Frontend Language menu with Typo3

Question

I'm creating a simple website using TYPO3 CMS (version 6.2.13), and I want to add a Language Menu to switch the frontend language. Default language is English and the only extra language is Slovak.

This is what I've done until now:

I created two website language at the root page (i'm actually using only Slovak, because Default should be considered as English). http://i.imgur.com/MKGKsrV.jpg
I also created a new translation (Slovak) for the page. http://i.imgur.com/EZVH90k.jpg

My template configuration (i modified the Introduction Package, i didn't create a new template) is this:

config {
absRefPrefix = auto
no_cache = {$config.no_cache}
uniqueLinkVars = 1
pageTitleFirst = 1
linkVars = L
prefixLocalAnchors = {$config.prefixLocalAnchors}
renderCharset = utf-8
metaCharset = utf-8
doctype = html5
removeDefaultJS = {$config.removeDefaultJS}
inlineStyle2TempFile = 1
admPanel = {$config.admPanel}
debug = 0
cache_period = 86400
sendCacheHeaders = 0
intTarget =
extTarget =
disablePrefixComment = 1
index_enable = 1
index_externals = 1
headerComment = {$config.headerComment}

// Enable RealUrl
tx_realurl_enable = 1
simulateStaticDocuments = 0

// Disable Image Upscaling
noScaleUp = 1

// Language Settings
sys_language_uid = 0
sys_language_overlay = 1
sys_language_mode = content_fallback
language = en
locale_all = en_US.UTF-8
htmlTag_setParams = lang="en" dir="ltr" class="no-js"

// Compression and Concatenation of CSS and JS Files
compressJs = {$config.compressJs}
compressCss = {$config.compressCss}
concatenateJs = {$config.concatenateJs}
concatenateCss = {$config.concatenateCss}
}

[globalVar = GP:L = 2]
config {
    sys_language_uid = 5
    language = Slovak
    locale_all = sk_SK.UTF-8
    htmlTag_setParams = lang="sk" dir="ltr" class="no-js" 
[global]

This is my language-menu code:

20 = HMENU
20 {
    special = language
    special.value = 0, 2
    special.normalWhenNoLanguage = 0
    wrap =
    1 = TMENU
    1 {
        noBlur = 1
        NO = 1
        NO {
            linkWrap = <li>|</li>
            stdWrap.override = English || Slovak
            doNotLinkIt = 1
stdWrap {
                typolink {
                    parameter.data = page:uid
                    additionalParams = &L=0 || &L=2 
                    ATagParams = hreflang="en-GB" || hreflang="sk-SK"
                    addQueryString = 1
                    addQueryString.exclude = L,id,cHash,no_cache
                    addQueryString.method = GET
                    useCacheHash = 1
                    no_cache = 0
                }
            }
        }

        ACT < .NO
        ACT.linkWrap = <li class="active">|</li>
        #### NO TRANSLATION AVAILABLE STATES ####
        USERDEF1 < .NO
        USERDEF1 {
            linkWrap = <li class="text-muted">|</li>
            stdWrap.typolink >
        }

    }
}

wrap = <ul id="language_menu" class="language-menu">|</ul>

Now, I have a problem: in the switch language menu in the frontend I can't select Slovak (text-muted). English appear to be the only selectionable language. But when i manually enter the URL of the Slovak page (sitename/sk/), i can see the Slovak page with the Slovak content, so the problem (i guess) it's the menu, not the page. Anyone can help me? Do you need extra information to find a solution?

P.S. If I've added useless information or missed important things, I'm sorry, I'm really a newbie.

I think you are using TYPO3 CMS (not Neos), so I've changed your post - if this was wrong, feel free to roll back. — Jost

rob-ot rob-ot · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-20T16:44:00

disable realUrl (config.tx_realurl_enable = 0 ) and clear your general cache. Then try out what your language menu really does ( index.php?id=1&L=2 would switch the language).

You also have addQueryString.exclude = L,id,cHash,no_cache in your menu. What suggest you 'removed' the L (Language) parameter

Frontend Language menu with Typo3

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