title bar... last question

[cregy]

Hi

I have edited the title bar

Can you tell me how you did this please?

Thanks

Rich

[cregy]

Hi

Don't worry I worked it out. For anyone else who stumbles on this thread you need to head to:
includes - languages - english - meta_tags.php

Don't edit that file directly though. Get a copy of it, then edit it then place it in this directory:
includes - languages - english - Your template name (hint: you might need to create it).

Enjoy.

Rich

[phycel]

While reading these posts I am still not finding the answer to my question. When showing an individual product, the title bar shows -

Product Name - $10.00 : The Store Name :: The Tag Line

I easily found how to turn the price off, thanks to the help secion and these forums -- but I don't want the store name and tag line to show either. I want ONLY the product name to show on all products and categories. Any way to globally do this?

[cspsgl]

edit the two lines in the file "includes > languages > english > meta_tags.php" as follows:

// page title
define('TITLE', '');

// Site Tagline
define('SITE_TAGLINE', '');

You must blank out the TITLE and SITE_TAGLINE defines, ie. no entry between the two single quotes.

Do not comment out or delete the lines or the titlebar will show the words TITLE and SITE_TAGLINE

Hope this helps

[phycel]

But then I won't have a title on my main page of my site. That won't be any good. I still need the title and tag line to show on the main page, but don't want it to show after each product.

Thanks for the help.

[DrByte]

While reading these posts I am still not finding the answer to my question. When showing an individual product, the title bar shows -

Product Name - $10.00 : The Store Name :: The Tag Line

I easily found how to turn the price off, thanks to the help secion and these forums -- but I don't want the store name and tag line to show either. I want ONLY the product name to show on all products and categories. Any way to globally do this?

I still need the title and tag line to show on the main page, but don't want it to show after each product.

I don't understand why you want to remove your branding/identity from the pages related to your site. But, you can do what you want to do.

/includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php
take out references to TITLE and TAGLINE where you want them not to show. This is the section related to product pages:

  // unless otherwise required product_reviews uses the same settings as product_reviews_info and other _info pages
  case 'product_reviews':
  // unless otherwise required product_reviews_info uses the same settings as reviews and other _info pages
  case 'product_reviews_info':
  $review_on = META_TAGS_REVIEW;
  //  case 'product_info':
  case (strstr($_GET['main_page'], 'product_') or strstr($_GET['main_page'], 'document_')):
  /*
  $sql = "select p.products_id, pd.products_name, pd.products_description, p.products_model, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, p.product_is_free, p.products_price_sorter,
  p.metatags_title_status, p.metatags_products_name_status, p.metatags_model_status, p.metatags_price_status, p.metatags_title_tagline_status,
  mtpd.metatags_title, mtpd.metatags_keywords, mtpd.metatags_description from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_META_TAGS_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " mtpd where p.products_status = 1 and p.products_id = '" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "' and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' and mtpd.products_id = p.products_id and mtpd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'";
  */

  $sql= "select pd.products_name, p.products_model, p.products_price_sorter, p.products_tax_class_id,
                                      p.metatags_title_status, p.metatags_products_name_status, p.metatags_model_status,
                                      p.products_id, p.metatags_price_status, p.metatags_title_tagline_status,
                                      pd.products_description, p.product_is_free,
                                      mtpd.metatags_title, mtpd.metatags_keywords, mtpd.metatags_description
                              from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd) left join " . TABLE_META_TAGS_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " mtpd on mtpd.products_id = p.products_id and mtpd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
                              where p.products_id = '" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "'
                              and p.products_id = pd.products_id
                              and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'";

  $product_info_metatags = $db->Execute($sql);
  if ($product_info_metatags->EOF) {
    $meta_tags_over_ride = true;
  } else {
    // custom meta tags per product
    if (!empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_keywords']) or !empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_description'])) {
      $meta_products_name = '';
      $meta_products_price = '';
      $metatags_keywords = '';

      $meta_products_price = ($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_price_status'] == '1' ? SECONDARY_SECTION . ($product_info_metatags->fields['products_price_sorter'] > 0 ? $currencies->display_price($product_info_metatags->fields['products_price_sorter'], zen_get_tax_rate($product_info_metatags->fields['products_tax_class_id'])) : SECONDARY_SECTION . META_TAG_PRODUCTS_PRICE_IS_FREE_TEXT) : '');

      $meta_products_name .= ($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_products_name_status'] == '1' ? $product_info_metatags->fields['products_name'] : '');
      $meta_products_name .= ($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_title_status'] == '1' ? ' ' . $product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_title'] : '');
      $meta_products_name .= ($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_model_status'] == '1' ? ' [' . $product_info_metatags->fields['products_model'] . ']' : '');
      if (zen_check_show_prices() == true) {
        $meta_products_name .= $meta_products_price;
      }
      $meta_products_name .= ($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_title_tagline_status'] == '1' ? PRIMARY_SECTION . TITLE . TAGLINE : '');

      if (!empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_description'])) {
        // use custom description
        $metatags_description = $product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_description'];
      } else {
        // no custom description defined use product_description
        $metatags_description = zen_truncate_paragraph(strip_tags(stripslashes($product_info_metatags->fields['products_description'])), MAX_META_TAG_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH);
      }

      $metatags_description = zen_clean_html($metatags_description);

      if (!empty($product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_keywords'])) {
        // use custom keywords
        $metatags_keywords = $product_info_metatags->fields['metatags_keywords'] . METATAGS_DIVIDER . CUSTOM_KEYWORDS;  // CUSTOM skips categories
      } else {
        // no custom keywords defined use product_description
        $metatags_keywords = KEYWORDS . METATAGS_DIVIDER . $meta_products_name . METATAGS_DIVIDER;
      }

      define('META_TAG_TITLE', str_replace('"','',$review_on . $meta_products_name));
      define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', str_replace('"','',$metatags_description . ' '));
      define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', str_replace('"','',$metatags_keywords));  // KEYWORDS and CUSTOM_KEYWORDS are added above

    } else {
      // build un-customized meta tag
      if (META_TAG_INCLUDE_PRICE == '1' and !strstr($_GET['main_page'], 'document_general')) {
        if ($product_info_metatags->fields['product_is_free'] != '1') {
          if (zen_check_show_prices() == true) {
            $meta_products_price = zen_get_products_actual_price($product_info_metatags->fields['products_id']);
            $meta_products_price = SECONDARY_SECTION . $currencies->display_price($meta_products_price, zen_get_tax_rate($product_info_metatags->fields['products_tax_class_id']));
          }
        } else {
          $meta_products_price = SECONDARY_SECTION . META_TAG_PRODUCTS_PRICE_IS_FREE_TEXT;
        }
      } else {
        $meta_products_price = '';
      }

      if (META_TAG_INCLUDE_MODEL == '1' && zen_not_null($product_info_metatags->fields['products_model'])) {
        $meta_products_name = $product_info_metatags->fields['products_name'] . ' [' . $product_info_metatags->fields['products_model'] . ']';
      } else {
        $meta_products_name = $product_info_metatags->fields['products_name'];
      }
      $meta_products_name = zen_clean_html($meta_products_name);

      $products_description = zen_truncate_paragraph(strip_tags(stripslashes($product_info_metatags->fields['products_description'])), MAX_META_TAG_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH);

      $products_description = zen_clean_html($products_description);

      define('META_TAG_TITLE', str_replace('"','',$review_on . $meta_products_name . $meta_products_price . PRIMARY_SECTION . TITLE . TAGLINE));
      define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', str_replace('"','',TITLE . ' ' . $meta_products_name . SECONDARY_SECTION . $products_description . ' '));
      define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', str_replace('"','',$meta_products_name . METATAGS_DIVIDER . KEYWORDS));

    } // CUSTOM META TAGS
  } // EOF
  break;

[phycel]

Thank you very much. It's not what I want -- it's a client of mine. They seem to think that it makes the title too long for Google -- but they want the product name in the title bar. They've only had this store running for just under a month now... and since the entire site changed, of course ranking will drop for a bit. I am trying to explain to them that Google just needs to reindex the pages and their ranking will get better. So, I just do what I'm told.

Thanks soooo much for the quick replies. This forum has truely been a lifesaver and Zen Cart is the best open source shopping cart around!

[Sawhorse]

Hello,
A quick question: How do you do a line break in the TAGLINE. I assume that the code would be placed in Header.php:
define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'Sawhorse Jewelry Designs Unique equine themed silver jewelry');
I tried:
define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'Sawhorse Jewelry Designs' <br /> 'Unique equine themed silver jewelry');

But, of course it did not work in php. How is it done?

Thanks.

[Website Rob]

define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'Sawhorse Jewelry Designs' <br /> 'Unique equine themed silver jewelry');

change to:

define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'Sawhorse Jewelry Designs<br />Unique equine themed silver jewelry');

HTML can be put inbetween the single quotes. Of course, if you use single quotes in your HTML and/or JS then you need to escape them: \'

[Sawhorse]

Website Rob,
Thanks - that worked well. It seems you are everwhere!!!
Again Thanks.

Oh, How about changing font & size for the 'Sawhorse Jewelry Designs'. I assume that I one needs to do this in the stylesheet. But how do you change just one line?