Multi-locale management

This section provides information on managing multiple locales using the Akeneo App for Shopify.

What is Multi-locale?

Multi-locale enables you to synchronize your PIM catalog translations with your Shopify stores.

Prerequisites

To ensure the proper functioning of the multi-locale, the following requirements must be met:

1. PIM locale is enabled: You need to enable the locale on your Akeneo PIM. You can read the documentation on how to enable an Akeneo PIM locale here.
2. Shopify language is activated: You need to activate the language on your Shopify store. Language can be published or unpublished. You can read the documentation on how to activate a language on Shopify here.

Add a new locale

Follow these steps to map a new locale:

1. In your Akeneo App for Shopify, navigate to the Configuration page.
2. In the Store configuration section, click on Edit secondary locales.
3. In the Shopify languages column, select the Shopify language into which you want to synchronize your translations.
4. In the PIM locale column, select the PIM locale from which you want to synchronize your translations.
5. Save your selection.

List of compatible fields with multi-locale