PhpBB3 SEO Title versions:(3.4-3.5-3.6)

[smoky]

Description: This mod is based on the Page Title Number MOD by Greenweaver (for pagination of titles) This will prevent search engines to see topics with several pages as dublicate content. It will also make the titles much more userfriendly.

This mod does two things. We are taking out the sitename in the titles and paginating topics and forums with page numbers.
Both are great for SEO.

Before doing this mod our titles will look like this:
Viewing a forum: SmokingDDL ? View forum - Announcements & News
Viewing a topic: SmokingDDL ? View forum - SEO Simple

After doing this mod our titles will look like this:
Viewing a forum: Announcements & News (if multiple pages: Page 2)
Viewing a topic: SEO Simple (if multiple pages: Page 2)

We dont want the SmokingDDL "Site name" of the board, or the "View forum -" and "View topic -" to appear in the titles.
They dont have anything to do there.


Installation for phpBB version: 3.0.4

Open language/en/common.php

'INDEX'                  => 'Index page',

Replace with:

    'INDEX'         => 'Name of your board',

Notes: Replace "Name of your board" with the name of your board. In my case it is Smokingddl.

Find:

    ?>

Before add:

// Page Title Number MOD
$lang = array_merge($lang, array(
   'TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'   => 'Page %s',
));

Open viewforum.php

Find:

    page_header($user->lang['VIEW_FORUM'] . ' - ' . $forum_data['forum_name']);

Replace with:

page_header($forum_data['forum_name'] . ($start ? ' - ' . sprintf($user->lang['TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'], floor($start / $config['topics_per_page']) + 1) : ''));

Open viewtopic.php
Find:

    page_header($user->lang['VIEW_TOPIC'] . ' - ' . $topic_data['topic_title']);

Replace with:

page_header($topic_data['topic_title'] . ($start ? ' - ' . sprintf($user->lang['TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'], floor($start / $config['posts_per_page']) + 1) : ''));

Open styles/your_style/template/overall_header.html
Note: This is the same for both prosilver and subsilver2
Find and delete:

    {SITENAME} •

Purge cache and refresh templates.

smoky Reviewed by smoky on 18th Mar 2010. PhpBB3 SEO Title versions:(3.4-3.5-3.6) Description: This mod is based on the Page Title Number MOD by Greenweaver (for pagination of titles) This will prevent search engines to see topics with several pages as dublicate content. It will also make the titles much more userfriendly. This mod does two things. We are taking out the sitename in the titles and paginating topics and forums with page numbers. Both are great for SEO. Before doing this mod our titles will look like this: Viewing a forum: SmokingDDL ? View forum Rating: 5

[smoky]

Installation for phpBB version: 3.0.5

Open language/en/common.php

'INDEX'                  => 'Index page',

Replace with:

    'INDEX'         => 'Name of your board',

Notes: Replace "Name of your board" with the name of your board. In my case it is Smokingddl.

Find:

    ?>

Before add:

// Page Title Number MOD
$lang = array_merge($lang, array(
   'TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'   => 'Page %s',
));

Open viewforum.php

Find:

    page_header($user->lang['VIEW_FORUM'] . ' - ' . $forum_data['forum_name']);

Replace with:

page_header($forum_data['forum_name'] . ($start ? ' - ' . sprintf($user->lang['TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'], floor($start / $config['topics_per_page']) + 1) : ''));

Open viewtopic.php
Find:

    page_header($user->lang['VIEW_TOPIC'] . ' - ' . $topic_data['topic_title']);

Replace with:

page_header($topic_data['topic_title'] . ($start ? ' - ' . sprintf($user->lang['TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'], floor($start / $config['posts_per_page']) + 1) : ''));

Open styles/your_style/template/overall_header.html
Note: This is the same for both prosilver and subsilver2
Find and delete:

    {SITENAME} •

Purge cache and refresh templates.

[smoky]

Installation for phpBB version: 3.0.6

Open language/en/common.php

'INDEX'                  => 'Index page',

Replace with:

    'INDEX'         => 'Name of your board',

Notes: Replace "Name of your board" with the name of your board. In my case it is Smokingddl.

Find:

    ?>

Before add:

// Page Title Number MOD
$lang = array_merge($lang, array(
   'TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'   => 'Page %s',
));

Open viewforum.php

Find:

 page_header($user->lang['VIEW_FORUM'] . ' - ' .  $forum_data['forum_name'], true, $forum_id);

Replace with:

page_header($forum_data['forum_name'] . ($start ? ' - ' .  sprintf($user->lang['TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'], floor($start /  $config['topics_per_page']) + 1) : ''), true, $forum_id);

Open viewtopic.php
Find:

page_header($user->lang['VIEW_TOPIC'] . ' - ' .  $topic_data['topic_title'], true, $forum_id);

Replace with:

page_header($topic_data['topic_title'] . ($start ? ' - ' .  sprintf($user->lang['TITLE_PAGE_NUMBER'], floor($start /  $config['posts_per_page']) + 1) : ''), true, $forum_id);

Open styles/your_style/template/overall_header.html
Note: This is the same for both prosilver and subsilver2
Find and delete:

    {SITENAME} •

Purge cache and refresh templates.

[Dirtyminder]

Thanks for this tutorial, very usefull

[woja]

Thanks for the explanation.

So if you have submits to ddl sites, will they become invalid after this mod?

[smoky]

no as this do not change any of the url...."SEO Title" lol

[bumilad20]

Is this Goood For SEO ?

[smoky]

first post updated..

[Smith]

Isn't maybe better to have it like this: Announcements & News - SmokingDDL?