[Solved - Duh!] Getting two "titles" with 1.0.12 version

[DocMartin]

Hi:

First, many thanks for making this patch - and for updating along with Joomla.

I've installed for J 1.0.12, but I'm getting "wrong" titles, as per Joomla normally: so for most pages get "Site name - article title" in top of browser.

Anyone else w this problem, to save scrolling down: I'd installed redo files, not the full patch. (Redoing partly as I'd had patch for earlier version of J]

Looking in source code, I see two titles, like this:

<title>DocMartin - Philippine Eagle conservation on Mindanao, the Philippines</title>
<meta name="title" content="Philippine Eagle conservation on Mindanao, the Philippines" />

I'd be grateful if you could help me out!
(Tried uploading files a couple of times, lest something went wrong here; but stayed same, and happening on two sites.)

[joomlatwork]

You can disable the META name title tag within your global configuration of Joomla.

The HTML title as you mention is not conform the patch, are you sure that the patch is correctly installed through FTP? What kind of other META fields are displayed?

Regards,

Richard

[DocMartin]

Hi Richard:

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Seems I've installed the patch ok.
In case some problems with download/upload before, just tried downloading the patch and FTPing it to my site again. Looking at dates for files on server, seems they indeed updated.

Getting the same problem, though.
And yes, can disable <meta name="title"  through joomla config - I've tried, but removes the tag I want, leaving the unwanted <title> [which looks like the one Joomla would generate without the patch; don't know how it comes to be here now]).

Following is an example of head code.

Martin


<title>Hong Kong Outdoors - Tai Po Kau Forest Nature Reserve</title>   unwanted
<meta name="title" content="Tai Po Kau Forest Nature Reserve" />
<meta name="author" content="Martin Williams" />
<meta name="description" content="Your guide to enjoying and protecting wild Hong Kong, Hong Kong's best forest nature reserve, with good biodiveristy including birds." />
<meta name="keywords" content="Hong Kong, tourism, wildlife, conservation, hiking, outdoors, tai po kau, forest, hong kong,birds,wildlife" />
<meta name="Generator" content="Joomla! - Copyright (C) 2005 - 2006 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved." />
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
<base href="http://www.hkoutdoors.com/" />
      <script src="http://www.hkoutdoors.com/includes/js/joomla.javascript.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.hkoutdoors.com/images/favicon.ico" />
   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/>

[joomlatwork]

Ok, I understand. But for your information you cann't disable the <title> tag field. This is the most important tag within a HTML page. No this cann't be removed from the patch.

What is the reason why you don't want to show this tag?

Richard

[DocMartin]

I want to show titles like "Tai Po Kau Forest Nature Reserve" - ie without the site name. Partly as better for people to see in search engine results; also as omits the site name - and won't make it look like I'm trying to spam search engines if use article title that also includes "Hong Kong" (which currently would occur twice in head title).

With earlier Joomla and SEF Patch, had titles of the kind now in <meta name="title"
Also had better title for the homepage.

Martin

[joomlatwork]

This is solved within the SEF extended version component. The free version only shows the title without the sitename...

Sorry, I cann't help you on this...

Regards,

Richard

[DocMartin]

Want to show title without sitename: would suit me fine.
But I'm getting sitename - title.
Which isn't as I had before with the patch.

Martin

[joomlatwork]

This should not be within the patch....

Checked your site. Seems that the patch is not correctly installed. This because I still see for example the META tag: line:
Generator   Joomla! - Copyright (C) 2005 - 2006 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.

Which should not be there.

To install:
- Extract the zip file and FTP the files to the correct directories. The free patch cannot be installed as a component.

Regards,

Richard

[DocMartin]

Thanks for checking.

I did use FTP after unzipping; looking at dates of files on server, seems they are new (so were replaced).
I'll try again, and report back.

Martin

[DocMartin]

Just FTPd folder by folder.
Then turned cache on - as seemed somewhere there's data resistant to change (wondering too re a file permission within Joomla).
Checked database, via cPanel: some problems, but repaired.

Still the same.
Ah well

Martin

[joomlatwork]

Are you using the free patch or the paid SEF component?

Please turn off the Joomla cache!

Regards,

Richard

[DocMartin]

Free patch (which I've used with previous Joomla - this time, updated for J 1.0.12, after which titles went awry).
Yes, cache off again - I'd wondered if turning on then off it would somehow clear troublesome data. Can't figure why the problem.

Martin

[joomlatwork]

What is then exactly the problem? If I look at your site it seems to me that the patch is not correctly installed.

Richard

[DocMartin]

Well, after all this faffing about - went back to download page and - ahem - noticed that there are links to full patch, and redo files.
I'd previously used "redo" as I'd had patch with earlier version of Joomla; thought the redo might be like a patch for the patch.

Anyway: just tried the full patch, and back to working like a charm, inc far niftier title for the homepage.

Thanks again for the patch.
I may remain forever puzzled as to why it wasn't included in Joomla 1.0.12. (Seen it should be in 1.5.)

Martin

[joomlatwork]

the reason why it is not included within the 1.012 release is that they only patch the current joomla release.

for the 1.5 release it will be included. i have provided the core team (johan ) the code that should be included. hopefully it will be available within the next beta 2 release. I saw some discussion about this within the developer blogs of the 1.5 team

regards

richard