Question 1

How does the Clone Editor work?

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Summary

The Clone Editor lets you safely customize your cloned website directly on the page itself. Using an overlay editor, you can adjust text, images, SEO metadata, and even dynamic (JavaScript-loaded) content — without touching your original website. Changes are instant, traceable, and easy to revert.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions and quick answers.

Can I have multiple edit sessions active at the same time?
No, only one active edit session per clone is allowed.

Are changes applied immediately?
Yes. All changes are visible instantly and can be reverted via edit history.

Can I damage my original website?
No. All edits apply only to the clone.

⏱️ Reading time: 6–8 minutes

Clone Editor

The Clone Editor adds an editing layer directly on top of your cloned website. You can quickly adjust text, images, SEO settings, and dynamic content — safely and without affecting the original site.

Clonable editor

Using the editor

The new editor opens in a separate browser tab and shows a fixed toolbar on top of your website.

Start it via Clone Editor in the control panel. This opens a secure editing session.

|| Editing session basics: Session duration is 60 minutes, Unlimited edits per session, Restart anytime from the control panel

Editing text (Text Mode)

Enable Text Mode via the

Question 2

How to connect and setup a Magento store?

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Summary

This article explains how Magento and Clonable work together using a Ghost Store setup. You will learn what a Ghost Store is, what Clonable translates, what Magento remains responsible for, and how to correctly configure store views and proxies. Both domain-based and subfolder-based setups are covered, including validation steps and common pitfalls.

|| Requirements: Access to the Magento backend, Access to the Clonable dashboard, Ability to edit DNS or NGINX configuration

FAQ

Quick answers to common Magento and Clonable questions.

Does this also work with Magento 1?
Yes. This article is based on Magento 2, but most settings have equivalent options in Magento 1.

Do I need to translate content in Magento itself?
No. Frontend translations are fully handled by Clonable.

Is the Magento extension required?
No, but using the Clonable Magento extension is strongly recommended.

⏱️ Reading time: 8–10 minutes

Magento and Clonable

Magento and Clonable integrate seamlessly. To make the integration even smoother, we recommend installing the Clonable Magento extension. The core concept behind this integration is the use of a Ghost Store.

Ghost Stores

A Ghost Store is an untranslated Magento store view that Clonable translates automatically.

Example: You create a new store view for Germany, but keep all content in Dutch. Clonable then translates everything the visitor sees on the frontend.

This approach allows you to:

Question 3

How to prevent content from being translated?

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Summary

Translation exclusions let you prevent specific words or word combinations from being translated on your clone. This is useful for brand names, product names, addresses, or technical values that should always stay the same. In this article, you’ll learn how to add translation exclusions, manage them in bulk, and exclude specific JSON or XML fields safely.

|| Requirements: An active clone in your Clonable control panel

FAQ

Can I exclude full sentences from translation?
No. Translation exclusions are meant for single words or short word combinations only.

Is there a limit to how many exclusions I can add?
Yes. You can add up to 10,000 translation exclusions in total.

Will exclusions apply immediately?
Yes. Changes take effect automatically on your clone.

⏱️ Reading time: 5–7 minutes

What are translation exclusions?

Translation exclusions ensure that certain words or word combinations are never translated by Clonable.

Common use cases include:

Brand names
Company names
Product names
Addresses
Fixed technical values

| Tip: Use translation exclusions only for short fragments, not full sentences.

Adding translation exclusions

You can manage translation exclusions directly from your clone settings.

Follow these steps:

Open your clone in the control panel.
Go to Exclusions in the side menu.
Stay on the first tab: Translation exclusions.
Use the New exclusion input field.
Enter o

Question 4

How to replace text?

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Summary

Text replacements let you automatically replace specific words or phrases across your cloned website. This is useful for brand terms, legal wording, or phrases that should never be translated literally. Instead of fixing the same thing over and over, you define a rule once and Clonable applies it everywhere.

FAQ

What are text replacements used for?
They are used to automatically replace specific text fragments with your preferred alternative.

Are text replacements language-specific?
Yes. You can define replacements per language.

Do text replacements affect the original website?
No. They only apply to the cloned website.

⏱️ Reading time: 5–7 minutes

What are text replacements?

Text replacements are substitution rules that scan translated content and replace matching text with a predefined value. This happens automatically during translation and page rendering.

Typical use cases include:

Legal terms that require exact wording
Product names that should not be translated
Consistent phrasing across the entire site

Where to find text replacements

You can manage text replacements in the Clonable dashboard:

Clone → Substitution rules → Text replacements

This is where all replacement rules are created, edited, and managed.

How text replacements work

Each rule consists of two main parts:

The original text in the original language to match
The replacement text that should be shown instead When Clo

Question 5

How to replace a piece of HTML code?

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Summary

HTML substitutions let you replace (or remove) specific bits of HTML in your cloned website using substitution rules. The trick is grabbing the exact HTML from the page source (not your browser’s developer tools), then pasting it into a rule as the “original”, and setting what it should become as the “replacement”.

FAQ

Do i need to know HTML to use this?
Yes, but not deeply, but you should be comfortable finding the right element and copying the exact snippet.

Can I copy from developer tools (inspect element)?
Use it to locate the element, but copy the final HTML from the page source, because whitespace and line breaks can differ.

How do I remove something completely?
Set the replacement to empty (leave it blank), so the matched HTML gets replaced with “nothing”.

⏱️ Reading time: 5-7 minutes

Where to find the HTML you need

To create a substitution rule that contains HTML, you first need the exact HTML from the page.

The easiest way:

Open the page you want to change
Inspect the page and find the element you want to replace (right-click Inspect

Question 6

How to translate XML feeds?

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Summary

With clonable, you can translate XML feeds (usually product or shopping feeds) so you can use them in channels like google shopping. In this guide you’ll learn how to upload a feed, choose which fields get translated (to control costs), how URLs are handled, and how to keep feeds updated manually or automatically.

|| Requirements: 1. Access to the clonable control panel, 2. An XML feed file or a feed URL (for automatic updates), 3. Enough credits on your account (XML feed translations are billed separately)

FAQ

Can clonable translate XML shopping feeds? Yes, clonable can translate XML feeds (often product feeds) for your clone.

Do URLs in my feed get updated to the clone domain? Yes, clonable replaces your original domain with the clone domain automatically and uses existing URL translations.

How long does the first translation take? It can take hours for large feeds (thousands of products), because feeds have lower priority than web pages.

Can i exclude fields like price from translation? Yes, you can disable translating (and optionally exclude the field entirely) to reduce costs.

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