Multi-locale management
This section provides information on managing multiple locales using the Akeneo App for Shopify.
What is Multi-locale?
Multi-locale enables you to synchronize your PIM catalog translations with your Shopify stores.
You can synchronize up to 20 secondary locales in addition to the main one.
Please note that the app synchronizes locales across Shopify markets, meaning translations cannot be adapted for markets.
Prerequisites
To ensure the proper functioning of the multi-locale, the following requirements must be met:
- PIM locale is enabled: You need to enable the locale on your Akeneo PIM. You can read the documentation on how to enable an Akeneo PIM locale here.
- Shopify language is activated: You need to activate the language on your Shopify store. Language can be published or unpublished. You can read the documentation on how to activate a language on Shopify here.
Add a new locale
Follow these steps to map a new locale:
- In your Akeneo App for Shopify, navigate to the Configuration page.
- In the Store configuration section, click on Edit secondary locales.
- In the Shopify languages column, select the Shopify language into which you want to synchronize your translations.
- In the PIM locale column, select the PIM locale from which you want to synchronize your translations.
- Save your selection.
When mapping your Shopify languages, you’ll see an Across markets or Market (market name) tag. These refer to the level at which translations will be synchronized:
- Across markets: Translations will be pushed to the global store level.
- Market (market name): Translations will be pushed to a specific market.
Supported Shopify language types
| Supported language type | |
|---|---|
| Across markets | Yes |
| Adapted to markets | Yes |
List of compatible fields with multi-locale
| Compatible fields | Across markets | Adapted to markets |
|---|---|---|
| NATIVE FIELDS | Yes | Yes |
| Title | Yes | Yes |
| Description | Yes | Yes |
| Page title | Yes | Yes |
| Meta description | Yes | Yes |
| URL handle | Yes | No |
| METAFIELDS | Yes | Yes |
| Identifier | Yes | Yes |
| Simple select | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-select | Yes | Yes |
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Text area | Yes | Yes |
| VARIATION AXES & PRODUCT OPTIONS | Yes | Yes |
| Simple select | Yes | Yes |
| Reference entity single link | Yes | Yes |