Quick Translation

A table of the front end strings Foxiz prints (Log In, Sign Up, Read More and the like), where you type your own wording for each one. No PO file and no translation plugin needed.

Where: Foxiz > Quick Translation. On the Foxiz dashboard it is under Extra Features in the tab bar.

The Quick Translation screen: the progress bar, the All, Untranslated and Translated tabs, the Search source string box, and the Source String and Translation columns

When the page is missing

The license is not active. The page needs an active license. See When a page is missing.
WPML is active. The page opens, but shows a notice instead of the table. WPML needs PO files, one set per language, so use Loco Translate instead.
The page says POT files not found. The string list could not be read, so there is no table to fill.

The string table

The table holds a fixed set of front end strings, not every string in the theme. Anything outside it needs a language file (see How to Translate the Theme?).

The translated bar at the top shows how far along you are.
All, Untranslated, Translated: filter tabs. Each shows its count. Untranslated is the quickest way to find what is left. Default: All.
Search source string...: filters the rows as you type. It matches the English text only, not your translations.
- It searches inside the tab you are on. If you see No strings match your search or filter., switch to All.
Source String - English: the original string, as the theme prints it.
Translation: your wording. Leave a field empty to keep the original.
- Up to 600 characters.
- Press Enter to jump to the next field.

Placeholders such as %s

Some strings hold a placeholder, like %s in "Showing %s results for your search". The theme puts a number or a name there. Keep every placeholder in your translation, anywhere in the sentence.

If one is missing, the field turns red with Keep the placeholder(s) %s exactly as in the source string., and the page refuses to save until you fix it.

Saving

Save Changes, at the bottom of the screen, saves the whole table. Changes saved. confirms it.
Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on a Mac) does the same.
Leaving with unsaved edits asks you to confirm first.
Your typing is kept as a draft in this browser. If you come back without having saved, a bar offers Restore or Discard.

Your translations are not stored in a theme file, so theme and plugin updates do not touch them. To move them to another site, use Export Data below.

Quick Tools

The Quick Tools button, top right, opens a menu.

The Quick Translation page header with the Quick Tools menu open: Missing Strings with Update Strings, Export Translation with Export Data, Import Translation with a file field and its button, and Clear Translations with Remove All

Auto Translation: loads a ready made translation for your site language from the Foxiz store, then reloads the page.
- Only shown when the site language is not English (Settings > General > Site Language).
- It writes over the strings it covers. Review the result afterwards.
- If your language has none, it says No translation is currently available for your language. Contact support to ask for one.
Update Strings (under Missing Strings?): after a Foxiz update, click it when a string you expect is not in the table. Your translations are kept.
Export Data (under Export Translation): downloads your translations as a .json file named translation-export- plus the date.
Import Translation: choose a .json file exported from this page, then click the Import Translation button.
- Each string in the file replaces the one on the page. Strings the file does not hold are left alone.
Remove All (under Clear Translations): deletes every translation on this page, after a confirmation. The original English strings come back.

If a ready made translation exists for your site language, a banner above the table offers it.

Load translation does the same as Auto Translation.
With a lapsed license, renew through Upgrade plan to load it.