Getting started

On this page:

• Selecting languages 
• Selecting currencies
• Translating store data
• Publishing selectors
• Changing money formatting

Step 1. Selecting languages 🇨🇦

Select languages from the list into which you want to translate your Online Store.

LangShop supports Shopify translation API. Depending on your Shopify plan, you can add up to five different languages to your Online Store. To check further details regarding Shopify plans and the number of languages you can add to your store, please refer to Shopify Help Center or get in touch with Shopify 24/7 Support. 

If you run an Online Store on a Shopify Plus plan, you can add up to twenty different languages to your store.

Click Next.

Step 2. Selecting currencies 💵

LangShop allows you to add additional currencies to the store. There is no limitation in the number of currencies you want to display at your storefront. 

NOTE 🇨🇦
This step is optional. You can skip it if you do not need additional currencies in your online store.

Step 3. Translating store data 🇫🇷

LangShop provides you with information about categories that will participate in the translation process. By default, the app translates all data in the store. You can manually uncheck the boxes of those categories that you prefer not to translate.

Click Next to complete the installation.  🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪

Wait while translating ⏳

Here, you can manage or add new languages, edit your content, order professional translations, use pro drivers, customize currency selectors, display recommendation banners, and much more! 

There is a spinning bar at the top right showing percentages and how much time is left for translations to complete in the background.  

NOTE 🇬🇧
Time for the tasks always depends on the amount of data and the number of languages you add to your online store.

LangShop is a partner-friendly app that gives you full access to app settings for free while developing a store. For live plans, LangShop offers a 14-day trial period. When the trial expires, there comes a $34.00 charge per monthly subscription. The app fee will reflect in your Shopify bill.

While LangShop is translating your online store, take a look at your storefront. 

Steps:

1. From your LangShop admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
   Each theme has aLocalization button.
   With the help of this button, you can translate static text, dynamic elements, locale files, checkout information, system messages, theme settings files that contain Home page data you customize in the theme editor.
   
   
2. Select your current theme, click Actions > Preview.

By default, LangShop adds both language and currency selectors to your storefront. However, they are not visible to your customers. The buttons are visible for store owners or Admin-only. 

Also, there is a recommendation banner available for international customers who can select their preferred language to make online shopping more comfortable. Plus, visitors can check product prices in different currencies. These recommendations are also visible for store owners or Admin-only.

Publish selectors 🇲🇽

When the translation process is complete, you can publish the selectors.

Steps:

1. Click Manage selectors.
   
   
   
   At the left sidebar panel, you will find Recommendations, Language and Currency Selectors. By default, all the buttons have a visible status for Admin-only.
   
   
2. To publish language and currency selectors, change the selector status from Admin only to Published.
3. Click Save.
   
   
   The same actions you can do with a recommendation pop-up banner. 
   
   

Changing money formats 🪙

If you add additional currencies to your online store, you will need to edit money formats to convert prices correctly and remove the alert notifications on the Home page in the app.

Steps:

1. Click Edit money formats.
   
   
   
   
2. Select Change formatting.
   
3. Replace the existing formats with given span tags for the HTML with and without currency.
4. Click Save.
   

NOTE 🇫🇷
Checkout will display the default currency set in your online store. If you would like to enable a multi-currency checkout, LangShop recommends enabling Shopify Payments. Langshop currency button is fully compatible with this feature.

You are ready to introduce your multilingual store to international customers.