Creating a translated version of an existing site

In the previous section, you've seen how you can create a multilingual website in Joomla from scratch. However, in some cases, you may decide that you need a multilingual site at a later stage, after you've already made a site in just one language. This is possible too; however, you'll have to install Joomla's multilingual capabilities manually. In this section, you'll find a short walkthrough of the steps. If you're interested in finding out more about the subject, you'll find a referral to a full step-by-step tutorial on the subject on the website accompanying this book . This can be found at http://joomm.net/index.php/joomla-tips-and-tutorials/creating-a-multilingual-site-in-joomla-3.

Let's assume you've built a site in English and want to have a bilingual site. In this example, we'll use Dutch as the second site language.

Adding a new language

First, you need to install the language files...