Locale-Specific Domains

Use locale-specific domains and subdomains with your Webflow localized site.

Locale-Specific Domains & Sub-Domains

https://discourse.webflow.com/t/seperate-domains-for-localisations/262898/4

Path fixes

CMS paths are always

• Determine current locale, and whether it's an alt locale

Fix paths so that they are e.g. /blog and not /fr/blog on the domain.fr custom domain.

Language Link cross-references

Rel="alternate" Links

Adjust these to the domain per locale

Splitting Sitemaps by Locale

Research these;

It appears that for rel="alternate" links in the sitemap, you can reference a different domain legitimately;

<!-- Sitemap for example.com -->
<url>
  <loc>https://www.example.com/page1</loc>
  <xhtml:link 
     rel="alternate" 
     hreflang="fr" 
     href="https://www.example.fr/page1" />
</url>

<!-- Sitemap for example.fr -->
<url>
  <loc>https://www.example.fr/page1</loc>
  <xhtml:link 
     rel="alternate" 
     hreflang="en" 
     href="https://www.example.com/page1" />
</url>

Locale Switcher

Locale Map

FR -> domain.fr

EN -> domain.en

Other

Auto language detection and routing?

No, because domain already is locale-specific and will have locale-specific SEO.

Cookie to handle preferred locale?