Help Guide – Bens Translator

Will you add “This” language?
How do I display the flags/translate bar on my website?
My website looks different when it is translated?
How do I change the flags?
I am banned from Google, what do I do?
No pages have been translated?
How do I customise the “Page is Not Translated, Redirecting” page?
Are you getting “URL not followed” for your sitemap in Webmaster Tools?




Answers

Will you add “This” language?

Only languages supported by Google Adsense will be supported. You can check here to see if Google has added your language Google Adsense – Supported Languages

How do I display the flags/translate bar on my website?

Bens Translator uses a Widget for an easy way to add the translation bar to your website. There is a great video explaining how to use Widgets here Wordpress Training – Widgets

You can also add the code directly into your page wherever you need it. The code is:

<?php
if(function_exists("bentr_build_flags_bar")) { 
bentr_build_flags_bar(); 
}
?>

My website looks different when it is translated?

  • If you have Compression or the Validation Engine running. This can have adverse effects on some hosts. Try changing these settings (Changing compression will invalidate your cache, but not delete it).
bens translator help settings
  • If validation is the culprit send my the page code with the correct and incorrect outputs and I will fix it for the next update.
  • This plugin uses google translate to cache the page you display. This can cause problems with other caching plugins and plugins that need to run in realtime. Please check your plugins for incompatibilities. This plugin has been tested with wp-supercache and hypercache with no issues.
  • You need a well formed html header. Please check you have the follwing code in your header.
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
  • Last but not least please check your page validates. This can be done using the W3 Validator.

How do I change the flags?

In the settings you can change the flags to show the language in text instead of pictures if you prefer.

bens translator text settings

If you would like to change a flag picture they are location in:

/wp-content/plugins/bens-translator/images/flags
bens translator flag settings

I am banned from Google, what do I do?

Google is not a fan of bots abusing their resources. But they do play nicely with people who are considerate. If you are on shared hosting there may be more than one person on your IP address that is using a translation plugin. If you do get banned try increasing the interval in which Bens Translator is allowed to connect to Google.

bens translator time settings

Once you get banned it can take 24-48 hours to be unbanned. If this happens multiple times Google does seem to increase this.

No pages have been translated?

Please check the install guide. Check you have the flag bar on your pages, or the sitemap enabled (This will allow Google to find your pages and translate them itself. This can cause errors in Webmaster Tools).

Are you getting “URL not followed” for your sitemap in Webmaster Tools?

If you go to the following folder:

/wp-content/plugins/bens-translator/core/

Rename the file redirect_template_user.php.example to redirect_template_user.php. The plugin will now use this file, you can customise it with most Wordpress hooks and theme it to your template.

This file is deleted (along with the whole folder) when doing an automatic upgrade in the admin panel. Please backup before doing so.

I am getting “URL not followed” for your sitemap in Webmaster Tools.

Please go to Settings -> Permalinks in your Wordpress admin panel. Please make sure there is a trailing slash / in your permalink settings.

bens translator permalink

You will need to manually rebuild your sitemap from the XML Sitemap plugin