Home page defaults to HOME_PAGE_TITLE

[dml311071]

Hi

I have recently upgraded to 1.3.8 and I have been setting up my customizations. I have a problem now; I have altered my /includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/meta-tags.php to change the define ('TITLE', 'sitename');

where CUSTOM is my template name and sitename is the true name of the site :)

The Homepage shows this in the browser bar HOME_PAGE_TITLE

Any ideas?

Almost everything else is working, I do have a different issue with the newlsetter subscribe module that has stopped working but I have another post in the correct thread for this. I only mention it to include all factors.

Regards

Dave

[DrByte]

I have altered my /includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/meta-tags.php to change the define ('TITLE', 'sitename');

where CUSTOM is my template name and sitename is the true name of the site

You need to merge the new lines from the original meta_tags.php language file with your custom file.
You need to do that with *ALL* your language file overrides.
And with *ALL* your template-override files as well.

WinMerge is a handy tool for that

[dml311071]

Hi, thanks for the prompt reply

Have I given the impression that I have created a new meta-tags.php file containing only a line with the sitename change?
I took the original meta-tags.php file and I have altered the relevant lines, ie. those that contain my site info and saved the whole file to my CUSTOM folder here:

/includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/

and kept the original here:

/includes/languages/english/

I have check my backup files and this is how it was set up before.

Regards

Dave

[DrByte]

Okay ... so you're saying your file is already correct?
I'm suggesting that your file was customized using an *old* version, and not the version you're upgrading to.

So ... to troubleshoot ... does your file contain a "define" statement for 'HOME_PAGE_TITLE' ? If not, either you've deleted that one, or you've customized from an old file, or you've really fudged up the syntax of something you've edited.

[dbrewster]

Has \includes\languages\english\meta_tags.php been replaced by includes\modules\metatags.php?

It doesn't look like the define values are being used. I have a custom directory, and those values aren't showing up, and neither are the Zen Cart default defines, either.

Will we see HOME_PAGE_TITLE unless we edit includes\modules\metatags.php, a file that may not have been edited before? It used to default to a Zen Cart title.

---Diana

[DrByte]

Has \includes\languages\english\meta_tags.php been replaced by includes\modules\metatags.php?

No ... no ... no.

/includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php contains the defaults.
Your custom version of that file will contain stuff related to *your* site, and must be based on the default version.

If you had customized your "old" /includes/languages/english/YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER/meta_tags.php file, then you'll have to merge the updated content from the default file.


The /includes/modules/meta_tags.php file is completely SEPARATE. It's processing logic, not language defines.
And, if you have a customized /includes/modules/YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER/meta_tags.php file then you'll have to merge the new stuff into your customized version as well.

[dbrewster]

So sorry to spout garbage, Dr. Byte!!!!!!! MEA CULPA.

I further investigated my updates and found that, INDEED, I had not updated includes/languages/english/metatags.php and once I had done that, I updated my customized version, and VOILA.

I hope my errors, bumbling, and discovery help others, as always!

Thank you for your patience with us lot of bumbling updaters.

(this is why I maintain a "test" site, a practice I HIGHLY recommend for all serious shop managers.)

---Diana

[BDCreations]

Awesome help guys - I had the exact same issue and this thread fixed me right up!

[deivid]

Riiight... Not sure if I completely understood the info here (suffering from the same problem) but I have my actual site description info in both languages/english/meta_tags.php and languages/swahili/meta_tags.php and I have not touched my includes/modules/meta_tags.php at all.

So I do have a custom language installed. I simply can not find the right file where to fix this silly problem. And I'm not sure I actually "got" all the suggestions presented above... I know - I'm an amateur.

So explain this like you would to a 6-year-old?

[DrByte]

Riiight... Not sure if I completely understood the info here (suffering from the same problem) but I have my actual site description info in both languages/english/meta_tags.php and languages/swahili/meta_tags.php and I have not touched my includes/modules/meta_tags.php at all.

So I do have a custom language installed. I simply can not find the right file where to fix this silly problem. And I'm not sure I actually "got" all the suggestions presented above... I know - I'm an amateur.

So explain this like you would to a 6-year-old?

Please post the contents of your /includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php
AND your /includes/languages/swahili/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php
and maybe also compare those against the original /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php file ... to ensure that you're not missing any definitions in your customized files vs the original.