Hello,

This is almost a similar issue with the CB Blogs plugin issue I came across as explainned here:
www.joomlapolis.com/forum/146-general/242844-cb-blogs-plugin-settings-issue-on-a-multilingual-site

In the 'CB GroupJive Forums Plugin' configuration > Parameters > Category, the tooltip says: “Select the Forum Category for all group forums.

Now the problem is: Kunena only lets you set up a multilingual website in this format (Separate parent forum category for each language):

English Forum

• Category 1
• Category 2

Forum en Français (French Category)

• Categorie 1
• Categorie 2

Foro en Español (Spanish Category)

• Categoria 1
• Categoria 2

So which category should be selected in the CB GroupJive Forums plugin?

Thanks

Hi krileon. Thanks for the reply. Maybe you didn't understand my queston very well.

In the 'CB GroupJive Forums', It asks to 'Select the Forum Category for all group forums.'

So how will I select a top level category if the Kunena only lets you set up a multilingual forum in a separate parent forum category for each language as shown in my previous post?

Here is an exemple to illustrate what i am trying to say:

In GroupJive, I would like to create 3 Group categories. For exemple: Dogs, Cats, Birds. Since Categories are not language specific and can note be translate, I will have to create the same categories with titles translated in different languages three times because I don't want Groups in French of French speacking users to appear in the same categories of groups in Spanish for Spanish speaking users and so forth.

So, to organize things, I will end up creating the same categories three times: 3 for English, 3 for French and 3 for Spanish. Total: 9 Categories like this:

Dogs (Group Discussions on Dogs in English)
Cats (Group Discussions on Cats in English)
Birds (Group Discussions on Birds English)

Chiens (Group Discussions on Dogs in French)
Chats (Group Discussions on Cats in French)
Oiseaux (Group Discussions on Birds in French)

Perros (Group Discussions on Dogs in Spanish)
Gatos (Group Discussions on Cats in Spanish)
Aves (Group Discussions on Birds in Spanish)

As you can see, there are the same categories created 3 times to organize groups based on the language to be used in the group discussions.

Now in Kunena, categories are organized like this:

English Forum (Forum in English)

• Category 1
• Category 2
• Dogs (Forum on Dogs in English)
• Cats (Forum on Cats in English)
• Birds (Forum on Birds English)

Forum en Français (French Forum)

• Categorie 1
• Categorie 2
• Chiens (Forum on Dogs in French)
• Chats (Forum on Cats in French)
• Oiseaux (Forum on Birds in French)

Foro en Español (Spanish Forum)

• Categoria 1
• Categoria 2
• Perros (Forum on Dogs in Spanish)
• Gatos (Forum on Cats in Spanish)
• Aves (Forum on Birds in Spanish)

This is the only way to organized categories in a multilingual forum with Kunena since categories can not be translated and since we want to avoid different language posts in the same forum category.

So in the GroupJive plugin > Category creation > Integration > Category, where it says: 'Select the forum category to associate with category', I can associate GroupJive categories to Forum categoris like this:

Dogs (Group Discussions on Dogs in English) ==> Dogs (Forum on Dogs in English)
Cats (Group Discussions on Cats in English) ==> Cats (Forum on Cats in English)
Birds (Group Discussions on Birds English) ==> Birds (Forum on Birds English)

Now the problem is in the 'CB GroupJive Forums plugin' > Parameters > Category, 'Select the Forum Category for all group forums'.Iin the example above of Dogs, Cats, Birds categories in 3 languages, please which category to choose? Only one forum category can be choosen from the drop-down list in the 'CB GroupJive Forums plugin' . That's the problem!

Any advise? Any suggestion? How o fix this issue of CB GroupJive and Kunena on a multilingual website?

Many Thanks

krileon wrote: You'd select Groups in CB GroupJive Forums and in Kunena its language assignment would be all languages.

Thanks krileon. Well, creating a single forum category in Kunena to fit all the Groups (all languages together) is all I have been trying to avoid since the beginning. Things look messy/unorganized, but I got no choice for now. I will have to go for it. Then i will have to write a generic name (title) for that category and maybe write a description in 3 languages aswell to make users to understand that it is a Forum category that contains all Group forums (all languages together).


By the way, what is the different between the Group - Kunena category association in the GroupJive Category plugin (Select the forum category to associate with category) with the Category Paramenters in the CB GroupJive Forums plugin (Select the Forum Category for all group forums)? Isn't it the same thing? It's a bit confusing. Why should we need a specific Kunena category for all group while all Group categories are already associated with their related Kunena category? What each feature means/does?

Also can the title and description of the preset group categories created by the admin from the backend be translated? Can we use language strings?

What is your opinion about the GroupJive category structure I came up with in my previous post? (Like: creating the same category three times but with different title in different language. Total: 9 Group categories) or instead, maybe having only 3 categories and use language strings to translate their title and description. What do you think?

Thanks