Please help me change my meta description

Hello all,

As an example, please refer to this URL: Gears of War 2

Take a look at the source code. Here is what the meta description looks like:

Code:

content="Gears of War 2 - Gears of War 2 is a tactical third-person shooter video game, developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for" />

Here is what I want it to look like:

Code:

 content="Gears of War 2 is a tactical third-person shooter video game, developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for" />

All I want to do is get rid of the "Gears of War 2 - " part, in the beginning of the tag. What file do I need to edit to accomplish this?

Thanks!

This is because it is pulling the forum title and adding it first. I am trying to see how the are doing this.

When I turn off the Dynamic META description in vBSEO it works perfect! But then my thread page descriptions are not good :(

Strange, than one of the developers will have to post a solution for that. I do not know what file that specific coding is.

Yeah, I couldn't find it in any of the vBSEO templates, and changing the headerinclude template doesn't help

More than likely it is edited on the fly within our files. I flagged this for a developer.

Thanks What is the usual ETA for something like this?

Well Oleg is on holiday, so not as fast as normal. I would say with 24 hours?

Okay cool Thanks!

Better yet, try this:

includes/functions_vbseo.php

Find:

PHP Code:

$desc_content = $fi['title'] . ($_GET['page'] ? ', Page ' . $_GET['page'] : '') . (isset($fi['description'])?' - ' . $fi['description']:''); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

$desc_content = ($_GET['page'] ? ', Page ' . $_GET['page'] : '') . (isset($fi['description'])?' - ' . $fi['description']:''); 


It may just work rather than having to wait.

Actually there is a solution without file edits. You can do the following :

Edit headinclude template add try making the following change

Find

HTML Code:

<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />

Replace with

HTML Code:

<meta name="description" content="<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'"><!--VBSEO_RR_3--> </if>$vboptions[description]" />

Turn of Dynamic META description within vBSEO Cp

Add the following Relevant Replacement for RR 3

Code:

[first_post_10_words]

This should accomplish your need

Originally Posted by Michael Biddle

Better yet, try this:

includes/functions_vbseo.php

Find:

PHP Code:

$desc_content = $fi['title'] . ($_GET['page'] ? ', Page ' . $_GET['page'] : '') . (isset($fi['description'])?' - ' . $fi['description']:''); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

$desc_content = ($_GET['page'] ? ', Page ' . $_GET['page'] : '') . (isset($fi['description'])?' - ' . $fi['description']:''); 


It may just work rather than having to wait.

This worked but it kept the - mark in the front... how can I get rid of the - mark?

Try to make it:

PHP Code:

$desc_content = ($_GET['page'] ? ', Page ' . $_GET['page'] : '') . (isset($fi['description'])?$fi['description']:''); 


Originally Posted by Michael Biddle

Try to make it:

PHP Code:

$desc_content = ($_GET['page'] ? ', Page ' . $_GET['page'] : '') . (isset($fi['description'])?$fi['description']:''); 


Looks like it worked PERFECT!! It's getting late so I will look into more tomorrow morning and report back if there are any problems, but just looking at it quickly, it seems to be working perfect now... just the way I wanted it! Thank you for the great support

Not a problem. Glad to be of some assistance.