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Discussion in 'phpBB' started by DarrenC, Dec 25, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Does anyone know how I can get 'view topic' from disappearing on my forum posts?
     
    DarrenC, Dec 25, 2005 IP
  2. Will.Spencer

    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    #2
    'ya lost me. Could you rephrase the question?

    Also, please mention the names of the .php files in your address bar when phpBB displays the desired behavior and the undesired behavior.
     
    Will.Spencer, Dec 26, 2005 IP
  3. DarrenC

    DarrenC Peon

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    Sorry Will - it was late!

    viewtopic.php includes in the title the words "view topic"

    i.e. www.travel-rants.com/forum/ptopic711. html

    How do I remove the 'view topic' words from the title?

    Darren
     
    DarrenC, Dec 26, 2005 IP
  4. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    Edit \templates\{template.name}\overall_header.tpl.

    Look for "<title>" near the top of that file and edit it to whatever you like. Mine looks like this:

    <title>{PAGE_TITLE} : Online Psychology Self-Help and Support Forum : {SITENAME}</title>
    Code (markup):
    which yields a title that looks like this:

    <title>Having trouble logging in? : Online Psychology Self-Help and Support Forum : PsychLinks Online</title>
    Code (markup):
    Actually, looking at that now, I think it could use a little work... but it does avouid having every page say "view topic".

    Edit: I just simplified it to 

    <title>{PAGE_TITLE} : {SITENAME} Psychology Self-Help and Support Forum</title>
    Code (markup):
    so now that page title would convert to

    [code]<title>Having trouble logging in? : PsychLinks Online Psychology Self-Help and Support Forum</title>
    Code (markup):
     
    minstrel, Dec 26, 2005 IP
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  5. DarrenC

    DarrenC Peon

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    Minstrel your a genius.. thanks! :)
     
    DarrenC, Dec 26, 2005 IP
  6. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    Glad to help. Being called a "genius" doesn't hurt the ego, either, especially if, like me, you have teenage children... "genius" isn't usually the word they use when describing me :eek:
     
    minstrel, Dec 26, 2005 IP
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    You'll probably get better search engine results only running {PAGE_TITLE} up there.
     
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  8. DarrenC

    DarrenC Peon

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    #8
    Hmm can I withdraw that genius statement? lol

    That seems to have resolve the issue with viewforum.php but viewtopic.php is still showing 'View Topic' before the topic title and forum title

    i.e. travel-rants.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=705

    Any ideas? :)
     
    DarrenC, Dec 26, 2005 IP
  9. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    #9
    The comeplete SEO mod which will fix what you are trying to accomplish is found here.

    http://www.able2know.com/forums/about15132.html

    If you follow the steps (takes about 15 mins) the forums will be SEO friendly and will fix the view topic. But I am not sure what you are trying to change. If you are trying to remove viewtopic.php from the URL I think you have to do the mod_rewrite mod for the forums which I dont suggest doing for the main reason is can cause duplicate pages.
     
    aaron_nimocks, Dec 26, 2005 IP
  10. DarrenC

    DarrenC Peon

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    Excellent ... your both a genius ;)

    I have actually dont the seo mod but must of missed that section out!

    Darren
     
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  11. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    The forum name, etc., is at the end of the title - I prefer it that way personally because it "brands" the forum name with every topic and it doesn't hurt the search terms in the actual title.
     
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  12. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    #12
    I don't think it's paret of the SEP MOD - my forum is pretty heavily customized beyond that.

    Open viewtopic.php (forum root folder, not the termplate folder).

    Find:

    //
// Output page header
//
$page_title = $lang['View_topic'] .' - ' . $topic_title;
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    replace with
    //
// Output page header
//
// $page_title = $lang['View_topic'] .' - ' . $topic_title;
$page_title = $topic_title;
    Code (markup):
     
    minstrel, Dec 26, 2005 IP