I’m not sure if I’m missing something, but one of the biggest drawbacks I’m facing when producing content is localizing internal links.
I create a blog post in the English locale with internal links to other English content. Then, when I translate the post into other languages, the internal links remain unchanged and still point to the English content. This means I have to go in and manually update all the links for each language, which adds a lot of extra work.
Webflow does not automatically remove or update links for localized pages. When you have content in English that links to other English pages, these links will need to be manually updated in your translated versions to ensure they point to the correct localized content.
To manage this effectively, consider:
Creating a consistent URL structure for your localized content (e.g., /fr/about, /es/about)
Using a spreadsheet to track all internal links and their localized versions
Reviewing all linked content during the translation process to ensure proper navigation between pages in the same language
Hopefully this helps! If you still need assistance, please reply here so somebody from the community can help.
For some reason in my localized sites I’ve never encountered that issue. How are you storing the links in the CMS? There might be a difference in how localization processes;
Static link - https://mysite.com/something
Static link - /something
Page link - to the Something page
CMS link - ref to Something, and using that link
If you can’t find a native solution, custom code can fix this easily.
I’d probably do it this way;
In the collection page & collection lists that are bound to that link field, add a custom attribute, e.g. “localize-link = true”.
Then write a script that takes that link’s href, and adjusts it to the correct path for the current locale.
