These things are Joomla's own behaviour, and Webal Blocks did not cause them. It was decided on 31 October 2026 that Webal Blocks stops at the limits that Joomla sets and does not work around Joomla. Its aim is to give you the most flexibility inside the way Joomla already works, and each limit below has a recorded cause.
Language in the administrator
Webal menu layout names stay in English
What you see. You use the administrator in another language, for example German, and in a Menu module, the Layout list shows English names such as "Webal navbar" for the Webal layouts.
Why. Joomla loads the language file of the template twice in the same request. The first load reads only the German file, but the second load reads the English file first and merges it over the German words, and then treats the German file as already loaded. So English wins, even though the Webal files are right and are found.
What to do. Nothing is needed to make the layouts work, because the names are only labels. This will change only if Joomla changes how it loads these files.
The installer shows the package description in English
What you see. After you install Webal Blocks in German or Arabic, the success message is translated, but the line under it, which is the package description, is in English.
Why. Joomla reads the package's own language folder first, and that folder holds English only.
What to do. Nothing is needed, because the translated description does show in Extensions, Manage.
Some words in Joomla's drop-down boxes stay in English
What you see. In a list that lets you pick several items, the small button that removes an item says "Remove item" in English in every language.
Why. The box is Joomla's own fancy select (it uses a script called Choices.js, which belongs to Joomla), and its words are in the script.
What to do. There is nothing for you to do.
Joomla cuts the description of a module
What you see. On the module edit screen, the description of a module ends early, and the module type list cuts it even sooner.
Why. Joomla cuts a module description at 250 characters on the edit screen and at 200 in the module type list, and a translation is cut at the same place.
What to do. Read the full help in the Quick guide panel of the module, or in these instructions.
Layout of the administrator
A long module title makes the administrator scroll sideways on a small screen
What you see. On a very narrow screen (about 320 pixels), the module edit screen can scroll sideways, and on a screen about 768 pixels wide, the row of items at the top right of the Joomla header can be wider than the window.
Why. The title in the Atum header (Joomla's administrator template) does not wrap, and the header row is wide in English already. Pages on your site are not affected by this.
What to do. Use a wider window, or give the module a shorter title.
Adding modules
Every page is ticked after you choose "Only on the pages selected"
What you see. You choose Only on the pages selected in Menu Assignment, and the whole list of pages is ticked.
Why. This is how Joomla starts that list.
What to do. Press None first, and then search for the page and tick it. See Troubleshooting.
Modules in Cassiopeia's below-top position sit side by side
What you see. A wide block, such as a form, looks very narrow when it is placed in below-top.
Why. Cassiopeia places the modules of below-top in a row, side by side.
What to do. Use main-top or main-bottom for wide blocks.
Pages on your site
Previous and next links work inside one category only
What you see. The first page and the last page of a group of articles have only one of the two links, either previous or next.
Why. Joomla's Page Navigation plugin moves through the articles of one category and does not cross into the next category, and these instructions use one category for each chapter.
What to do. Use the menu on the left to move between chapters.
Two more limits found while building these instructions
The Smart Search results page has no main heading
What you see. The page that shows search results has no heading at the top until you set a menu option.
Why. Joomla prints a main heading for a component page only when the menu item's Display page heading option is on.
What to do. Open the menu item for the search page and set Display page heading to Show, and note that the same may be true for any page that comes from a Joomla component.
Making many menu items at the same time breaks the menu
What you see. Two pages answered "not found" after menu items were created by several scripts at once.
Why. Joomla's menu keeps a tree of numbers, and making items at the same time can give two items the same numbers.
What to do. Open Menus, Menu items and press Rebuild, and in future make menu items one at a time.