Hello,

my site must support 4 languages and I intend to use the Hotel template and LanguageSwitcher. Now, when reading the docs, I come across a statement that I have to copy the template style for each language. I find this requirement quite shocking, given that I have to make 4 copies of a fully customized template style only to adapt one parameter (namely, the menu name). If I later want to change anything, I have a maintenance mess because I have to maintain all 4 copies. This goes against everything I have ever learned about software engineering.

I also want to note that supporting multiple translations works just as I expected with the Cassiopeia Template that comes with Joomla. All I do is create a menu for each language and assign it (via the menu module) to the "menu" position. No need to copy the complete template.

After all, language is a matter of content, not of design (with the exception of RTL issues).

Am I missing anything here? Is there a way around this?

thanks
Chris

I don't understand your excitement at all. You are not the only user who uses multilingualism with Astroid.
Once you have created and set up your template, you can easily copy it.

With template updates, the styles are updated all at once. What more effort could there be? You are unlikely to constantly adapt the templates and change the design of the website again and again for each language.

If you have individual CSS code, you can use custom.css, which is then applied to all styles. If you don't like the framework and templates, you are welcome to choose other systems.

Then you don't have the variety of design options and other Astroid advantages, but you have to decide for yourself.
Nobody is forcing you to use Astroid.

thanks, Dirk, for pointing out that no one is forcing Astroid on me. This is truly a relief in times were so many questionable things are being forced on people..

your assumption that I might not want to change my template style later after having copied it is arbitrary and wrong. Having to do these changes on as many copies as I have languages is and remains a true PITA (as the american say).

Have a good one.

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