Board Optimization - Forum Title

Forum Title
by: whitemike
vBulletin Zone

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!!!

[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]

Originally Posted by iogames

does this add any workload to the server

I'm in a low-queries diet

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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

Originally Posted by roady89

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

Thanks

[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]

Originally Posted by whitemike

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??

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!!

[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