Wix Multilingual: Adjusting Images and Videos for RTL Sites

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Deliver an attractive and engaging visual experience for visitors whose language directionality is right-to-left. Adjust the direction and order of individual images / videos or a series of images / videos.

In this article, learn how to:


Adjusting images for RTL languages

If you want to change the order of a series of images on the RTL version of your site, you can do so by manually replacing each and every image in each language version. Meaning, if the order of your images is 1-2-3 in LTR, reverse the order to be (3-2-1) in RTL.
Using the Wix Photo Studio, you can also change the direction of individual images to be right-to-left by simply flipping the original image.
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Adjusting videos for RTL languages

You may want to change the order of a series of videos on the RTL version of your site. You can do so by manually replacing each and every video in each language version. Meaning, if the order of your videos is 1-2-3 in LTR, reverse the order to be (3-2-1) in RTL. 

To adjust your videos to be RTL:

  1. Click the Switch Languages menu in the top left corner of the Editor. 
  2. Click Edit Translation.
  3. Click a video and click Edit Translation to replace it.
  4. Click Change.
  5. Change the video displayed in the RTL language version by doing the following:
    • Add / upload from the Media Manager: Click Change Video to add a video from Wix Media or upload your own.
    • Embed a video from a social network: Click the relevant social network icon and enter the video's web address. 
  6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 to change the order of the remaining videos.
Tip:
Enter a description in the What's in the video? field to push your page higher up in search results and boost your SEO for that language.

Would you like to see additional RTL capabilities?
With Wix Multilingual, you can create a multilingual site with right-to-left content. Currently, you can customize some aspects of your site like the menu, text, images to be RTL per language (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic).

What additional RTL capabilities would you like to see in Wix Multilingual? Contact Customer Care with your feedback and suggestions

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