Pages Router

This guide walks you through setting up localization for your Makeswift site so you can visually customize your site for different locales.

The feature is deeply integrated with Next.js’ internationalization features.

Getting started

1. Add locales in the Makeswift builder

   Open site settings and go to the “Locales” tab:

   The number of locales you have access to is dependent upon your plan. Refer to the pricing page for full details.

   

   To add a new locale, click the ”+ Add locale” button. You can modify or delete existing locales by hovering over the locale:

   

   You can also modify the default locale by hovering over the default locale and clicking the edit button.

   Once you add all the locales you need, it might look like this:

   
2. Configure locales in your Next.js config

   The locales in your site settings need to match the locales configured in next.config.mjs. For example, to match the locales on the screenshot above, update next.config.mjs to be like this:

   next.config.mjs

   import createWithMakeswift from "@makeswift/runtime/next/plugin"
   
   const withMakeswift = createWithMakeswift()
   
   /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
   const nextConfig = {
     // your existing next config
     i18n: {
       locales: ["en-US", "de-DE", "en-SG", "es", "es-MX", "id-ID"],
       defaultLocale: "en-US",
     },
   }
   
   export default withMakeswift(nextConfig)
   

   Note that in next.config.mjs, you also need to put your defaultLocale in locales. For example, here, we’re adding en-US to the locales.

   It is important to match the locales and the default locale on the site settings to the locales configured in next.config.mjs. Otherwise the pages on the builder will not load properly.

3. Update snapshot fetching

   Once you set up locales in the site settings and in the Next.js config, you need to pass the locale from getStaticProps to getPageSnapshot.

   pages/[[...path]].tsx

   import { Makeswift, Page as MakeswiftPage } from "@makeswift/runtime/next"
   
   import { client } from "@/makeswift/client"
   
   export async function getStaticPaths() {
     const pages = await client.getPages()
   
     return {
       paths: pages.map((page) => ({
         params: {
           path: page.path.split("/").filter((segment) => segment !== ""),
         },
       })),
       fallback: "blocking",
     }
   }
   
   export async function getStaticProps({ params, previewData, locale }) {
     if (params == null) return { notFound: true }
   
     const path = "/" + (params.path ?? []).join("/")
     const snapshot = await client.getPageSnapshot(path, {
       siteVersion: Makeswift.getSiteVersion(previewData),
       locale,
     })
   
     if (snapshot == null) return { notFound: true }
   
     return { props: { snapshot } }
   }
   
   export default function Page({ snapshot }) {
     return <MakeswiftPage snapshot={snapshot} />
   }
   

   This code is usually located in [[...path]].tsx, but it might be different depending on your setup.

4. Edit your pages in the builder

   Once you’ve set everything up, you should be able to switch to the locale using the locale switcher on the builder.

   

   You can customize the path for each page in each locale. For example, if you have a company page at example.com/company, you can create the Spanish version of the page at example.com/es/compania or example.es/compania.

Domain-based localization

If you don’t provide a domain for a locale, the localized pages will be located on the same domain as the default locale, but nested on the locale’s path. For example, es pages will be located on example.com/es/page.

To use domain-based localization, first, add the domain to the locale on your site settings:

Then, add the domain to your next.config.mjs:

next.config.mjs

import createWithMakeswift from "@makeswift/runtime/next/plugin"

const withMakeswift = createWithMakeswift()

const nextConfig = {
  i18n: {
    defaultLocale: "en-US",
    locales: ["en-US", "de-DE", "en-SG", "es", "es-MX", "id-ID"],
    domains: [
      {
        domain: "example.es",
        defaultLocale: "es",
      },
    ],
  },
}

export default withMakeswift(nextConfig)

Once you’ve done that, the Spanish localized pages will be located on example.es/page.

Localized resources

When making changes on a different locale you can override any property, including the page’s pathname, metadata, and SEO tags.

You can also localize a global component. To do this, edit a global component within a localized page, make changes, and then save the global component. That global component will be saved for that locale.