mo / po translation files does not seem to work

Question

I have a theme that was bought from themefuse and they say it supports localisation using a plugin called CodeStyling Localization

However even though I make the necessary steps to translate strings in the theme, the translated texts do not appear in the frontend.

The steps I have taken:

1. installing plugin
2. scan the theme
3. translate a few words
4. build "mo" file from plugin menu
5. empty cache + refresh ... no result

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Check the wp-config.php file and see if your language is defined :

 define('WPLANG', 'your_language');

You could add this if you're still stuck:

add_action('after_setup_theme','wpse_110727_translate_theme');
function wpse_110727_translate_theme() {
     load_theme_textdomain( 'textdomain', get_template_directory() . '/languages' );
     $locale = get_locale();
     $locale_file = get_template_directory() . "/languages/$locale.php";

         if ( is_readable( $locale_file ) ) require_once( $locale_file );
 }

Just put the translation files into a repertory called /languages/ and upload all files in the root of your theme.

See if it works now. Hope this helps.

EDIT: 'textdomain' is the word used in all translation strings :

_e('some content','textdomain');