Custom Meta Tags on View-link page, How i did it

[ruin7xx]

Honestly, i think this script is great. It is pretty customizable depending on how creative you are and how much work your willing to put in. Anyways, i was reading a thread before that mentioned that there isnt any keywords or descriptions in the view-link page meta tags. So heres what i did...

Note: This will work, but please backup your files just incase.

Duplicated header.tpl >> header2.tpl

opened >> view-link.tpl edit and found:

{include file="header.tpl"}

and changed it to {include file="header2.tpl"} (save)...

Then I opened header2.tpl and found:

<meta name="description" content="{$description}" />
<meta name="keywords" content="{$keywords}" />

and replaced it with:

<meta name="description" content="{$link.customdescription}" />
<meta name="keywords" content="{$link.customkeyword}" />(save)

Upload files: header2.tpl and view-link.tpl(updated with new include) to appropriate folders

Then go to the admin panel > manage link fields and create the two fields accordingly(customkeyword and customdescription). Make these custom fields admin view only.

Go to the language editor and update it:
'customdescription' => 'customdescription',
'customkeyword' => 'customkeyword',

Now go to manage links, and click 'edit' for an individual listing. You should see two new fields there. These are your new custom keyword and description fields.

Well, hope i didnt leave anything out, and hopefully someone gets some use out of it!

[ruin7xx]

Also, if you would like your index page meta tags to be different than your category page meta tags, you can use:

Modify header.tpl, and use the 'if category' condition...

<meta name="description" content="{if $categories}index description{else}{$description}{/if}" />
<meta name="keywords" content="{if $categories}index keywords{else}{$keywords}{/if}" />

[Michael Hill]

Thanks for the mod, ruin7xx!

[ruin7xx]

welcome !

[pandha]

does it work in free version?

[Michael Hill]

Hello, pandha!

Wellcome to Support Forum!

I think no, in any case you can test it, code is simple. But to my mind, in free version you can't manage link's fields.

[ciocgun]

has anyoine tried in free version?

[Holger Veith]

Hallo ruin7xx,
after that i will see: Error: Unknown column 'customkeyword' in 'field list'

http://www.bilder-speicher.de/Julita....vollbild.html

[Holger Veith]

@ruin7xx

Go to the language editor and update it:
'customdescription' => 'customdescription',
'customkeyword' => 'customkeyword',

what i have to do - can you explain it?

[Michael Hill]

Hi, Holger!

Open file language/English.php and add your strings.