section page meta content

brianlux0r · 2007-09-06 07:31:22

Hi,

I know you can create a static like page by just having one article in a section, but is there a way to setup the meta tags for the section page to pull the meta or extra fields variables on the section call page?

kevinmcdougall · 2007-09-06 12:58:27

brian, if I understand you correctly you want different metatags for each section?

You could probably achieve this by creating TXP form called metatags, and use the <txp:if_section> tags to conditionally use specific meta information on a per-section basis eg;

<txp:if_section name="">
<meta name="description" content="The description of my wonderful website" />
<meta name="keywords" content="add,some,keyords,if you,really,want, to use,them" />
</txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section name="about">
<meta name="description" content="The description of my wonderful website" />
<meta name="keywords" content="add,some,keyords,if you,really,want, to use,them" />
</txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section name="news">
<meta name="description" content="The description of my wonderful website" />
<meta name="keywords" content="add,some,keyords,if you,really,want, to use,them" />
</txp:if_section>

Then, refer to it using <txp:output_form form="metatags" /> in the HTML header of your page like so:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<txp:css />" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<txp:output_form form="metatags" />
<title><txp:sitename /></title>
</head>

That should do it I think.

Kev

Last edited by kevinmcdougall (2007-09-06 12:59:41)

brianlux0r · 2007-09-07 03:38:29

that is a stellar idea kev, thanks I was thinking along those lines as a possibility.

I would like to pick your brain on this idea:

Would it be insane to modify /textpattern/index.php?event=section

to have meta content right there for each section?

That would be pretty awsome.

Or, if i limit article to 1 for the section page, and have 1 article appear, is there a way to access the the custom fields of that article through some kind of call on the section page for which that article belongs to?

Gocom · 2007-09-07 03:58:29

Or, if i limit article to 1 for the section page, and have 1 article appear, is there a way to access the the custom fields of that article through some kind of call on the section page for which that article belongs to?

On the head:

<txp:if_individual_article>
<meta name="description" content="<txp:excerpt" />" />
<meta name="keywords" content="<txp:keywords />" />
<txp:else />
<txp:article limit="1" form="metadata" />
</txp:if_individual_article>

and on the article-form named metadata:

<meta name="description" content="<txp:excerpt" />" />
<meta name="keywords" content="<txp:keywords />" />

Or why not using plugins:

rah_metas

Cheers!

brianlux0r · 2007-09-07 04:30:57

hello!

i will check it out.

thanks buddy!!

kevinmcdougall · 2007-09-07 12:22:38

Brian,

More I think about it, the more ways I think this could be done, guess it’s down to finding which suits the application best. Gocom’s idea is pretty slick, but I personally like to keep txp:excerpt and txp:keywords reserved for other purposes.

I don’t think modifying the TXP files would give you any advantage over the various methods possible using native tags or plugins. I will take a look at rah_metas too Gocom, could be handy.

Kev

Last edited by kevinmcdougall (2007-09-07 12:29:22)

maniqui · 2007-09-07 13:52:29

There is an article by Nathan Smith that could be helpful:

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