Spree Mobility

This is a Spree model translation gem based on spree_globalize for Spree Commerce version 4.3+. It uses mobility instead of globalize, since globalize is not actively developed anymore. It is a drop-in replacement for spree_globalize and will use your existing translations.

Currently, this gem is tested with Spree 4.3.1. Since version 1.3, it should also work with Spree 4.4.

Installation

Add the following to your Gemfile:

gem 'spree_i18n', '~> 5.0'
gem 'friendly_id-mobility', github: 'mrbrdo/friendly_id-mobility', branch: 'master'
gem 'spree_mobility'

Run bundle install

You can use the generator to install migrations and append spree_mobility assets to your app spree manifest file.

rails g spree_mobility:install

It is also recommended to configure Mobility fallback locales, especially if your admin locale is not the same as your Store's default_locale. For example if you have en and de locale:

# config/initializers/mobility.rb
Mobility.configure do
  plugins do
    fallbacks({ :en => [:de], :de => [:en] })
  end
end

Spree 4.3.x

It seems there is a bug in spree_backend v4.3.x (before v4.4), which prevents translation links working correctly. To fix this, add to the bottom of vendor/assets/javascripts/spree/backend/all.js:

$(document).trigger('page:load');

Improvements over spree_globalize

This gem offers several improvements over spree_globalize:

Proper translation fallbacks support (if a translation for the current locale is missing, it will fallback to other locales, strictly based on configured fallbacks):
- for finders (slug/permalink)
- when searching by product name (frontend & admin search)
Proper validations on translation models (e.g. slug presence validation), also meaning uniqueness validations will now work correctly per-locale
Better support for future versions of Rails as mobility is more actively maintained

Admin:

Rich-text editor for product description translations in admin (if enabled)
Admin product search will no longer return duplicate results
Works correctly if using custom Spree.admin_path config

For more localization features, see my better_spree_localization gem.

Model Translations

This feature uses the Mobility gem to localize model data. So far the following models are translatable:

Product, Promotion, OptionType, Taxonomy, Taxon, Property, Store, ShippingMethod and PaymentMethod.

Start your server and you should see a TRANSLATIONS link or a flag icon on each admin section that supports this feature.

Every record needs to have a translation. If by any chance you remove spree_mobility from your Gemfile, add some records and then add spree_mobility gem back you might get errors like undefined method for nilClass because Mobility will try fetch translations that do not exist.

Contributing

See corresponding guidelines