hareslade, you are correct ... deleting a language via the admin will delete all database content related to that language ... in products, categories, reviews, etc etc etc. It does a complete cleanup.
If you prefer to control the list of languages in the storefront sidebox, you can make your changes in the /includes/templates/YOURTEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_languages.php file, by adding the highlighted line:
Code:
while (list($key, $value) = each($lng->catalog_languages)) {
if (in_array($key, array('en', 'fr', 'tw'))) continue;
(and replace 'fr' and 'en' and 'tw' with the codes of your languages to NOT be offered.
You can list as many languages as you wish to NOT offer from your normal list of installed languages, just by extending or reducing the array.
You'll still be able to access them by adding &language=fr to your storefront URL, but they will not show up in the sidebox and therefore will stop most from using them unexpectedly.
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