Changing title of CMS for SEO (to remove sitename) - which template ?

Hi,

As I always asked, should there be option in vbseo where we can internally modify title option as we do for URLS..

I know we can do it through RR but want it little more easy, like dedicated section in vbseocp for titles. where can add custom prefix, suffix, shuffle title of both cms and forum section ..

Anyways, here I am asking question to know which template and what part I need to edit so that I can change title of CMS and remove "full forum name" from it.. currently it is like :
MY forum name - Article title

But I want it ...
Article Title - eTI
here eTI is short name of my site.


Also, for the SEO, also tried to add "nofollow" to footer link for "privacy statement" and "Terms of Use" by editing "footer" template .

Code:

<ul id="footer_links" class="footer_links">
        <vb:if condition="$show['contactus']"><li><a href="{vb:raw vboptions.contactuslink}" rel="nofollow" accesskey="9">{vb:rawphrase contact_us}</a></li></vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$vboptions['hometitle']"><li><a href="{vb:raw vboptions.homeurl}">{vb:raw vboptions.hometitle}</a></li></vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$show['admincplink']"><li><a href="{vb:raw admincpdir}/index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase admin}</a></li></vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$show['modcplink']"><li><a href="{vb:raw modcpdir}/index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase mod}</a></li></vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$vboptions['archiveenabled']"><li><a href="archive/index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase archive}</a></li></vb:if>
        {vb:raw template_hook.footer_links}
        <vb:if condition="$vboptions['privacyurl']"><li><a href="{vb:raw vboptions.privacyurl}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase privacy_statement}</a></li></vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$vboptions['tosurl']"><li><a href="{vb:raw vboptions.tosurl}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase terms_of_service}</a></li></vb:if>
        <li><a href="{vb:raw relpath}#top" onclick="document.location.hash='top'; return false;">{vb:rawphrase top}</a></li>
    </ul>

However, when I see forum or cms page, nofollow is not there which I have added (bold above), I have also used "rebuild style" from "Update Counters" .
Please note, I am editing the custom theme / style I am using, I hope it is the way supposed to do if I want to make any visual change ? Kindly guide, I am still learning vb !

Originally Posted by Jaffery

Hi,

As I always asked, should there be option in vbseo where we can internally modify title option as we do for URLS..

I know we can do it through RR but want it little more easy, like dedicated section in vbseocp for titles. where can add custom prefix, suffix, shuffle title of both cms and forum section ..

Hello Jaffery,

Please feel free to suggest features for future releases via vBSEO Plugin Feature Suggestions

Originally Posted by Jaffery

Anyways, here I am asking question to know which template and what part I need to edit so that I can change title of CMS and remove "full forum name" from it.. currently it is like :
MY forum name - Article title

But I want it ...
Article Title - eTI
here eTI is short name of my site.

Please try to edit vbcms_page template:

Find and edit this code line:

Code:

    <title><vb:if condition="$vboptions['cmstitle']">{vb:raw vboptions.cmstitle}<vb:else />{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</vb:if> - {vb:raw html_title}</title>

Originally Posted by Jaffery

Also, for the SEO, also tried to add "nofollow" to footer link for "privacy statement" and "Terms of Use" by editing "footer" template .

However, when I see forum or cms page, nofollow is not there which I have added (bold above), I have also used "rebuild style" from "Update Counters" .

It should work. Just make sure that you are editing the right style and also that you have the correct forum URL within AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details.

If you have defined a non-www version (http://yoursite.com) and you have in your .htaccess a RewriteRule that redirects non-www URLs to www URLs, it would likely break the rel="nofollow" attribute.

I came up with a hack-job of a way to offer diferent page titles based on type.
see:
How to remove forum title from CMS articles?

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

I came up with a hack-job of a way to offer diferent page titles based on type.
see:
How to remove forum title from CMS articles?

That is great reference, Thank you Brian !

How about removing "Last post by" column from "forumdisplay" and also removing
"Thread display option" for guest
"Icon legend"
"Posting Permission"
Is there option in vbseo or vbulletin to turn them off through admincp or I have to modify template.. if template then which one.

Due to the float layout, removing a 'column' will break the entire layout. Removing the link should be easy enough to do in a template edit with $show['guest'] style conditionals.