Automatic Meta tags generation

Qwert302:

I'm just clarifying here.

You still have a huge string of meta keywords. Did you put those in on purpose from the meta_tags.php?

I put those in on purpose

define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', str_replace('"','',TITLE . PRIMARY_SECTION . $category_metatags->fields['categories_name'] . SECONDARY_SECTION . 'emo, fetish, punk, gothic, goth, rockabilly, lolita, alternative, industrial, boots, shoes, accessories, handbags, bags, fingerless gloves, skeleton gloves, umbrellas, ............, International Postage'));

Here's a post I found that seems to have worked for my site.

The file I modified with the following info is located at:

/includes/templates/your_custom_template/common/html_header.php

I'm using version 1.3.8

 Originally Posted by www.scifi-models.com
Hi there... I have an easy answer for everyone on this...


Search for this line in your_template/common/html_header.php..

<meta name="keywords" content="<?php echo META_TAG_KEYWORDS; ?>" />

Should be near the top, line 27.

Delete the line and replace with the following:

<?php $slashpos = strrpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],"/");
if ($slashpos === false || $slashpos == strlen($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
$thispage = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}
else
{
$thispage = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],$slashpos+1,strlen($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])-1);
}
if ($thispage == "index.php" || $thispage == "index.php?main_page=index" || $thispage == "") {
echo '<meta name="keywords" content="scifi models,star trek resin props,star trek models,movie memorabilia,t-virus prop,enterprise prop,maco,replica movie props,prop reproductions,resin props,battlestar resin prop"/>';
}
else
{
echo '<meta name="keywords" content="' . META_TAG_KEYWORDS . '" />' ;
} ?>



This will replace the dynamic keywords it generates automatically words to a set keywords for the main index.php page, and send the dynamic keywords for products. Hope this helps! Thanks to synavia for her code for checking which page your on!

Hope this helps.

Zencart ROCKS!

Right, i think thats the thread i refered to in my previous posting. However this will fix your "keyword content" tags and if you change the other code also your "description' tag.

However this works only for the main page, if you check on your products and view the source, zen still spams these pages. You can influence that a bit by defining meta tags in your admin but that does not stop Zen from putting in the keywords.

Also i have no idea how to define tags for EZ-pages.. ???

Thanks kdnmiller, and yes i saw your post(#19) with the link but when i clicked it, it went to something about 'auto email generation' so i did a search under posts done by your username and that's how i found the right thread and decided to include the info in my post (#21) in case anyone else had the same problem :smile:

And for whatever reason, the above 'fix' actually stopped spamming both my home page AND my product meta tags (that is, the ones that I've had time to update with the biohazard link)

So hopefully these posts will help others and maybe one of us will figure out why it's not stopping the product meta tag spamming on your site, too. If i find any additional solutions i'll post them back here, too.

Have a great weekend and thanks again!

Zencart ROCKS!

Hey guys -
I wanted to have a little more over which categories show up in the meta tag keywords, so I coded a mod which basically adds a checkbox in the admin asking whether the category should be included in** site wide **keywords. Note that the keywords will still show on the category pages, but now not on the home page or other pages, such as the contact page.

I hope this helps some of you. If anyone tries it and has any questions let me know. I am thinking of expanding on this mod, adding more control over meta tags, especially for ez pages. Any suggestions?

The link below is the original post with the code for the mod.
zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=534671&postcount=5

Good morning. I am attempting to change the meta information on the home page ONLY.
In meta_tag.php there is a section that is supposed to allow me to do this:
// Home Page Only:
define('HOME_PAGE_META_DESCRIPTION', ' ');
define('HOME_PAGE_META_KEYWORDS', ' ');

I am using a custom template called "aaadisplay". I have entered the updated information in
/includes/languages/english/aaadisplay/meta_tag.php
but still just get the category info

I also entered the updated information in
/includes/languages/english/meta_tag.php
in the event that the override was not functioning but stll no change.

Any ideas?

Hi, i myself have one site that also has this code in meta-tag.php and it worked for me. I did not needed to go through the whole process described above, and the tags were changed on the mainpage..

Make sure you are editing the correct meta-tag.php, there may be more than one.. mine is located at /includes/languages/english/meta_tag.php and not /includes/languages/english/myzenshop/meta_tag.php as you stated.

I left SITE TAGLINE and CUSTOM KEYWORDS blank and only used the HOME_PAGE_META sections... also have defined product meta tags in your admin.

If this all still does not work you can still edit /includes/templates/your_custom_template/common/html_header.php

cheers
mike

Thanks for taking the time to respond.
I made the changes in both locations just in case and neither seem to do a darn thing. Bummer!

You mean you changed both files: meta_tags.php AND html_header.php ??

again are you sure you are editing the correct meta tag file?? make change to the title tag in the file and use source code to check if it was changed..

I did not edit html_header.php.
I edited both copies of meta_tags.php. One in my template directory /includes/languages/english/aaadisplay and one in /includes/languages/english in the event it was not looking in the correct directory.

I could not figure out what to edit html_header.php. There did not seem to be anything there that was specific to the home page and I did not want to make a global change. I hope you can understand what I am attempting to explain.

Is this function a part of version 1.3.8? I am running 1.3.7. I have searched for the string "home_page_meta" and do not find it in any other file on my system. So I wonder what good is ther variable if it is not used elsewhere?

Thanks again for trying to help me.

Custom meta-tags for just the home page was a feature added in v1.3.8.
You won't find that option in v1.3.7 or earlier.

Right, you have the same zen 1.3.7 like me. Nothing can be done about the homepage tags when editing the meta-tags.php. You have to edit the html_header.php, thats the only way. But make sure you made a backup.. there is the line:

kdnmiller:

Right, you have the same zen 1.3.7 like me. Nothing can be done about the homepage tags when editing the meta-tags.php. You have to edit the html_header.php, thats the only way.
No, that's not the only way.

If you're convinced that sticking with old 1.3.7 code and its limitations, instead of upgrading to 1.3.8 with its many bugfixes and feature improvements, then you can manually implement the home-page-specific-metatags support by following the instructions posted elsewhere on the forum: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62726

But you'd be better off upgrading.

Thank you both for you input. I am a little afraid of upgrading because of the many changed that have been made to my site.
I hate to be the village idiot but can I clone my site, upgrade and see what happnes? Then if everything goes well, I can do the upgrade on the live site?
Thank you again!

Yes, practicing an upgrade is always recommended.

YOU ARE THE MAN! I have been beating my head against the wall for weeks on this one.
I just completed the simple modification and it worked like a charm!
Thank you so much!

I purchased the manual when it first came out about a year ago. Unfortunately it is on my desk at the office so I will take a look in the morning. I did not see anything on creating a clone site on the tutorials.
Thanks for your help.

Ok I have been trying to get this to work all day and have gotten the keywords to not be my categories but the description still shows my categories.

It might be ok if it wasnt so long. One site says to keep it around 150 and another says 250 but either way it needs to be changed. How do i change it?

I've read through the posts and I have 1.3.8 which I assume means I shouldn't be having any issues, per Dr. Byte. Did I understand that correctly?

Yet I can't understand why my meta descriptions are not showing up in the S.E.R.P's. Instead the description shows a description that appears to be 'by default' not by what I entered.

For Ex: Runipoo Relief; I entered in the meta-description:

FREE SHIPPING. Is your pet experiencing chronic diarrhea? Runi Poo Relief is a Natural Cat and Dog Diarrhea Remedy. RuniPoo Relief is a 100% natural remedy that supports digestive balance, healthy bowel functioning and firm stools. Easy to administer, RuniPoo Relief is a liquid tincture that can be discreetly added to your pet’s treat or food.

Yet this is what shows up when googled:

RuniPoo Relief - - $41.95 : Pet Herbal Remedies:, Treating Our ...
Pet Herbal Remedies: RuniPoo Relief - - No more runny stools in your cat or dog with ... Write Review. This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 ...
petherbalremedies.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_17 - 33k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

What am I missing? :unsure:
Lynn
http://www.PetHerbalRemedies.com

Pet Herbal Remedies:

I've read through the posts and I have 1.3.8 which I assume means I shouldn't be having any issues, per Dr. Byte. Did I understand that correctly?

Yet I can't understand why my meta descriptions are not showing up in the S.E.R.P's. Instead the description shows a description that appears to be 'by default' not by what I entered.

For Ex: Runipoo Relief; I entered in the meta-description:

FREE SHIPPING. Is your pet experiencing chronic diarrhea? Runi Poo Relief is a Natural Cat and Dog Diarrhea Remedy. RuniPoo Relief is a 100% natural remedy that supports digestive balance, healthy bowel functioning and firm stools. Easy to administer, RuniPoo Relief is a liquid tincture that can be discreetly added to your pet’s treat or food.

Yet this is what shows up when googled:

RuniPoo Relief - - $41.95 : Pet Herbal Remedies:, Treating Our ...
Pet Herbal Remedies: RuniPoo Relief - - No more runny stools in your cat or dog with ... Write Review. This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 ...
petherbalremedies.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_17 - 33k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

What am I missing? :unsure:
Lynn
http://www.PetHerbalRemedies.com

On your site, your metatags show:

<title>RuniPoo Relief - No more runny stools in your cat or dog with RuniPoo Relief. [] - $41.95 : Pet Herbal Remedies:, Treating Our Pets With Natural, Effective Herbs</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content=" *** content removed for brevity *** " />
<meta name="description" content="FREE SHIPPING. Is your pet experiencing chronic diarrhea? Runi Poo Relief is a Natural Cat and Dog Diarrhea Remedy. RuniPoo Relief is a 100% natural remedy that supports digestive balance, healthy bowel functioning and firm stools. Easy to administer, RuniPoo Relief is a liquid tincture that can be discreetly added to your pet’s treat or food. " />