Meta tags & Page titles in components

[zigzag]

Hi,

A lot of good components don't have page titles & meta tags, is there a way round this or a way to code them into the component files?
For example how would I go about doing this in the extcal component?

[Websmurf]

There's a way to code them in yourself

using the setPageTitle & appendMetaTag functions:

usage:

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<?php
$mainframe->setPageTitle('This is my title');

$mainframe->appendMetaTag('description', 'This content will be added to the description');
$mainframe->appendMetaTag('keywords', 'This will be added to the keywords');
?>

[edit: typo]

[zigzag]

Brilliant - thank you 

[DeanMarshall]

Adam,

$mainframe->appendMetaTag('description', 'This content will be added to the description');

Is there a way to set a new description rather than appending.

Dean.

[Websmurf]

i'm afraid there's no such thing currently that i'm aware of.
the only xxxMetaTag functions i've found add (meaning a double one) or append it.

[zigzag]

Well they worked well on extcal and a few other components 
I had to change

$mainframe->addPageTitle('This is my title');

to

$mainframe->setPageTitle('This is my title');

[gamesport]

There's a way to code them in yourself

using the setPageTitle & appendMetaTag functions:

usage:

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<?php
$mainframe->addPageTitle('This is my title');

$mainframe->appendMetaTag('description', 'This content will be added to the description');
$mainframe->appendMetaTag('keywords', 'This will be added to the keywords');
?>

is this setpagetitle/appendMetaTag functions only available in joomla, or is it available in mambo 4.5.2.3?

[Websmurf]

No, it's available in mambo as well as far as i know

[Websmurf]

Well they worked well on extcal and a few other components 
I had to change

$mainframe->addPageTitle('This is my title');

to

$mainframe->setPageTitle('This is my title');

That's indeed a small typo i've made.
the function is setPageTitle and NOT addPageTitle

[gamesport]

No, it's available in mambo as well as far as i know

pardon my ignorance here, but could you please give me a step by step on how and where to add those in mambo 4.5.2.3?
thanks

[Websmurf]

in what component exactly?

[gamesport]

i thought it would be the same for all components, anyways, its a custom component that a someone made for me.

but here are the files i have access to via ftp

/httpdocs/components/ com_ctmedia/ctmedia.html.php
/httpdocs/components/ com_ctmedia/ctmedia.php

question is, do i  add the meta tags / page title in any of those php files?

[Websmurf]

Well, it's generally the same for each component.

you can add it in any of those files you like, there's only one small but, if you put $mainframe->setPage.. inside a function, you'll have to set $mainframe as a global object:

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<?php

//normal procedure, can be inserted anywhere
$mainframe->setPageTitle('This pagetitle will appear on this page');

//with a function:
function myFunction(){
  global $database, $option, $mainframe; //i've added $mainframe to the list here...

  $mainframe->setPageTitle('pagetitle');
}
?>

I normally use the last variant. It will be easier to locate a title if you're searching for it.
Hope this helps..

[gamesport]

i added you code to the ..html.php thingy, and it still didnt work, do you have an msn or yahoo handle, so we can talk over messenger?

[Websmurf]

Check my profile on this forum. MSN address is in there.

[raspjam]

Hi, this solution will work with joomla 1.5?

[mattcowan]

Came to this via search engine, not sure if this has the right information for J1.6+. I believe mainframe brings up an error, and you need to use JFactory to do what $mainframe used to do, like this:

$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication();

Could be wrong though, I am not an expert yet.