Word Press PHP title not showing on home page - others work

So I have modified my title for my Wordpress Blog. The current setup should change the category to reflect the title of the page that I want. However my home page title is blank. Every other page title seems to work fine.

Here is what is in my header.php file for my theme I am using:

<title><?php if ( is_category() ) { ?> Windows Vista <?php wp_title(''); ?> <?php } else { ?><?php wp_title(''); ?> <?php }?></title>

Code (markup):

It used to work, but after some recent upgrades it no longer seem to show. It just pulls a blank title.

site:

http://themes4vista.com

Code (markup):

Any ideas why? I am drawing a blank.

 

The code looks fine. Do you have any seo plugins that might need you to set the home title individiually?

 

I don't have any seo plugins at all. Not sure why it would do that. The home page is an actual page. Could I just modify the code in the title to add an extra "else if" statement that if its that page display X title?

If so how would I do that? The above code is code I hacked together from another site. Im only just above beginner in PHP.

Thanks for your time.

 

<title><?php echo ( is_category() ? 'Windows Vista ' : ''), wp_title('', false, ''); ?></title>

PHP:

I'm pretty sure that will work. I shortened it a little and rewrite wp_title with the proper parameters. Hope it works!

 

Does the page actually load the header anywhere? I think WP lets you override the themes with your own pages, so that might be the problem

 

Try this. I used to have problems when using php inside titles for some reason, so I would just echo everything. Works the same.

<?php

if (is_category()){
echo "<title>Windows Vista "; wp_title();
echo "</title>";
}

else {
echo "<title>";
wp_title();
echo "</title>";
}

?>

 

Yeilded the same result as the existing code. Everything works but the home page. Weird. Thanks for cleaning it up though.

Yes, I tested just putting actual text in and it loads.

Yielded the same result as existing code.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

At a loss. Any more thoughts welcome.

 

Try this instead

<?php

if (is_category()){
echo "<title>Windows Vista "; wp_title();
echo "</title>";
}

elseif (is_home()) {
echo "<title>";
wp_title();
echo "</title>";
}

else {
echo "<title>";
wp_title();
echo "</title>";
}

?>

 

I really can't see echoing title tags being an issue to be honest. It must be something set in WP that is causing the blank title. What version are you using?

 

I would have thought that would work, I manually added my title to the else if in your code, but it still didn't show. Which makes me think that it isn't recognizing the is_home() or something. Wierd cause if I just put plain text it works fine.

I agree, I don't see how echoing the title tags would make a difference. But I am willing to try anything.

You do bring up an interesting point. I have Version 2.9. It has worked in previous versions. But it has been a long time since I have messed with the title and several versions of wordpress. Its just not something I ususally check to see if its there.