Title Tag for Product Detail Page

[kory27]

Hi,

I did read http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=117642.0 and it was marked [Solved], the issue is that making the change described on that forum, and below, to the VM core component code is overwritten.  I tested this by doing the change, then upgrading to 2.0.22c, from 22a.

I want to change the title tag for the product details page from Category : Product Name to just product name.  Changing:

$document->setTitle(strip_tags(($category->category_name ? ($category->category_name . ' : ') : '') . $product->product_name));

to

$document->setTitle(strip_tags($product->product_name));

in file mysitename/components/com_virtuemart/views/productdetails/view.html.php

I thought I could use the standard template override method by placing the view.html.php in mysitename/templates/mytemplate/html/com_virtuemart.  It doesn't change the title tag.  You can view it here http://www.sailingbeyondboundaries.com/turkey-mediterranean-blue-voyage-cruise-details .

1.  Is this because the view.html.php file didn't originate from the productdetails/tmpl file?
2.  Am I just flat out missing something here?

I'd like to handle this via an override that won't be overwritten every time VM updates.

Thanks.

Kory

[Maxim Pishnyak]

I thought I could use the standard template override method by placing the view.html.php in mysitename/templates/mytemplate/html/com_virtuemart. 

Why did you think so?

Available methods when you changed core files:
1. Program a plugin for your goal.
2. Restore your hack every time you update VM.
3. Use some Joomla extensions that prevent modified by you core file from future changes.

[kory27]

I thought so b/c it made a little bit of sense, until I saw the behavior then realized it wasn't actually in the TMPL file.  I'm not new to this, but I'm also no Jedi master, and in a lot of ways, I'm learning on the job.

I've never made a plugin, but would love to learn.  Any recommendations on a resource to learn more about it?

Thanks for your reply.

[Maxim Pishnyak]

I've never made a plugin, but would love to learn.  Any recommendations on a resource to learn more about it?

Scroll to the top of the current page and you will find link to the Dev Portal.