{"id":4782,"date":"2020-07-03T15:35:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T10:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:19:05","slug":"guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Developing and Designing a Multilingual Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website\/#What_You_Need_to_Consider_to_Create_a_Multi-Language_Website\" title=\"What You Need to Consider to Create a Multi-Language Website:\">What You Need to Consider to Create a Multi-Language Website:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website\/#Pick_the_Best_Platform_for_Your_Website\" title=\"Pick the Best Platform for Your Website:\">Pick the Best Platform for Your Website:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website\/#Implement_Multilingual_SEO_Features_to_Rank_Your_Site\" title=\"Implement Multilingual SEO Features to Rank Your Site:\">Implement Multilingual SEO Features to Rank Your Site:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website\/#Pay_Close_Attention_to_the_Page_Load_Times\" title=\"Pay Close Attention to the Page Load Times:\">Pay Close Attention to the Page Load Times:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website\/#Integrate_a_User_Friendly_Language_Switcher\" title=\"Integrate a User Friendly Language Switcher:\">Integrate a User Friendly Language Switcher:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/guide-to-developing-and-designing-a-multilingual-website\/#Pay_Attention_to_Design_and_Layouts\" title=\"Pay Attention to Design and Layouts:\">Pay Attention to Design and Layouts:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Business having websites often look forward to capture a wider audience base and for that targeting varied markets with language skills are definitely worthy. And for this, business owners are focusing more on creating multilingual sites, which means a site having content in varied languages that allows you to communicate effectively with the audience. Offering a multilingual site is a great means to make it more user friendly and let your audience know that you care for their needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But at the same time,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/multilingual-website-development\/\">developing a multi-language website<\/a><\/span> is often a big undertaking as you need some tools that will not only help to create a good looking site, but also translate every element that includes text to images into various languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_You_Need_to_Consider_to_Create_a_Multi-Language_Website\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\">What You Need to Consider to Create a Multi-Language Website:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pick_the_Best_Platform_for_Your_Website\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Pick the Best Platform for Your Website:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Language plays a great role in multilingual website development and before you can translate your content into various new languages, you need to work on the website\u2019s original language. So, there are mainly two approaches to create a website on the modern web:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Choose to use a self-hosted content management system like Drupal or WordPress<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Use a hosted website builder like Wix, Shopify, Squarespace.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Though it is possible to start <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/multilingual-website-development\/\">multilingual web development<\/a><\/span> with website builders, but it is not what they are built for.\u00a0 So if you are going to create a multi-language site, then using a self-hosted CMS is going to make it easier to optimize the experience for both the front end and back end.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Implement_Multilingual_SEO_Features_to_Rank_Your_Site\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Implement Multilingual SEO Features to Rank Your Site:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another big advantage of creating a multilingual website development is to be able to connect with the new audiences in top search engines like Google and etc. But if you want to attain the best benefit, then it is important to emphasis on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/multilingual-seo\/\">multilingual search engine optimization<\/a><\/span>. SEO involves trying to rank your website higher in Google and then applying the same concept, but to different languages. you can easily implement some of the comprehensive translations that includes not just the text but also the URL slugs and SEO metadata. The Multilingual XML sitemap helps Google to find your content in each language and the optimized URL structure helps to become more effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/tips-to-create-multilingual-websites-in-sharepoint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tips to Create Multilingual Websites in SharePoint<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pay_Close_Attention_to_the_Page_Load_Times\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Pay Close Attention to the Page Load Times:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Make sure that your website loads very quickly and it is important from user experience to engagement and SEO and also your website\u2019s conversion rates. This is important for both single and multi-language sites development, but the stakes are more harmful for the multilingual sites as some solutions can easily slow down the site by adding extra and unnecessary files, which may drop the loading speed of the site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Integrate_a_User_Friendly_Language_Switcher\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Integrate a User Friendly Language Switcher:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In order to gain the best benefits from your <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/multilingual-website-development\/\">Multilanguage websites<\/a><\/span>, your visitors should be aware that they exist. One best means to make your language switcher accessible is to use a floating language switcher, which can be present in the bottom corner of the site. You can also add the language switcher to the navigation menu or even the sidebar. You can display the language in its local format and don\u2019t rely on language flags alone as it can be very confusing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pay_Attention_to_Design_and_Layouts\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Pay Attention to Design and Layouts:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While you create the initial design of your site, it is important to focus on making every element pixel perfect.\u00a0 However, when you translate your web content into other languages, the spacing can become an issue as all language may not take the same amount of space. So, adjust the layout issues and ensure a perfect design in all the languages as it will offer a consistent view in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/why-a-multilingual-website-outsourcing-agency-is-preferred-over-machine-translation\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Why a Multilingual Website Outsourcing Agency is Preferred Over Machine Translation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business having websites often look forward to capture a wider audience base and for that targeting varied markets with language skills are definitely worthy. 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