Adding page within the SMF system?

[Hagbard_Celine]

Using the code, and calling my version of test.php, I get:

syntax error, unexpected T_REQUIRE

Checking the code, the require() command is not coloured by syntax colouring function of my editor.

Can this be explained? I am using SMF2 RC2.

[Arantor]

Please post the full code you're using.

[malcomxar]

Hey thanks for this

But how can I add metadesc, metatags and title to this custom pages?

BTW i am using SMF 2.0 RC2 with default theme

[Arantor]

It kind of depends whether you're using SSI or not.

If you ARE using SSI, set the following prior to calling template_header();
$context['page_title_html_safe'] -> page title and meta description (and PLEASE don't try and convince me it will SEO boost, since it WON'T)

$context['meta_keywords'] -> meta keywords (ditto to the above)

If you AREN'T using SSI, set this variables in your function before it leaves for the template:
$context['page_title'] -> page title and meta description
$context['meta_keywords'] -> meta keywords


If you want to do anything different with respect to meta description, that's a custom edit to index.template.php to change it.

[malcomxar]

Sorry I didn't reply earlier, I had forgotten about this

Arantor, I am using SSI, but I don't know where to add this

If you ARE using SSI, set the following prior to calling template_header();
$context['page_title_html_safe'] -> page title and meta description (and PLEASE don't try and convince me it will SEO boost, since it WON'T)

$context['meta_keywords'] -> meta keywords (ditto to the above)

I am using the structure proposed here by n3rve > http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=243833.msg1574510#msg1574510

Should I add what to say to index.template.php? Because if I add it to any of the parts proposed by nerve (header.php, footer.php or test.php) I get an error

Thanks in advance

[Arantor]

The problem with modifying index.template.php is that it affects the forum too.

The trouble with that structure is that it doesn't actually allow the modifications I'm outlining to be performed. The structure I refer to requires you to call the templates manually, but means you can configure it how you want, while n3rve's structure doesn't. (It's a matter of some debate which general style is more 'correct')


You can do it in a single file without needing header.php or footer.php.

Code Select Expand

<?php

require('SSI.php');

$context['page_title_html_safe'] = 'My new title';

template_header();
?>

<div>regular HTML here</div>

<?php
template_footer();
?>

[malcomxar]

Ahh jeje I was mixing them

The code you gave me worked perfectly, I really appreaciate all the times you helped me Arantor ^^

Best regards

[geeks4share]

Thanks for the tutorials, It work.

But i got a problem we can't change the title or the meta tags for those new pages. Is there any way to change the title and meta tags of these pages. Because these i affecting my website in getting indexed on google.

Thanks in Advanced

[geyids]

This is such a nice post but how do we make the custom page to show up as the first page other than the default index.php? I think that will be more magic to me.

Thanks

[Tyluur]

Thanks for this! its great.

[me1982]

You can append theme_copyright() to the end of the file and the copyright should be displayed.

-[n3rve]

Like this? (it doesnt work...):

<?php

$ssi_theme = 1;
$ssi_layers = array('main');
require_once('SSI.php');

?>

Content


<?php

ssi_shutdown(); theme_copyright();

?>

[Arantor]

Copyright isn't displayed properly in SSI based pages, but it's not supposed to be. If it were, the main layer would catch it anyway since the main layer has the footer template already in it...

[me1982]

Is there any way to make it being displayed?

[Arantor]

Not really, no, not without breaching the SMF licence (since you'd have to modify the function itself, and there's a big fat warning in that function about NOT doing it)

You could, of course, just add the copyright yourself to the page, though really, you don't need to for SSI pages, there's no requirement to do so.

[me1982]

ok, seems to be the better to just leave it. but there is a ' | ' the copyright would go before. what would be the best way to remove that? looks like this:

| Valid XHTML & CSS

[Arantor]

What theme are you using? If it's not the default theme you'll have to speak to the theme author about changing it.

[me1982]

because of legal reasons or just to know where and how? I know where to change it, but it would be changed for all pages after that. for the how case: may be it could be changed by an if function like:

if ssi page dont show, if not show

or something like this. i don't have much of an idea of php programming so far...

[Arantor]

There are no legal reasons that require you to display the SMF copyright on any page other than those actually physically in the forum. And you can't alter the SMF copyright itself as the licence forbids you to do so!

[me1982]

NO i mean this ' | ' ...

[Arantor]

-sigh-

Since it's not part of the copyright, it's part of the theme. So...

What theme are you using? If it's not the default theme you'll have to speak to the theme author about changing it.