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description: Several properties in the Properties pane are language aware, meaning they can store different values for each language.
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# Language-Aware Properties

Several properties in the Properties pane are language aware, meaning they can store different values for each language.

### Required Editions

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          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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            <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and
              <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
              <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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If you don't specify language-specific properties for a page or page element, the property values of the default languages are used instead.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d215989e82">Property</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d215989e85">Applies To</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d215989e88">Description</th>
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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Alternative Text</samp>
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            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Image</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">Used by screen reader users or as a substitute if the browser
              can't display the image. It can also help with search engine
              optimization (SEO).</td>

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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname" id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceNoTranslate"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceNoTranslate"><!-- --></a>Do Not
                Translate</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">
              <ul>
                <li>Content Block</li>

                <li>Custom Code</li>

                <li>Data Element</li>

                <li>Form</li>

                <li>Input Fields</li>

                <li>Image</li>

                <li>Language Selector</li>

                <li>Page</li>

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            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">
              <p>
                <span id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceNoTranslate1"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceNoTranslate1"><!-- --></a>Prevents the item's content from
                  being translated. When selected, the globe icon (<span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_icon_langglobe.png" alt="Blue language globe"></span>) is removed from language-aware properties, indicating that
                  they no longer support language-specific content.</span>
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;" id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceNoTranslate2"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceNoTranslate2"><!-- --></a>If you add language-specific content
                and subsequently enable this property, your language-specific
                content is simply hidden. If you disable the property again, the
                content reappears.</p>
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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname" id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceHomeURL"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceHomeURL"><!-- --></a>Home Page URL</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Language Selector</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">
              <span id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceHomeURL1"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceHomeURL1"><!-- --></a>Redirects site visitors to a different
                page when they choose a language. The URL is the same for all
                languages.</span>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Image Asset</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Image</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">
              <p>Lets you specify the image to display for the selected
                language.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">For example, with English (US) selected in the
                Site.com Studio language selector, select the English version of
                an imported image. Then, to enter a French version of the same
                image, select French in the language selector and select the
                French image.</p>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname" id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceLabel"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceLabel"><!-- --></a>Label</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Language Selector</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">
              <p>
                <span id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceLabel1"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceLabel1"><!-- --></a>The label that appears beside the
                  Language Selector page element when it's added to a page.
                  “Change Site Language” is the default text.</span>
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;" id="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceLabel2"><a name="siteforce_languages_prop__siteforceLabel2"><!-- --></a>The text is translatable, so you can either
                choose a language in the Site.com Studio language selector and
                update the text for each language, or export all site content
                for translation.</p>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Navigation Name</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Page</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">The page name that appears in a navigation menu.</td>

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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Title</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Page</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">The title that appears in the title bar of browser
              windows.</td>

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            <td data-label="Property" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Visible in Live Site</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Applies To" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e85 ">Page</td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d215989e88 ">
              <p>If you add a menu to your site, controls whether the page appears
                in the menu for the selected language. Additionally, the page is no
                longer accessible via its language-specific URL.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">If <samp class="parmname">Do
                  Not Translate</samp> is also enabled, the status of
                <samp class="parmname">Visible in Live Site</samp> applies to all
                languages.
              </p>
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#### See Also

- [Edit Language Content on the Page](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_languages_editing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The Site.com Studio language selector lets you switch between languages as you edit content on each page. Contributors, designers, and site administrators can each add language-specific content to a page using the language selector.")
- [About Editing Language Content](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_languages_picker.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The default language is the language in which your site initially displays. By default, it's set to English (US), and it serves as the starting point when you add new languages. So for example, if you build your site and then add French as a site language, the French version initially contains English (US) content until you replace it with French-specific content.")