Modify html title element to include site 'section' name.

  • gulliver

    (@gulliver)


    14 years ago

    I have a site with a static front page and a posts page of ‘notes’.

    How do I modify the html title element to include ‘notes’ rather than the default of just site plus post title?

    Also, with subpages, how do I include the name of the parent in the title? Example: ‘fyi’ is the parent of ‘contact’, and the browser title should be sitename > fyi > contact – rather than sitename > contact.

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  • Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    14 years ago

    I suggest using a plug-in like All in One SEO Pack or WordPress SEO by Yoast in order to more easily set custom titles.

    Thread Starter gulliver

    (@gulliver)

    14 years ago

    Thanks. I’ll look at that option – and still prefer to hardcode them with functions and conditionals though.

    Fire Truck

    (@zmv)

    14 years ago

    How do I modify the html title element to include ‘notes’ rather than the default of just site plus post title?

    if(is_home()){
        single_post_title();
    }

    with subpages, how do I include the name of the parent in the title?

    if($post->post_parent){
        echo get_post($post->post_parent)->post_title;
    }
    Thread Starter gulliver

    (@gulliver)

    14 years ago

    Thanks.

    Since originally posting I went back to it and after a bit of searching and experimenting came up with something which seems to work:

    <title><?php

/* Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed. */

// Add the site name and separator.
bloginfo('name');  echo ' | ';

// Add the site description for the front page.
$site_description = get_bloginfo('description', 'display');
if ( $site_description && ( is_front_page() ) ) echo "$site_description";

// Custom title for 404.
if (is_404()) echo 'file not available';

// Custom title for search results.
if (is_search()) {echo 'search result for: '; the_search_query('');}

// Show parent page title.
if($post->post_parent)  {$parent_title = get_the_title($post->post_parent); echo $parent_title. ' : ';}

if (is_page()) wp_title('');

// Show page title on posts page.
if (is_home()) wp_title('');

// Show section title on posts.
if (is_single()) wp_title('Clips: ');

// Add a page number if necessary:
if ($paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 ) echo ' - ' . sprintf( __('page %s'), max($paged, $page) );

 ?>
</title>

    (In this example, the site has a static front page and the posts page is ‘clips’.)

    I don’t pretend to understand much of this stuff, and there’s a few things which seem odd but without which I couldn’t get things to dispay as required.

    If there’s anything that’s a problem, please tell me.

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