Now things are happening at FREEDOMtravel! We are working on a new layout, we have received translations in several languages and we have started a collaboration with the motorhome magazine "Allt om husbilen". Happy Friday!
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New layout on freedomtravel.se
This week saw a lot of new updates to the WordPress programme (which we use at freedomtravel.se). In fact, we thought it was super busybecause there were a lot of things that stopped working as usual.
We really pulled our hair out trying to make things look ok again, but in the process we discovered some new things we could do. Now we've been able to collate our articles, on our country pages, a little more neatly with three articles in width. For example, you can check out what it looks like at our page on Germany. What do you think?
Now we will try to do the same with our landscape pages. It will take some time, but eventually ...!
Translation into several languages
Another thing we talked about a very long time is to provide translation, in multiple languages. We've finally addressed this and now you'll find the option to select different languages at the bottom of the screen when you check in.
To make it work as well as possible, we have opted for a paid version. The translation is automatic, but we can make corrections. For example, when I saw that 'crayfish slice' was translated as 'crayfish slice', I was able to change it to 'crayfish party'.
Now, we don't know all the languages, and we don't have time to correct everything, but it is at least technically possible when we see serious errors. (Unfortunately the sponsorship tags look weird, we haven't managed to fix that yet).
Co-operation with the motorhome magazine "Allt om husbilen"
We have also started a new collaboration with the motorhome magazine "Allt om husbilen", which is very exciting! On "All about the motorhome" you will find lots of useful and interesting information about motorhomes, motorhome models and everything else related to motorhome life.
Stefan Janeld and his colleagues, who run the magazine, include a huge library of motorhome tests and run the popular 'Motorhome School' at trade fairs.
Now we've started working with them so that you can also find many of our articles on destinations suitable for motorhome travel on their site. So far you can find "Swedish pearls", but in time other countries may come too.
The advantage for "Allt om husbilen" is that they get more content, in the form of interesting articles, on their site. The advantage for us is that we can get more traffic through them. Co-operation at its best!
Some socialising too
Now that we have been home, we have had time for some socialising too. In addition to meeting the neighbours, we have been invited to Peter's oldest son Robin and his wife Alexandra. Wow, what a dinner we were invited to! It was nice too! Thank you most humbly!
Best this week
This week we have mostly been at home in the houseboat and worked. We are happy that we have started some work that we have been thinking about for a long time. And we can be happy that it is still sunny and summer weather!
Your turn ... what has been the best part of your week?
The week ahead
It will still be Stockholm and houseboat life for us in the coming week. We have no clear plans, except that there is a lot of work to be done, including preparations for the Elmia fair. What will be published here on freedomtravel.se? We'll see ...
Did you miss the last Happy Friday? Read the Home in Stockholm after 4 months on the road
Helena+from+Finland says:
Hi! Looked at your Germany page and liked it. Easy to get an overview and then click on the area you want to know more about👍. Here we are preparing for the veneziad celebration. For those who do not know what it is, it is always celebrated the last weekend in August. Previously, people moved home from their villas (summer cottages) because schools and jobs started after the holidays. Celebrated with torches, lanterns and rockets. We ourselves are going to vasa camping and celebrate with friends. Wish you a nice weekend
26 August 2022 - 8:25
Helena says:
How nice that you looked in and that you liked the page! We constantly try to develop and simplify, and the simple is always the difficult in some way 😉 How nice it sounds with the celebration! I did not know this at all, but googled now. Love that you always learn new things in the blog world 🙂 .
26 August 2022 - 19:08
BP says:
Well done! Perfect cooperation with the magazine - win-win for both partners.
PS. You have really mastered WordPress. DS.
26 August 2022 - 19:01
Helena says:
Thank you very much! Yes, we think it can be good for both of us. In this world you need to co-operate 🙂 .
26 August 2022 - 19:08
Ditte says:
Since you have your magazine as a "livelihood", I understand that it is important both with collaborations and to increase traffic. Think it looks good with the articles in width.
Just for fun, I'll check out the translations into other languages. Nice thought"
Great job and understand that it takes a lot of time but I guess it's worth it.
26 August 2022 - 20:25
Ditte says:
Question. Saw that it was now German and Swedish as languages. But did not find an English version. Maybe it was just that I did not find it. Or is it on its way?
26 August 2022 - 20:27
Helena says:
Great question Ditte! In fact, there were a few problems on the day. We had several languages (including English), but it turned out that the amount of translation we paid for (even though we bought the "business" version and thought that much more was included) ran out in just one day. We don't really know how to solve this at the moment, and while we're talking to support we've narrowed it down to just one language. We were probably a bit quick to report this.... Hopefully we'll be able to resolve it (without paying exorbitant amounts).
26 August 2022 - 20:34
Ditte says:
Thank you very much! I was just wondering. It doesn't matter to me at all. Just wanted to test. function. But it's not worth paying exorbitant amounts of money for this.
27 August 2022 - 10:26
Daniela | Discovering The Planet says:
Congratulations on a great job and all the collaborations. I follow most of what you do, even if I don't always have the time to comment :). I like to tinker in wordpress, but still prefer the classic editor. Thought the block function took too much time. Good luck with everything. <3
26 August 2022 - 20:42
Helena says:
Thank you for your comment Daniela! Will the classic editor still be there? We have to say that we think the block function is a bit like God's gift to mankind 🙂.
27 August 2022 - 11:02