Programming glitch?

[Feznizzle]

Hi!

I think I have discovered an error in 139d, not sure where to put it.

I've scoured the forum, seen people post about the problem... but no solution.

When you Configure your store, you are asked for STORE OWNER and STORE NAME. This information goes into the database and pops up all over the place, such as the Welcome email a customer receives after setting up an acct (etc, etc, etc).

But the problem is that this information is later renamed (under Product Type Info Page Option it is called "Product Tagline"; if you click on Metatag button for a product, it is called "Title/Tagline"). This information is crammed into your meta title for every product.

Even though the option is there to turn off the Title/Tagline, IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK!

No matter what you do, you cannot turn it off!

A possible solution is to manually edit the /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php file to insert info into the HOME_PAGE_TITLE tag, then go back to admin/configuration/mystore and delete info in STORE OWNER and STORE NAME.

But the problem with doing that is that when your site sends WELCOME emails or ORDER CONFIRMATION emails, your info is not going to be configured correctly.

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS?

My guess is that the logic is screwed up on the product meta tag submit page and on the Product Type Options page... but I am not a programmer and have no clue how to fix.

In my opinion, the BEST/EASIEST/FASTEST SOLUTION would be to simply find the php file that controls the product page calls for the Title/Tagline and comment out the call.

Can someone please tell me which file does this and what lines need to be commented out?

Thank you very much!
Mike

[Feznizzle]

Ok, here are some things I figured out....

This is totally wrong:

But the problem with doing that is that when your site sends WELCOME emails or ORDER CONFIRMATION emails, your info is not going to be configured correctly.

The Title/Tagline is different from the info you put into STORE OWNER and STORE NAME. I was confused because I used the same info. The STORE OWNER and STORE NAME is the info that shows up in all your future generated emails (contact us, order confirmation, etc).

So where does the Title/Tagline come from? Remember when you set up your store and had to get rid of that pesky "Zen Cart!, The Art of..."?

The way you fixed it was by going to includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php and manually overriding them by entering new Title/Tagline.

[Feznizzle]

Ok, I have deleted the content from the title/taglines. I would like to comment them out entirely, but I'm guessing it will kick off errors when the stupid cart calls for them later.

I think the answer is in this file:
/includes/modules/MY_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

Please, can someone help me get rid of whatever lines are calling out for the Title/Tagline?

[Feznizzle]

HOT DANG! Ok, I figured it out!!!!

Here is the problem clearly stated:
Even though the option is there to turn off the Title/Tagline meta tags, IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK!

Here is the solution (backup the file first!):
1. Open this file - /includes/modules/YOUR_DOMAIN/meta_tags.php
2. Find this string of text -
define('META_TAG_TITLE', str_replace('"','',$review_on . $meta_products_name . $meta_products_price . PRIMARY_SECTION . TITLE . TAGLINE));
3. Delete what I bolded above so it reads like this -
define('META_TAG_TITLE', str_replace('"','',$review_on . $meta_products_name . $meta_products_price));
4. Save and you are done!!!



I hope this helps others! I have scoured this forum, found tons of threads with people complaining about it but no solution.

[Merlinpa1969]

rather than mesing with the code
taking that section of code and using the developers toolkit would have shown you that you can just remove teh text from the define


All solved the zen way

[DrByte]

I agree with Merlin. You're hacking code needlessly. Just update the /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php file.

[Website Rob]

Even though the option is there to turn off the Title/Tagline, IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK!

Although I cannot confirm or deny the above statement, which is the reason for this thread, if it is true then it should be marked as a Bug and addressed. A code fix could be provided now with future versions providing a fixed solution.

[DrByte]

It works just fine, as long as you've actually set product-specific metatag keyword and/or description text.

[Feznizzle]

Hi,

Thanks for the input you guys.

Yea, I would not have "hacked" the code if there was a better way. I wish the Admin options to disable actually worked, then none of this would have been necessary.

Merlin, removing the text from the define was one of the first things I did. Upon doing this, the meta tag title on EVERY single page still displayed the separator (" : "). This is a waste of 3 characters, pointless clutter, and looked stupid (it shows up in the browser bar and as the page title on search engines).

Besides just being generally annoying, I had decided I kind of liked the Title/Tagline showing up on my EZpages, category pages, etc. So hacking the code as I did was targeted specifically to product info pages.

Doing what I did will not cause any problems, will it?

[clydejones]

Hi,

Thanks for the input you guys.

Yea, I would not have "hacked" the code if there was a better way. I wish the Admin options to disable actually worked, then none of this would have been necessary.

Merlin, removing the text from the define was one of the first things I did. Upon doing this, the meta tag title on EVERY single page still displayed the separator (" : "). This is a waste of 3 characters, pointless clutter, and looked stupid (it shows up in the browser bar and as the page title on search engines).

Besides just being generally annoying, I had decided I kind of liked the Title/Tagline showing up on my EZpages, category pages, etc. So hacking the code as I did was targeted specifically to product info pages.

Doing what I did will not cause any problems, will it?

They do work
But as Dr. Byte pointed out above you need to have:

Meta Tag Title: for your product

Meta Tag Keywords: for your product

and

Meta Tag Description: for your product