Jekyll doesn’t have support for multi-language sites baked in. Plugins are available, but to keep things simple and with minimal dependencies this implementation is proposed. This strategy involves having a separate path for each language’s content, and keep the default language (nl) at top-level.
Content for each language exists in its own folder based on the language code, with default
language (nl) at top-level. Contents in features collection are identified by a lang key,
which will allow you to filter for a language key in the collection.
The _data directory holds files for translation (useful in layouts) and language metadata.
- Dutch (default) language (nl) http://127.0.0.1:4000
- English language (en) http://127.0.0.1:4000/en
A language switch in HTML could look like this:
<em>{{ site.data.translations['differentLanguage'][page.lang] }}:</em>
<ul class="languages">
{% for lang in site.data.languages %}
{% assign language = lang[1] %}
<li><a href="{{site.baseurl}}{{lang[0]}}">{{ language.label }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
See also this article for a more extensive writeup of this same solution.