You'd need much more than a simple variable. You basically need the code to get all the forum data from database.

I find myself in the same situation with trying to override a few of the default meta tags as well. Would've been good if there was a hook in headinclude for that purpose.

There is no reason you cannot write a plugin that changes a meta tag for a page. As long as you are able to write a valid condition, you should be able to change it.

Lynne, would you mind giving an example of dynamically changing, for example, a pages meta tag (eg: description)? For example, using the code in the first post of this thread, if I was to generate a random value every time the page loads then how would I go about using that dynamic random value as the page meta description?

I can see that I can the style_fetch hook & a few other locations to have a constant meta tag override but I'm not seeing how to get a dynamic one in there for a custom page. :o

Thanks

Just add this to your test.php page:
That will set the description for that page.

Hhhhhmm.... was one of the first things I tried but was still getting the generic vB description out of the ACP. I'll try again using a more simplistic page tonight. :o

For some reason all of my text goes above the template, above the template header. I am putting my coding after:

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Test Page'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'This is a Test Page';

You should have no echo statements in your coding or it will go above the template header. All output in your page should be assigned to a variable, that variable registered for use in a template, and then the variable put in the template where you want your output to show.

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I know how to create a template but how do you "create a new file"?