Meta titles ignored unless meta keywords/description also set

[capnhairdo]

If you create a customized meta title for any particular product, but do not also enter customized meta keywords and/or description, the customized title is ignored and ZC uses default HTML page title, and furthermore does not show the product as having customized meta tags in the admin.

Perhaps this is intentional behavior, but if so, it makes little sense to me. I'm using 1.3.7.

I believe these modifications fix it:

includes/modules/meta_tags.php, lines 211-212:

    // custom meta tags per product
    if (!empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_keywords']) or !empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_description']) or !empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_title'])) {

admin/includes/modules/category_product_listing.php, line 177:

        if (zen_get_category_metatags_keywords($categories->fields['categories_id'], (int)$_SESSION['languages_id']) or zen_get_category_metatags_description($categories->fields['categories_id'], (int)$_SESSION['languages_id']) or zen_get_category_metatags_title($categories->fields['categories_id'], (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'])) {

admin/includes/modules/category_product_listing.php, line 371:

        if (zen_get_metatags_keywords($products->fields['products_id'], (int)$_SESSION['languages_id']) or zen_get_metatags_description($products->fields['products_id'], (int)$_SESSION['languages_id']) or zen_get_metatags_title($products->fields['products_id'], (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'])) {

[Ajeh]

That isn't a Bug as it was coded to work that way ...

We will look into this for a future release for those who want a different Title but do not want to build custom keywords or custom descriptions ...

Thanks for the info ...

[Alex Clarke]

I've just been working on a site and ran into exactly the same issue... good thing I searched before reporting this as a bug.

To confirm, I tried to remove the price and model number from the meta tag title of one product. I didn't want to enter a custom title, description or keywords.

However, you have to enter a either a custom title, keywords or description for any of the "Mark What the Product's Meta Tag Title Should Include" radio button settings to be saved.

So, I'd vote that this is a bug.

It would be really handy to be able to only edit the radio buttons in this certain situation - without having to input the other information. Hopefully a fix (or a change in the way things currently work) will be released in 1.3.9.