Localization
- Details
- Parent Category: System
Language Definitions
Currencies
Stock Statuses
Orders Statuses
Countries
Zones
Locations
Tax Classes
Length classes
Weight classes
Information specific to your local area, including currencies, languages, wording for stock and order statuses, where you will sell, tax you will charge, whether to use inches, millimeters etc. in measurements and kilos or pounds in weights.
For advanced users.
Manual Install a language pack for languages other than English by first upload to your website at admin/languages/languagename and storefront/languages/languagename. For auto install use Extension Store.
Enter the Language information below from the README file contained in the zip file.
CAUTION: Be sure to download a language pack ONLY for your version of AbanteCart - in your Admin, check the footer to see your version number.
- To add a new Language click the INSERT
Language Name: Name of the language.
Code: ISO Language code. Must be unique for each language.
Locale: Locale is used to auto detect the language a customers browser is using. You can view the the different browser codes here. Must be comma separated.
Example:
en_US.UTF-8,en_US,en-gb,english
Directory: The exact directory or folder where you uploaded the language files. Should be similar to public_html/storefront/language/languagename.
Sort Order: If your store uses multiple langagues, what order the languages are displayed in.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
You able to Load missing (not translated) language data from any other language installed in your store. Just select language to copy from and click Load button. This action will copy missed language data like Product's and Categories names, descriptions, Length & Weight classes, Order statuses, Tax classes ...etc.
Important
Each time you add a new language, you must do the following steps:
1. Install the language files.
2. Add the new language via admin.
3. Go over every multi-lingual page and translate:
Catalog > Products
Catalog > Categories
Catalog > Downloads
Catalog > Information
Admin > Configuration > Localisation > Stock Statuses
Admin > Configuration > Localisation > Order Statuses
Admin > Configuration > Localisation > Weight Classes
4. Go to the catalog and test each page.
Some pages may not appear if you have not translated everything.
Language Definitions
Use this to translate already defined Language Definition or to add new one for any language installed.
- To add a new Definition click the INSERT
button
Section: Select the section where definition appear.
Block: Block name.
Key: Must be unique.
Value: The value (your translation) of defined key.
- To edut Definition click the Edit
button
dialog window will appear
- To add a new Currency click the INSERT
Currency Title: Name of the currency.
Code: Name of the currency. You can find a list of codes here. All currency codes must be in uppercase.
Symbol Left: The left currency symbol if the currency has one. An example would be the pound sign (£) for pound sterling.
Symbol Right: The right currency symbol if the currency has one. An example would be the euro sign (€).
Decimal Places: The number of decimal places used for a particular currency. Some currencies use more than 2 decimal places such as the Kuwaiti Dinar.
Value: The currency value compared to your default currency. If the currency you are entering is going to be your default currency you should set the value to 1.00000. The currency value will change automatically if you have auto update currency set to yes.
Status: Currency status will determine if the currency is displayed on the front of site.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE 
If you add more than one currency, a select Currency drop-down will appear on the storefront pages, through which your customers can choose their preferred currency method.
Stock Statuses
Create or edit stock messages relating to a product's stock level. Default statuses are In Stock, Out of Stock (DEFAULT WHEN USING STOCK MODULE), and Pre-Order.
- To add a new Stock Status click the INSERT
Stock Status Name: The wording you want to display.
A stock status is the status that will be displayed when a product runs out. You can assign a stock status to individual products. You might want to assign a stock status of 1 - 2 days if you have stock for a particular product arriving in the next 1 - 2 days.
After you have made your changes, click the SAVE
Orders Statuses
Set wording for the statuses that an order may hold as it is processed through your store. Allows you to sort orders by status (i.e. PENDING to see orders you need to fill today), and change the status to allow the customer to see their order has been processed, shipped, etc.
Default statuses are:
Cancelled - an order which was cancelled by a customer;
Cancelled Reversal;
Chargeback;
Complete - an already processed order (a seller got money and sent product to a customer);
Denied - an order which was denied by a seller;
Failed - a failed order;
Pending (DEFAULT);
Processing - a processed order (seller got money, but product is not sent yet);
Refunded;
Reversed;
Shipped.
You may edit any messages for language, spelling or even use different words.
- To add a new Order Status click the INSERT
Order Status Name: The wording you want to display.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
To refuse orders from certain countries and remove them from the customer registration's drop-down list, select status to OFF.
- To add a new Country click the INSERT
Country Name: Name of the country.
ISO Code (2): The 2 letter ISO country code. You can find out more about these here.
ISO Code (3): The 3 letter ISO country code. You can find out more about these here.
Address Format: You can define the address formatting for each country.
Example:
{firstname} {lastname}
{address_1}
{address_2}
{zone} {postcode}
{country}
Each part of the address format must contained within a curly bracket.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
Zones
For shipping and tax purposes, pre-defined areas of a country like provinces or states. Refuse to ship or sell to a zone by selecting Zone Status of OFF. TIP: to remove dozens or hundreds of Zones, use phpMyAdmin.
- To add a new Zone click the INSERT
Zone Name: Name of the zone.
Zone Code: If a perticular zone has a code it should be placed here.
Country: The country the zone belongs to.
Status: Enabled to turn on or Disabled to turn off.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
Locations
Custom-defined groups or portions of a country. For example, create a custom Location to charge local, province, and federal tax, OR charge less for shipping to your province + the provinces that surround you.
To add a new Location click the INSERT
Location Name: Name of the location. You can define this as anything you like.
Description: Description of the location. You can define this as anything you like.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
The Location Zones Tab will appear. Adding Location Zone - click on insert 
button.
Select Country and Country Zone.
Click Save button.
Note: You can add/remove several Location Zones to/from your Location with no limitations.
Locations can be set up for taxes, shipping methods and payment methods.
Example for the Royal Mail shipping zones:
Location Name - UK Royal Mail
Description - UK Royal Mail Shipping Zones
Country - United Kingdom
Zone - Aberdeen
Country - United Kingdom
Zone - Aberdeenshire
Country - United Kingdom
Zone - ..etc...
You might not want to include all zones as some UK zones may be offshore and require a higher shipping rate.
Tax Classes
First create a Location for each tax. See Locations for more help.
By default, AbanteCart will include one Product Tax Class: Taxable Goods. If you have different Tax Rules that will apply to storefront, you will want to create a new Product Tax Class. Click INSERT
Note: Be sure to make test purchases with a fake customer account from each Locations to be sure tax is set up correctly!!
Tax Class Title: Title of the tax class. This will be used when choosing the tax class for products and shipping.
*Description: Description of the tax class. This can be just "Taxed Stuff" or "Food Tax" etc..
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
Location: select Location (New Location can be added in the System-> Localization-> Locations)
Location's zone: select Location's zone or click on all location zones checkbox if you want to use All location zones of selected Location. (New Zones can be added in the System-> Localization-> Zones)
Description: Description of the Tax Rate. You can define this as anything you like.
*Tax Rate: The percentage tax rate. Example 17.50 is 17.5%.
*Priority: Set the priority of the tax rate. This will determine which tax rate will be used if tax rate location overlap each other.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
Length classes
Units of measure to use in product options and shipping by product dimensions OR add new lengths, for example, if you sell your products using meters yards. Centimeter is the default.
Set the DEFAULT in SYSTEM -> Settings -> Details Tab.
To add a new Length class click the INSERT
*Length Title: Name of the measure.
*Length Unit: Abbreviation for the measure.
Value: Set to 1.00000 if this is your base length.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
Weight classes
Units of measure to use in product options and shipping by product weight OR add new weights, for example, if you sell your products using ounces. Kilogram is the default.
Set the DEFAULT in SYSTEM -> Settings -> Details Tab.
To add a new Weight class click the INSERT
*Weight Title: Name of the measure.
*Weight Unit: Abbreviation for the measure.
Value: Set to 1.00000 if this is your base weight.
After you have made your changes, select the SAVE
