How multilingual sites work with Affino

For others we extend that further into a micro site.

This sits on the main site, but has its own collection of channels inc homepage, again it is excluded from the site search, but can use a scoped search for focused page views.

Note that this is purely where you're displaying free to air content with no registration etc (as those would take you to the main login channel etc).

An example of how this micro site works can be found here: Heritage Digital

The Heritage Digital brand sits on the main Charity Digital site but is it's own entity.

We are working with Charity Digital on a Welsh version which follows the same structure.

Where any functionality is required beyond basic information then any additional language is realised by creating a new Zone and setting everything in the preferred language.

This means translating all the content, and the skin / page design elements, as well as the user interface elements and copying the profiles and then translating the customer facing settings there as well.

So a site being delivered in three languages would require three zones.

This works pretty well in practice as long as the time and effort is budgeted for.

Here's an example of a multilingual site with two different language Zones:

Icelandair Cargo (Icelandic):

Icelandair Cargo (English):