Page titles do not append the site name, if defined so in J global configuration

[man.of.earth]

Hello everyone,

I see that VM page titles do not take into consideration the settings made in global configuration in Joomla (append site name before or after the current page title).

[Ventsi Genchev]

Somewhere in the forum described what should be done. I don't remember which post exactly, but I did it according to my needs.

[AH]

Correct it does not do this - you need a page override

In category default.php

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//Overrides the meta page title set int the view.html
$Jconfig = JFactory::getConfig();
$qsitename = $Jconfig->get('sitename');
$document = JFactory::getDocument ();

//adds title of category name with sitename
$document->setTitle($this->category->category_name . ' - '. $qsitename);

//could use existing title and append sitename - which would cater for manual entry
//$document->setTitle($document->title . ' - '. $qsitename);



[man.of.earth]

I use that, but it is something that should be modified in the core, for all pages involved (not only categories and products, but also checkout, my orders etc.)

[AH]

but it is something that should be modified in the core, for all pages involved (not only categories and products, but also checkout, my orders etc.)

But for some - this is not what would be wanted as it would reduce the readability of product name

There is no need to add to checkout or my orders - they are never referenced anywhere so the click through advantage is meaningless

[man.of.earth]

It's good for SEO though. Product title would go first, and site name in the end, so it would be easily readable in Google results.

[AH]

Then apply the override to the template I showed earlier :-)

[man.of.earth]

I said I'm already using that [template override]. I simply pointed out that that option should be somewhere in the core, so to not be necessary to modify the templates.

[Milbo]

I agree with you. When you can write an override, ...

check the category view, the file view.html.php line 479 (in the new core vm3.6) and then just add it and write the code here.

[man.of.earth]

The file view.html.php is not overrideable.
The disadvantages of having to make modifications in the core is that they must be done every time the core changes.
I did them in the template.

[GJC Web Design]

Max is saying write it for the view.html.php , post it here and he will add it to the core

[AH]

And make it a optional VM configuration so it does not screw up everyone elses overrides!!

[man.of.earth]

For category, it could be

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$includeSiteName = (int) JFactory::getApplication()->getCfg('sitename_pagetitles');
$category_id  = vRequest::getInt ('virtuemart_category_id', 0);
if ($includeSiteName && $category_id != 0){
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$siteName = JFactory::getApplication()->getCfg('sitename');
$docTitle = $document->getTitle();
switch ($includeSiteName){
case 1;
$document->setTitle($siteName . ' - ' . $docTitle);
break;
case 2;
$document->setTitle($docTitle . ' - ' . $siteName);
break;
}
}

For product page:

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$includeSiteName = (int) JFactory::getApplication()->getCfg('sitename_pagetitles');
if ($includeSiteName){
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$siteName = JFactory::getApplication()->getCfg('sitename');
$docTitle = $document->getTitle();
switch ($includeSiteName){
case 1;
$document->setTitle($siteName . ' - ' . $docTitle);
break;
case 2;
$document->setTitle($docTitle . ' - ' . $siteName);
break;
}
}

(I'm actually using these pieces of code.)

If both snippets are used, the title on a product page will be
Product Name - Category - Site name for Site title set to "after" in global configuration (which looks good and it's comprehensible by humans and search engines )

I was wondering if that kind of code can be added more into the core, so it could be used more simply for all the pages (including checkout, my orders etc.). In this case, the two snippets could be combined somehow, to select automatically if it's a category or some other VM page.

[AH]

The modifications needs to go into the relevant view.html

It should to be a VM config that is not switched on by default

Consider using a parameter e.g.:

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VmConfig::get('appendsitename',0),

Doing an override is simple, as you are doing it for yourself

If you want things into core - you have to give an option of configuration so that this does not impact sites already in production

If you look at this will give you an idea of where metadata is set by VM - that would require adjustment to cater for your specific instance and move into core

\components\com_virtuemart\views\category\view.html.php

[man.of.earth]

The snippets above use the setting from the global configuration, and they obviously do not automatically turn on the "append site name in the title option" (so if it's turned on, it's on for the entire website, including VM).
In case these snippets (or a combination of them) cannot be added more into the core, the second one above could be used for all VM views, either in the view.html.php files, or in the default.php files for each view.