H tags: Improve SEO mod

[franklinrony]

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With this modification may add tags  h1 and h2 to topics, and improve SEO in search engines like google

Why are they important header tags?

with h tags say to google that titles within our website are relevant,
it's like having a book with different headings, the title is the most important and gives us an idea of what they find to continue reading .

This mod incorporates the style for the headers from the file styles.css

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Con esta  modificacion podras agregar etiquetas h1 y h2 a los topics, y mejorar el posicionamiento en motores de busqueda

¿por que son importantes las etiquetas de encabezado?

con las h tags decimos a google que titulos dentro de nuestra web tienen relevancia,
es como tener un libro con diversos encabezados, el titulo es lo mas importante y nos da la idea de lo que encontraremos  al seguir leyendo.

Este mod incorpora el estilo para los encabezados desde el archivo styles.css
ya que los motores de busqueda leen la etiqueta no la hoja de estilo asociado.

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[Aportadordelmix]

Muchs gracias por el mod frony

[KensonPlays]

How to get this to work on SMF 2.0RC3? Thanks!

[!RFAN]

yess...for SMF 2.0RC3??

[franklinrony]

not yet,coming soon

[lucas-ruroken]

Congratulations, friend frony.

It's a good mod.

Thanks and Greetings

[coolfx350]

Is this the same mod as this?

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2554

[jay28]

Hi,

This is a great mod well done. I have a small problem, all my thread titles are now displayed in too larger font. How can I reduce the size?

Many thanks

Jay.

[lucas-ruroken]

Adapt this mod to your theme

[franklinrony]

Hi,

This is a great mod well done. I have a small problem, all my thread titles are now displayed in too larger font. How can I reduce the size?

Many thanks

Jay.

yeah copy in your css theme

.htagseo_hx {display: inline; color: inherit; border: none; font-size: 1em; font-color: inherit; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; }

[jay28]

Thanks Frony! Sorted

[franklinrony]

you are welcome, im glad to help you

[dphc]

Hello,

When Akismet Spam Blocking 1.2 Beta 2 is installed, I get this error when trying to install H tags: Improve SEO mod 1.0, and get the same error from Akismet if I install H tags first.  I still get the error, even if I remove all other plugins. 

Installations actions for "H tags: Improve SEO mod":
Installing this package will perform the following actions:
   Type    Action    Description
1.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/index.template.php    Test successful
2.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/Display.template.php    Test failed
3.    Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/style.css    Test successful

I can install one or the other with no problems.  Is there anything I can do to resolve the conflict?  I'm using SMF 1.1.11

Thanks

[franklinrony]

first install the akismet mod, after attach here your display.template.php

[dphc]

first install the akismet mod, after attach here your display.template.php

Here you go; this is a fresh display.template (no other plugins) to which I installed Akismet

Thanks,

dphc

[lucas-ruroken]

Test now!

[franklinrony]

thanks lucas,i hope work fine

[lucas-ruroken]

You're welcome

[dphc]

Thanks Lucas (& Frony).  Sorry I haven't had a chance to check it yet, but will let you know soon   I have few other plugins that modify that file, so will need to apply the changes manually

[lucas-ruroken]

Ok, Let Me know

[dphc]

Ok, Let Me know

Ok, your modification seems to be what's outlined in the manual install...only difference was the missing </div> which is probably what makes the install fail.  Looked at it a few times and almost missed it! 

Also Lucas I have your "H1 Tags in link tree" plugin installed.  It didn't cause any conflicts but it looks like if I use Frony's H Tags plugin, then the functions of your plugin are included, so I don't need to use both...is that right? 

Thanks 

[lucas-ruroken]

Use one mod... not both

[dphc]

Yeah, I see that they both add H1 to the link tree. 

PS: I was able to get it to install properly by modifying htag.xml (attached)   If anyone else wants to use this, you have to install Akismet first.  Unfortunately I couldn't make it universal by searching only for

<a href="', $message['href'], '">', $message['subject'], '</a> 

without the ending punctuation; it looks like the search function will only match on a complete echo statement? 

[pjdc]

Hello!

Can I use this mod with other theme, not the default theme?
I install this mod, but seems that nothing happen, I can't see any config option...

Thank you.

[lucas-ruroken]

Hello!

Can I use this mod with other theme, not the default theme?
I install this mod, but seems that nothing happen, I can't see any config option...

Thank you.

attach your index.template.php

[pjdc]

Thank you for your reply.

Here is my index.template.php file:

[lucas-ruroken]

Your theme has Display.template.php?

add in your style.css (of your theme)

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.htagseo_hx {display: inline; color: inherit; border: none; font-size: 1em; font-color: inherit; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; }


in the beggin.


PD: Sorry for my poor english, It's not my native language.

[pjdc]

Hello again,

I try it but doesn't work.
No, my theme does not have the Display.template.php

My issue is: I install the H Tags mod, but I can't see any config option to enable it, and I also can't see any result. The h1 html tags doesn't appear.

[lucas-ruroken]

What's your website url?

[pjdc]

Sorry.
hxxp:paocaseiro.net [nonactive]

[lucas-ruroken]

Did you upload the index.template.php attached?

[pjdc]

Sorry for another reply, but I can't see if you post the index.template.php file modified.
I post the file version I have running in the site, in one of my previous replies.

I change my css, but I don't heve the Display.template.php file. Do I need that?

[lucas-ruroken]

If you installed the mod.... That modified in your Display.template.php

[agent47]

Can someone tell me how effective this mod is?

[Xarcell]

Can someone tell me how effective this mod is?

Very effective if it works as it should. I've yet to try it. I manually added headings to my templates, I wish I found this mod sooner. It helps search engines find you site based on content better. Headings to google is sorta like chapter titles in books. It keeps things organized and easier to find.

If your site has alot of content, then I say don't do without. If your site doesn't have alot of content, I wouldn't rush it. Although, it takes time before you start seeing the effect in google search rankings.

[Juan Londoño]

Does this mod still works?

I've tried to install but gives many errors.

[franklinrony]

maybe yes its outdated..Im back to SMF after 5 years maybe update..first must be read the new SMF file structure

[Kindred]

actually -- unless this mod REMOVES the default H1 tag that SMF comes with, this mod will actually cause PROBLEMS with SEO -- since you are not supposed to have more than one H1 tag on a any page

[franklinrony]

ty. so its a waste of time update the mod...a years ago smf dont had h1 tags. Maybe make other mod for others purposes but first need update my knowledge about SMF. Greetings

[Topman]

actually -- unless this mod REMOVES the default H1 tag that SMF comes with, this mod will actually cause PROBLEMS with SEO -- since you are not supposed to have more than one H1 tag on a any page

On my forum:
<div id="header"><div class="frame">
      <div id="top_section">         <h1 class="forumtitle">
            <a href="http://forum.brand-newhomes.co.uk/index.php"><img src="http://forum.brand-newhomes.co.uk/bnr1.jpg" alt="New Home Owners And Snagging Forum" /></a>
         </h1>

For this page/post:
http://forum.brand-newhomes.co.uk/taylor-wimpey-homes/issues-with-our-new-taylor-wimpey-home/
For which the H1 should be "issues-with-our-new-taylor-wimpey-home"

No wonder I am losing visitors!

I can't "Parse" this Mod in 2.0.10 because I cannot find themes/default/style.css  anywhere! 
Does it mean index.css?

[margarett]

Yes, you can change index.css. style.css was in 1.1.x for which this MOD was originally developed.

[Topman]

I had a look ("find" in notepad++_ for the ?>  to add the Pasre before but it yielded no results.
This was the parse for 2.0.10 so really should it not have said index.css not style.css too for that parse?

[margarett]

Nop

The MOD was developed for 1.1.11, so no matter what you parse it with, it only knows 1.1.x reality.
Normally I would say that you DON'T USE such an ancient MOD, especially for a different branch of SMF. In this case, because it's "just" CSS tweaking you should be able to get along with it, as long as you can find the correct changes.

CSS files have no "?>". Just add that content at the very end of the file.

[Topman]

It is not just css tweaking!
Parse is also:
./Themes/default/Display.template.php
and
./Themes/default/index.template.php

[Topman]

Is it safe to use the "parse" given for this Mod in 2.0.10?

[margarett]

Yes but most likely you will have a hard time finding the changes because the themes are quite different. Yet, if you know some basic PHP/HTML, you should easily find the corresponding bits of code in 2.0

[Topman]

Now am I brave enough?
I was going to use Notepad++ "search" to find the start and finish of the code hopefully.
Then do a cut and paste if it isn't too different.

[margarett]

If it was that easy, PackMan would do it for you

Let me know if you struggle with it. I'm not at the computer now but I can give it a peek later

[Topman]

Thanks Bruno but I have had a look and whilst the index.template looked quite similar and staright forward, the Display.template.php  was quite different.

After all the problems and issues I have had I don't want to cause more.
Perhaps this Mod could be updated PacMan?