What is Private Mode?

When you create a project for the first time and inject the JavaScript snippet into your site, the project will be in Private Mode by default. No one will see the language selector on your site and no translations will appear publicly while in Private Mode.

While in Private Mode, you’ll be able to preview your translated website and test out the GlobalLink Web features. You can make translation edits in-context, apply glossary terms or No Translate rules, and perform any other customizations that you require. Any customizations made while in Private Mode will be retained when you officially go live.

When you’re confident everything looks good you can set it to public.

While in Private Mode, in order to see the language selector and review translations, you'll have to add a query string to the end of the URL. For any page of your site that is in scope for the project, simply add the following query to the end of the URL and then refresh the page.

/?glgo_preview=1

To change your project to Live, click the banner message at the top of the home page of your dashboard when you are logged in. Once Live, the language selector will become visible to any visitor and they will be able to start using your translated site!