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Jessica.Quazza
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April 11, 2024

Expand the Reach of Your Community with the NEW Localized Interface

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  • April 11, 2024
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Expand the Reach of Your Community with the NEW Localized Interface

Your community should be as global as your business, but limited resources and the overplayed direction to “do more with less” make it challenging, if not impossible, to provide a localized experience that resonates across your diverse customer base. Traditional methods, such as segregating communities by language, have fallen short, leading to a fragmented user experience that diminishes user engagement and, consequently, the overall effectiveness of the community on a global scale.

Your community members, regardless of location and language, should feel welcomed and empowered by your online community, which is why we are proud to announce the launch of the new localized interface in Gainsight Customer Communities! 

 

A Step Towards Comprehensive Localization

The localized interface is a significant leap toward addressing the need for a unified and inclusive community experience. This feature allows admins and community managers to configure the community interface in up to 18 different languages. Your community members can then use the language selector to seamlessly translate the interface into their preferred language, creating a cohesive and inclusive user experience across the board.

We’ve also added extensive customization options to ensure that the interface not only speaks the user's language but also reflects brand identities and acknowledges cultural nuances across all supported languages. Our goal is to enhance user engagement by providing a localized experience that feels native to each user, regardless of their location or language.

 

What’s New?

  • Multi-language Support: Besides your default language, you can now set up your community interface in up to 17 additional languages, catering to a broad user base.

     

  • Language Selector: Enable users to easily switch the interface to their preferred language, promoting an inclusive community environment.

     

  • Customization and Brand Alignment: Customize the interface to align with brand identities and cultural nuances, enhancing the user experience and engagement.

     

This is just the first, but pivotal step, in our ongoing commitment to delivering a community platform that is truly global yet locally relevant. We're breaking down language barriers and building stronger, more inclusive communities by fostering an environment where every user can navigate, engage, and connect in their preferred language.

For more information on how to set up and customize the localized interface for your community, please refer to:

 

What's Coming Up Next

As we continue to enhance our localization capabilities, we are excited to share a glimpse into what’s next. 

 

Dedicated Categories for Different Languages

Soon, admins and community managers will have the ability to create dedicated categories within the Community and Knowledge Base modules for the different supported languages. This advancement means that community members can navigate and discover relevant content in their preferred language.

Enhanced Navigation and Content Discovery

With this update, community members will experience an interface that truly feels like it was made for them. Navigation and content discovery will be confined to the categories of their chosen language, streamlining their experience and ensuring that they are only presented with content that is accessible and understandable.

 

We’d love to hear from you!

We are dedicated to providing you with a truly global solution that caters to the needs of diverse communities around the world. We're excited to see how you leverage the localized interface to enhance your communities' global reach while ensuring a highly localized experience for every user. Stay tuned for more updates!

As always, we’d love to hear from you! Let us know if you have any feedback or questions below.

Ciao!

    29 replies

    Gabriel Fernando
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    Hi, Guys! 

    Today our homepage starts to show the language selector, but we have only one language in our production environment. 
    Is this correct to show the selector? For us it's a bit strange to show the selector without other languages.

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    Mark Jongeling
    Helper ⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    Some Custom CSS does the trick for now:

    .main-navigation--language-switcher {
         display: none !important;
    }

     

    Milla
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    We are also an English only Community for now. I’d like to know if I can remove the EN language flag in the Mega Menu? We are planning some changes here and in our Sandbox I can see it is taking up too much space. How can I remove this?

    revote
    VIP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    How can I hide the language switcher from my productive community?

    I’d like to know if I can remove the EN language flag in the Mega Menu?

    Yes, let´s hide the option please 😎

    Eva
    Helper ⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    Some Custom CSS does the trick for now:

    .main-navigation--language-switcher {
         display: none !important;
    }

     

    This works perfectly, thanks @Mark Jongeling 🔝

    Sam77
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    I’d like the ability to turn this off in our Community, as mentioned by @Milla. Also, the language option is English-US, but it shows the Union Flag. American English and British English are two different things.

    Was this rolled out to only sandbox environments before being pushed to production? I don’t recall getting any comms on this one so we could test and provide feedback. 

    DannyPancratz
    VIP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    I feel like we should switch @Mark Jongeling to the author of this posts, because it seems like it’s going to be quite popular and he deserves ALL the points for quickly solving this for us. 🤣

    (I don’t mean to vulture your points, Mark, just optimizing for future community searches. Thanks again!) 

    Related: 

     

    FYI: I am no longer active in this community
    Mark Jongeling
    Helper ⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    No problem @DannyPancratz, I'm all okay with it 😁 

    Sam77
    Contributor ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    April 24, 2024

    The EN box has disappeared from our site without having to put in the custom CSS, so someone is paying attention!

    Sudhanshu
    Gainsight Product Manager
    April 24, 2024

    Hi everyone! Firstly, we apologies for any confusion caused by the recent appearance of the language switcher without being enabled by you. This was a small oversight in our ongoing efforts to enhance the multi-language support on CC.

    We have addressed the issue as quickly as possible and are continuing to work to ensure this can be avoided in the future. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

    If there are further issues or suggestions you have, please don’t hesitate to share.