Replacing Global Metadata with extra page attributes

[pmckeown]

Hi,

I am using extra page attribute 1 for the meta description and extra page attribute 2 for the meta keywords

Is there an [if} statement I can use to display the Global Meta Data only if the extra page attributes 1&2 are left empty.

At the moment the meta tags are appreaing twice.
Regards
Pat

[Rolf]

Perhaps this might help:
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... 912.0.html

Rolf

[kermit]

in site admin -> global settings -> general settings -> global metadata, try:

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<meta name="keywords" content="{capture assign=e2}{page_attr key="extra2"}{/capture}{if $e2 neq ''}{page_attr key="extra2"}{else}default,keywords,here{/if}" />
<meta name="description" content="{capture assign=e1}{page_attr key="extra1"}{/capture}{if $e1 neq ''}{page_attr key="extra1"}{else}default description{/if}" />

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what i did was a little different. i removed those two lines (meta keywords, meta description) from global metadata and inserted them in page default metadata instead, modified as follows:

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<meta name="keywords" content="{global_content name='meta-keywords'}" />
<meta name="description" content="{global_content name='meta-description'}" />

those two global content blocks contain site-wide defaults. then in page edit mode, i just add page-specific data before the gcb, like this:

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<meta name="keywords" content="this, page, keywords, here, {global_content name='meta-keywords'}" />
<meta name="description" content="this page specific description. {global_content name='meta-description'}" />

i could also just change the gcb called and have several already made-up for various pages or areas of a site.

[pmckeown]

Hi

Thanks for the assistance - very helpful

Regards Pat

[Rolf]

Hi pmckeown,

If your question is answered here, would you please be so kind and put [solved] in the title of the first post? You can use the modify button for this.

Have fun, Rolf 

[kermit]

i was looking at doing the same thing, using per-page extra attribute for meta tags such as 'description', but the field length (255) is too short for some implementations.

[beherenow_uk]

Hi Kermit,

Im not sure if this is seen as 'editing a core file' or not, but we also had the same issue for wanting to extend the extra attribute field length...

So I edited the file /lib/classes/class.content.inc.php on line 2085, 2091, 2097 and changed the maxlength="255" bit to maxlength="600".

Our SEO guy is a very happy man now.

kind regards,

Karl.

Ps - if this is seen by the admins as hacking a core file, please could you let me know. Im not sure what constitutes a 'core file' as I'm new here

[Rolf]

Ps - if this is seen by the admins as hacking a core file, please could you let me know. Im not sure what constitutes a 'core file' as I'm new here

Yep, this is hacking the core files... Not serious, but... there are alternatives
And these changed files are overwritten when doing a upgrade!

A better solution in my reply posted above:
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.ph ... #msg212993
It uses the {content} tag.
Same flexibility, but you don't need to change core files anymore.

Hope this helps

Rolf 

[beherenow_uk]

Ahh... I see,

Thanks Rolf, that is a much better solution.

best,

Karl.