Formation of multi-language/multi country shop

[wood1e]

Hi, 

 

I have just started working with a client on his PrestaShop website.  And not being a PrestaShop expert I just want to check something before I more forward. 

 

When setting up a multi-country/language site using PrestaShop, is by default the 'home site' also moved into a coutnry sub folder?

 

So for example the website domain is www.mywebsite.fr but when I type in this URL I am taken to www.mywebsite.fr/fr 

 

THe other countries/languages are: 

 

www.mywebsite.fr/pl - Poland

www.mywebsite.fr/en - English

www.mywebsite.fr/ge - GErman

 

So these three are no problem, I prefer sub domains, but sub folders are no issue. It is purely the domain/home URL i am concerned about www.mywebsite.fr/fr - surely it is best practice just to have www.mywebsite.fr ? 

 

Maybe this is because Prestashop sets things up?  I cannot see any 301 Re-directs in .HTAccess, so I am presuming there is a way of setting this up/removing in PrestaShop back end admin?

 

Any pointers will be most appreciated. 

 

 

[wood1e]

Can anyone help?

[wood1e]

No one in the Prestashop community ever set up a multi language site?

[flormolla]

Hi there, 

I am having the same issue with a client on his PrestaShop website.

Anyone in the community who could shed some light around this topic?

We have noticed that we have a country subfolder after the domain name and we haven't set up any multi-language, country specific configuration on the CMS. 

Example:

our domain yesterday: www.example.com

our domain today: www.example.com/es/

301 redirect is automatically set up. 

Thanks,