Meta Description tag for All Discussions page?

jaseone

Is it possible within the extensions framework to add a new tag in HEAD section of the HTML and to do so only on the main All Discussions page? If it is then I should be able to whip what I want together, which is to define a meta Description for the main page that Google will pick up instead of: Loading... Not signed in (Sign In). Hip in Houston - If you're hip and in Houston then you belong here! Discussions · Categories · Search. Welcome, Guest ...

Mark

hehehe - yes, you can add a string to your header pretty easily. An extension like this would do the trick:

<?php
/*
Extension Name: My Custom Meta Info
Extension Url: http://www.yourdomain.com/
Description: Adds my custom meta information to the header of my forum
Version: 1.0
Author: Your Name
Author Url: N/A
*/

if (@$Head) {
   $Head->Addstring("<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stuff about my forum\" />");
}
?>

jaseone

Sweet! Thanks for that, now I may just have to dig deeper and see how to make the description editable from the settings. :) Although unless I'm missing something that will add it to every page including individual discussions, where you would only really want it on All Discussions so is there a way to differentiate that?

Mark

unless I'm missing something that will add it to every page including individual discussions

That is correct, you can specify which pages you want it on by doing something like this:

<?php
/*
Extension Name: My Custom Meta Info
Extension Url: http://www.yourdomain.com/
Description: Adds my custom meta information to the header of my forum
Version: 1.0
Author: Your Name
Author Url: N/A
*/

if (in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("index.php","signin.php","apply.php","passwordreset.php","passwordrequest.php","account.php","search.php"))) {
   if (@$Head) {
      $Head->Addstring("<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stuff about my forum\" />");
   }
}
?>

jaseone

Everyday I love Vanilla a little more. :)