: you can use SEO translation links even without vBSEO!)

for vBSEO users see here

for users without vBSEO
- If you don't have .htaccess file then use the one from do-not-upload directory in mod package - just upload it to your forum directory
- If you have .htaccess file, then add one of these two rules (if you are using vB 'Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs' then put those rules JUST BEFORE vB rules):



- SHORT RULES
Faster and more efficient but can be used only if you are NOT using links with 2-signs part i.e: yourforum.com/XY/

RewriteRule ^/?(..|zh-CN|zh-TW)/archive/index.php/(.*)?$ archive/index.php?/$2&language=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(..|zh-CN|zh-TW)/$ index.php?language=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(..|zh-CN|zh-TW)/(.*)?$ $2?language=$1 [QSA]

- LONG RULES
Can by used always

RewriteRule ^/?(af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|en|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|el|iw|hi|hu|is|id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|sr|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|sq|ca|et|tl|gl|hi|id|lv|lt|mt|sl|uk|vi|cy|yi)/archive/index.php/(.*)?$ archive/index.php?/$2&language=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|en|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|el|iw|hi|hu|is|id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|sr|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|cy|yi)/$ index.php?language=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|en|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|el|iw|hi|hu|is|id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|sr|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|cy|yi)/(.*)?$ $2?language=$1 [QSA]

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Just set rewrite rule in .htaccess - Google will know that page have new place and will reindex it without any loss

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (hl=)(zh-TW|zh-CN|..)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1\?language=%2 [L,R=301]

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First make SEO links available. After that add this rule to .htaccess (before vBET rules):

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (hl=|language=)(zh-TW|zh-CN|..)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/%2/$1? [L,R=301]

Note that this rule will also handle redirections for links from old translator (with hl=)

These rules may, do not work. In this situation please make us know, we will help you. We will rewrite .htaccess rules and adapt it to Your case, for free.
An example how to edit .htaccess file :modifications in .htaccess file, but you don't have to do it by yourself we will be glad to make these changes instead of you!

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If you have set tracking option on, then to go back to your default language you must just click flag for your default language

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Just turn off save mode - it is DEPRECATED in php and not supported in future versions. See here for details:
PHP: Security and Safe Mode - Manual