Translate Big Cartel Stores

Below is step-by-step guide for integrating Localize into your Big Cartel store. These instructions assume that you have already created your store. Note that shops on the free Gold plan do not have access to integrate the Localize snippet.

If you do not have a Localize Project yet, signup here!

1. Edit your Big Cartel Website

1. Log into your Big Cartel dashboard.
2. Click Shop settings > Shop designers
3. Select the Code tab.
4. Under the Integration Code section, click Head to place your code before the </head> tag.

2. Insert the Localize code snippet

<script src="https://global.localizecdn.com/localize.js"></script>

<script>(function(a){if(!a.Localize){a.Localize={X:[]};var methods="translate","untranslate","phrase","initialize","translatePage","setLanguage","getLanguage","getSourceLanguage","detectLanguage","getAvailableLanguages","setWidgetLanguages","hideLanguagesInWidget","untranslatePage","bootstrap","prefetch","on","off","hideWidget","showWidget"];for(var i=0;i<methods.length;i++){a.Localize[methods[i]]=(function(m){return function(){a.Localize.X.push([m,arguments]);};})(methods[i]);}}})(window);</script>

<script>
  Localize.initialize({
    key: '[[app:key]]',
    rememberLanguage: true,
    // other options go here, separated by commas
  });
</script>

1. Ensure that your Project Key is displayed next to "key: ????".
2. When you’re finished, click Done.
3. If you’re ready to commit changes, click Publish.

3. Add Initialization Options

Add any desired options to the Localize.initialize() call above, check here for the full list of possible options.

Some popular options include:

• autoApprove - use to fully automate your translation workflow
• localizeImages - allows for localization of images in your site

4. Reload your website.

1. Visit your website in a browser.
2. Select one of your target languages using the language-switching widget.
3. Refresh the page.
4. Lather, rinse, and repeat, for each page on your site.

Localize will automatically begin to detect new content on the pages that you visit and will bring it into your dashboard.

5. Approve phrases

Then head on over to the Manage Phrases page to approve phrases in the Localize dashboard.

6. Phrases not showing up?

If you are not seeing phrases show up in your Pending bin in the Localize dashboard, follow the troubleshooting instructions here.

Need Help?
Contact support for custom integration help or troubleshooting!