Bulgarian Association of Sinologists
Overview
Technologies
Administration
Features
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Site for the Bulgarian Association of Sinologists, a voluntary academic association of scholars, researchers and translators working on Chinese language, history and culture, headquartered at Veliko Tarnovo University.
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Built on an Elementor template, adapted to the association’s identity and content rather than used as-is.
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Bilingual from the start, in English and Chinese — the audience is international, so the site had to address scholars outside Bulgaria as directly as those inside it.
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WordPress with Elementor, giving the association a visual editor for pages they maintain themselves.
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Polylang handling the English and Chinese versions, with a language switcher and separate URL structures per language.
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Page content editable directly in Elementor, without developer involvement.
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News and events manageable from the admin as the association’s programme develops.
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Both language versions editable side by side through Polylang.
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English and Chinese language versions, with a switcher in the main navigation.
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News and events section covering conferences, lectures and association milestones.
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Members section presenting the association’s scholars.
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Resources section pointing to archives, databases and academic support for sinological study.
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Gallery documenting the association’s events.
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Social media integration linking Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube.
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Contact routes for scholars looking to join or collaborate.