Forum Title

[Michael Biddle]

Forum Title
by: whitemike (http://www.vbhackers.com/members/whitemike)
vBulletin Zone (http://www.vbulletinzone.com/)


Well, someone asked for this, and I thought it was a good idea also, so I went ahead and added it.

What does this do?

This will allow you to change the title that shows up per forum.

Why Would I want to do this?

Well, I cant really answer that. What it does do is allows you to keep the same display name for the forum on forumhome, and allows you to have something more descriptive in the title of that forum. Great for SEO.

Installation:

Import the Product

Configuration:

Go into Forum Manager, Scroll to bottom to find: Forum Title adjust to how you want.

Thats It!

Please Click Install if you use!!!

[FreshFroot]

hmm I'll try it out, could be helpful.

Thanks.

[Rickeo]

I don't get this does it change the URL of each individual forum??

[Michael Biddle]

Its hard to explain, Instead of having to change the forum title itself, which makes the display different on the forumhome, it will allow you to keep that the same, then get more indepth and descriptive in the page title.

[ssslippy]

Great Idea installed

[rayphua]

I still don't see where we can see the description of the forum... Please advice. Thanks.

[Hornstar]

Any demo links or screen shots of this in use? That may help some of the above better.

[aycan555]

is there any demo link to try?

[rooban12]

any samples?

[projectego]

I too would like to check out a demo before I try this out.

[ringleader]

It just re-writes the $foruminfo to whatever you write in the box that is added to the bottom of the Forum Manager for each individual forum.

So if I wrote 'testing' in the box for my 'Announcements' forum, it would appear as 'testing' on forumdisplay rather than 'Announcements' as it is called everywhere else.

[bazzup]

Well i just installed this on my test forum cannot see where it suppose to show up

regards

[Masiello]

Awesome! *Clicks* Install!
Please keep it up for the future vBulletin releases :)

[Michael Biddle]

It just re-writes the $foruminfo to whatever you write in the box that is added to the bottom of the Forum Manager for each individual forum.

So if I wrote 'testing' in the box for my 'Announcements' forum, it would appear as 'testing' on forumdisplay rather than 'Announcements' as it is called everywhere else.

Thanks for the help, its really hard to explain what it does lol.

But to answer others change the setting I have added, then look in your forumdisplay for that forum. Ie. www.yoururl.com/forumdisplay.php?f=X where x is the forumid that you changed the setting. Now look at the page title, its what's in the box that you added, while the forum name stays the same. Hope this helps a little

[Endurer]

As far as I know, it changes the TITLE tag of the forum; great for SEO.

[Sofia]

Hiii Mike :p

Thanks a lot for this hack ;)

[Michael Biddle]

As far as I know, it changes the TITLE tag of the forum; great for SEO.

This is correct.

Awesome! *Clicks* Install!
Please keep it up for the future vBulletin releases :)

I am planning on it, it should also work on all 3.6.X but have not tested so.

[Brandon Sheley]

Nice hack :)
now to go optimize my forums :D

[iogames]

does this add any workload to the server :(

I'm in a low-queries diet :D

Edited: I must say: Incredible-Great!

[Magnumutz]

Good job dude.
*clicks install*

[PapaSmurf]

Question:

Say if i had img tags as a forum title. Even with alt tags, it still does not parse correctly in the jump menu or the browser title. Will this then replace the unparsed elements and parse them with this extra title?

For an example of what i mean go to:

http://www.nohaxnetwork.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6

EDIT: Tried it out, but i couldn't even get it to work on a regular text forum.

[roady89]

Just installed on 3.6.7. It is great for seo. Clicked installed.

[Michael Biddle]

does this add any workload to the server :(

I'm in a low-queries diet :D

Edited: I must say: Incredible-Great!

Yes, only thing it adds is 1 field into the forum table, and thats it, not other queries are ran.

Question:

Say if i had img tags as a forum title. Even with alt tags, it still does not parse correctly in the jump menu or the browser title. Will this then replace the unparsed elements and parse them with this extra title?

For an example of what i mean go to:

http://www.nohaxnetwork.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6

EDIT: Tried it out, but i couldn't even get it to work on a regular text forum.

Not quite sure I understand, but by looking at your forum, you could use my hack to make it display TEXT of what you want to get across, and keep the img under the forumname

Just installed on 3.6.7. It is great for seo. Clicked installed.

Thanks :D

[Mondi]

NICE work whitemike.

Another item crossed-off my wishlist.

Cheers & keep 'em - outstanding mods like this - coming at ferocious rates.

Very grateful.

Mondi

[inciarco]

Thanks for the help, its really hard to explain what it does lol.

But to answer others change the setting I have added, then look in your forumdisplay for that forum. Ie. www.yoururl.com/forumdisplay.php?f=X where x is the forumid that you changed the setting. Now look at the page title, its what's in the box that you added, while the forum name stays the same. Hope this helps a little

So, the Name of the Forum on the Control Panel won't be Displayed, and the Custom Name Specified for the Forum will be Displayed instead of it?? :confused:

If that's the Meaning of the Hack, then is a Good, very Useful to manage an Structure of Names in the Admin Control Panel and present a Different Information on the Forums Interphase!! :rolleyes:

:)

[Michael Biddle]

It will not change the forum name, that stays the same. It changes the TITLE of the page, which is good for SEO

[rasp187]

Nice mod...installed. Works great!

[jamesw]

Excellent job, been looking for something like this!

Just 1 missing feature: Setting the title of the homepage of the forum independently of the Forum Name and Homepage Name - as it would be nice to have a full length homepage title without getting this added to every other title of the forums.
If that would make it's way into this modification, it would be a great asset to anyone serious about SEO.

[ctfortner]

very nice mod, very useful, installed, works perfect!

[Rev O]

How is this with VbSEO? Does it conflict in anyway?
Cheers

[Michael Biddle]

Well if you use vBSEO's Relevant replacements how they have it setup, then theres would be better. It is very similar how they change the title to [forum_title] - Yoursite.com. This just allows you to have a custom value into it. Its either one of the other.

[cardealercheck]

Thanks for the mod whitemike! Loco.M suggested it to me and it works great.

Rev O:
The Mod doesn't conflict with VBSEO and I think this actually allows you a better control of your forum titles than VBSEO does. I think it's a great add-on to use in addition.

[ramsayeg]

This is great, works fine in 3.7 beta 6. thanks!

[Lombardo]

Thanks Mike,Installed.

[ArnyVee]

This is great! Thanks! :)

[Welshy2008]

Configuration:

Go into Forum Manager, Scroll to bottom to find: Forum Title adjust to how you want.
Thats It!

Please Click Install if you use!!!

I don't get this part and failed to see if this has actually worked? What is meant by the above highlighted part please?

All I saw is the list of my forums.

What am I supposed to see and what am I supposed to do Please?

[Welshy2008]

I don't get this part and failed to see if this has actually worked? What is meant by the above highlighted part please?

All I saw is the list of my forums.

What am I supposed to see and what am I supposed to do Please?



I am running vB 3.6.8

[Welshy2008]

Found it (You have to click on the Actual forum title and then scroll down the bottom of the page. D'oh. :|

[Michael Biddle]

Yes, it is in the forum manager :D

[ruchemist]

Does it suite for 3.8.3?

[Michael Biddle]

Yes.