Thanks delicjous, that actually sounds simple enough... I've been able to accomplish everything I've needed to do so far with editing the header template (and even the display_Forums_list template for a few other things)... however, now you've got me concerned about performance issues...
Would your suggestion use less resources than using something similar to...
HTML Code:
{vb:set headtitle, {vb:raw page.title}}
{vb:set headdesc, 'Default Extended Description'}
<vb:if condition="$page['channelid'] == 24">
{vb:set headtitle, 'Channel 24 Extended Title'}
{vb:set headdesc, 'Channel 24 Extended Description'}
<vb:elseif condition="$page['channelid'] == 18" />
{vb:set headtitle, 'Channel 18 Extended Title'}
{vb:set headdesc, 'Channel 18 Extended Description'}
<vb:elseif condition="$page['channelid'] == 16" />
{vb:set headtitle, 'Channel 16 Extended Title'}
{vb:set headdesc, 'Channel 16 Extended Description'}
................................
</vb:if>
HTML Code:
{vb:raw headtitle}
{vb:raw headdesc}
--------------- Added [DATE]1606724368[/DATE] at [TIME]1606724368[/TIME] ---------------
Although I'm not a coder or anything, it seems like to me if there could be an extra column added to the database table for each forum\channel (whatever) for a more descriptive title and description (not to mention breadcrumb title). It would be a lot easier for me to do what I need to do and possibly less resource intensive.