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Modifying Document Title on Homepage

Sorry guys, I'm sure this is posted some where on this forum, but I just wasn't able to find it. How do I change the document title for the main home page?

Right now when you go to the our homepage, the document title is [Company Name]. But how do I modify this to include the keywords that I want? For example, [Company Name] - [keyword1], [keyword2], [keyword3]...

Thanks so much in advance.

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

The short answer is it can't be done. There is a thread at http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=23114 discussing this but so far no one has come up with a solution. The problem is, as long as 'lbl_site_title' remains empty, the Company name option value defined in the General settings/Company options section will be used as the site title instead of 'lbl_site_title'. If, however, you choose to assign a value to 'lbl_site_title', you will be able have different values for your company name and site title, but lbl_site_title will be shown on every page on your site at the beginning of the breadcrumb trail.

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

Not true at all. In customer/home.tpl, replace this:

Code:

<title>{strip}

{capture name=title}

{if $config.SEO.page_title_format eq "A"}

{section name=position loop=$location}

{if not %position.first%}&nbsp;::&nbsp;{/if}

{$location[position].0|strip_tags|escape}

{/section}

{else}

{section name=position loop=$location step=-1}

{if not %position.first%}&nbsp;::&nbsp;{/if}

{$location[position].0|strip_tags|escape}

{/section}

{/if}

{/capture}

{if $config.SEO.page_title_limit <= 0}

{$smarty.capture.title}

{else}

{$smarty.capture.title|replace:"&nbsp;":" "|truncate:$config.SEO.page_title_limit|replace:" ":"&nbsp;"}

{/if}

{/strip}</title>

with this:

Code:

<title>

{if $main eq "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""}

Insert your keyword-rich title here

{else}

{strip}

{capture name=title}

{if $config.SEO.page_title_format eq "A"}

{section name=position loop=$location}

{if not %position.first%}&nbsp;::&nbsp;{/if}

{$location[position].0|strip_tags|escape}

{/section}

{else}

{section name=position loop=$location step=-1}

{if not %position.first%}&nbsp;::&nbsp;{/if}

{$location[position].0|strip_tags|escape}

{/section}

{/if}

{/capture}

{if $config.SEO.page_title_limit <= 0}

{$smarty.capture.title}

{else}

{$smarty.capture.title|replace:"&nbsp;":" "|truncate:$config.SEO.page_title_limit|replace:" ":"&nbsp;"}

{/if}

{/strip}{/if}</title>

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

I can't believe it was that easy. I have been looking for how to do this for about 4 years, and there are numerous threads on the same subject. Thanks Padraic!

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

I generaly set a config variable or language variable up for this and make the same adjustment

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

This should be in questions asked a million times. As I said, it is something I have spent years looking for, and have asked about several times. There are numerous threads scatter around the forum and this is the first time anyone had the solution.

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

Watch Out !
Not replac e but replace!

I copied this passage to home.tpl and got a smarty debug error
Our webshopping mall didn't work for short time until I found this error.
But anyway, I appreciate for excellent Mr.Bailor's advice to solve problem
to change the title of main page.

I hope Nobody experience same situation like me after posting this quote!
Thanks Everybody!!

Re: Modifying Document Title on Homepage

Balinor, just brilliant :-) Thank you.