Better SEO Title for member profile pages

This simple little fix will give you better member profile names in the search engines and on the browser bar.    The default profile page title has the members "nickname" and the "headline" on their profile - but not everyone uses these fields.  I wanted my profiles to have the member's full name, followed by "international business profile".   Here is an example of how it looks in the browser bar: http://www.caltrade.com/community/tneubert

SEO Title for Profile Pages

FILE: /profile.php

locate:

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['NickName'] ) . ": ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['Headline'] );

Change this to whatever you want.  Look at profile table in database for available values...after uploading of new profile.php clean the cache and cache public folder.

In my case I changed this to:

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['full_name'] ) . ":International Business Profile";

"full_name" is a field I defined that has the member's full name, but you could use the firstname or lastname fields, or whatever you want.

This is a very good post Caltrade. I use something similar but with more options: First Name+Last Name+Headline+City+Some Text. Here is:

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['FirstName'] ) . " ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['LastName'] ) . ": ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['Headline'] ) .". ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['City'] ). ",  Text you want ";

It will show as follow: 1º Name Las Name: Headline. City, Text you want

Adding city is a good idea. IMO search engines are going nuts these days over content which is geographically orientated/structured

Good tips guys - I especially like your "City" idea cbassthefish ( always liked your username by the way).    Someone help me with this, but I can't remember who, and it is buried in a post somewhere.  I will post the attributititle, and there are probably other things like that.

Rob

I have pretty much did the same for my D6 website but with the Meta Description tag. No meta description tag in D7 though.

You guys are brilliant!  This is probably one of the best threads I've ever seen here.

More tips!!!

ok here we go:)

brand every site with your domain or company name

edit the file:

inc/classes/BxDolTemplate.php

about line 675

find code:

case 'page_header':
if(!empty($GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageTitle']))
$sRet = $GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageTitle'];
else if(isset($_page['header']))
$sRet = $_page['header'];

$sRet = process_line_output($sRet);
break;

and change to (change boonex.com to your domain or company name):

case 'page_header':
if(!empty($GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageTitle']))
$sRet = $GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageTitle'];
else if(isset($_page['header']))
$sRet = $_page['header'].' | boonex.com';

$sRet = process_line_output($sRet);
break;

Excellent work to CALTRADE, mdroca and ue30!  SEO Titles and Site Branding.  Everyone should know how to do this!

Hi ue30!

why my first line is in orange this >> //$sRet = process_line_output($sRet);

//$sRet = process_line_output($sRet);
break;
case 'page_header_text':
if(!empty($GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageMainBoxTitle']))
$sRet = $GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageMainBoxTitle'];
else if(isset($_page['header_text']))
$sRet = $_page['header_text'];

//$sRet = process_line_output($sRet);
break;

Can you tell me how to read the member photo and the description about the member

Thank's

Thanks

Caltrade, ue30 & mdroca

thats a good mod

working 100%

Does this work with D7.0.3.?

 I just tried it in 7.0.3.  It works for the most part.  Doesn't seem to work for Blogs Home, Articles Home, News Home , or Forum Home, as well as SOME of their sub items.  Still, I think it's worth it for all the other pages.

I did the profile.php mod in 7.0.2 and that still works.

Any one knows  how  to make this in the user photos page

like User| Album | photo title

Thanks

no ?

Do i have to edit

modules/boonex/photos/classes/BxPhotosPageView.php

been searching but ith no succes ?

noone?

any idea

How would you do

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['NickName'] ) . ": ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['Headline'] ); "Domain Name" This way the domain name it always a part of the title...

How can i change this browser bar in the Photos of the users these features ?

i want to put there the city of the users

Anyone can help?

Just tried ue30's fix on 7.0.3 and there is no longer a reference to "boonex.com" so I guess that one doesn't work anymore.

i use this in Profiles.php in 703  and it works

This is a very good post Caltrade. I use something similar but with more options: First Name+Last Name+Headline+City+Some Text. Here is:

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['FirstName'] ) . " ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['LastName'] ) . ": ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['Headline'] ) .". ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['City'] ). ",  Text you want ";

It will show as follow: 1º Name Las Name: Headline. City, Text you want

ue30

code is to work in the intire site

i did not try in 7.0.3

It works. The actual line is 688 in Dreamweaver. The  code added is .' | boonex.com' - and you should make boonex.com your domain name or business name, not use the boonex.com example he gave.

Verified 7.0.3

Syde

ok on 7.0.3

thank you

Here is another thing that I figured out for SEO.  add this line right underneath the page header to add a custom description

$oSysTemplate->setPageDescription(process_line_output( $p_arr['DescriptionMe'] ));

This put in a page description custom meta description tag for each profile. For me I chose the profile descriptionme field because it was the most relevant.

would be fine if boonex could get a methode to manage those things in admin area!!

Where exactly to add this code?? in which file??

Hey this is great stuff. I was just doing a search for SEO tactics here and found this. I am about to start launching my site and wondered if all this is compatable with the latest version of Dolphin 7.05 before I get into it to much?

its working on 7.0.5

go ahead  :)

I was wondering if I do this and use the members name instead of nickname isn't it going to show in the url when a member looks at another members profile? I don't have members real names showing on my site. The other optoions for location and descriptions though are great stuff I'm working on now.

 Can someone tell me where I can find this?

FILE: /profile.php

locate:

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['NickName'] ) . ": ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['Headline'] );

Should be on line 92

 Thanks Didy. Got another question. Couldn't find this in 7.05. Is this still neccesary in 7.05? Couldnt find anything with boonex.com in the entire file

this is a different file and not profile.php. This is inc/classes/BxDolTemplate.php cos it spread over almost the entire dolphin site and the other one is for member*s profile :-)

don't look for boonex.com. thats just a sample, look for this code at  inc/classes/BxDolTemplate.php and add like is says where boonex.com stands the way you like which is good if its your domain name :

case 'page_header':
if(!empty($GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageTitle']))
$sRet = $GLOBALS[$this->_sPrefix . 'PageTitle'];
else if(isset($_page['header']))
$sRet = $_page['header'];

$sRet = process_line_output($sRet);
break;

OH. ok I got it now. Wow what a brain fart that was. Just one more question about it. The example shows a slash before it. Should I be putting that in?

'header'].' | boonex.com';  

Great Job and thank you for this guys... this works great

 Thanks ue30, worked like a charm in 7.0.5. Just what I was looking for. Much appreciated. Now off to go add this to the list of core changes made.

Regards, Coolmoe

 worked great. Thanks. The only thing is that the forum still shows orca forum. I assume that the same thing can be done with the forum page?

how can i add spaces between first middle and last names?

good 1

I have changed it around 1 mouth before. I replaced it with full name and looks good. You are right it is good for better SEO. I am planing to optimize the description of profile page, i want it to display full name in description for every profile just like Facebook. Its very good for SEO.

example:-

 Join Facebook to connect with Prashank Abhishek and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and ...

I realize this was my mod originally, but could anyone tell me what happens when a field is blank?   I have use a field called "full_name" on one of my sites in place of the nickname field.  But on this site, full name is optional as pseudonyms are allowed, so I also have the nickname field.  What will happen with the users who keep the full_name field blank?

If full_name i blank than there will be nothing as title and search engine maybe show null.

On my site full name is necessary. 

I have jsut upgraded to 7.0.9 and lost this mod. If I upload the profile.php file that I had before the upgrade, the title works as it should : nickname- headline - city - site slogan, however I am not sure how that could impact other functionalities as the new profile.php file seems quite different from the previous one

If I simply add the modified portion

$_page['header']      = process_line_output( $p_arr['NickName'] ) . ": ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['Headline'] ).". ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['City'] ). " |  Free Dating Site ";
$oSysTemplate->setPageDescription(process_line_output( $p_arr['DescriptionMe'] ));

it won't display the upgraded title...

Any suggestions anybody?

THx

 Does anybody know how to add better seo titles for articles?

Can this still be done for SEO on Profiles?

i never knew about any of this,, i am on 7.09 is it still possible?

UE30's suggestion works well in 7.3

I am wondering about the profile, but wanted some experienced members to confirm.

If it's working now for the branding, I am sure it would work back then 3 yrs ago. most of my pages show my site name in the description tab of browser, Example would be the address bar says "www.xyz.com/browse.php" the tab says "browse profile/xyz.com"

I want to try the profile name city and text, instead of www.xyz.com/ nickname.   It would be better to see

www.xyz.com/dick/dasterly/ yeah am bad/Cleveland/Social butterfly

In 7.1.4 I get a strange effect with the NickName or ['ID'] in1.4 and ['Heading'] becoming a jumbled mess. 

The code I use is:

$_page['header'] = process_line_output(getNickName($p_arr['ID']))." " .(empty($p_arr['Headline']) ? '' : ": " . htmlspecialchars_adv($p_arr['Headline'])) ."| ". htmlspecialchars_adv( $p_arr['City'] ). ",  My Text Here ";

Its supposed to look like (user: headline | city, text)

instead it's (strangecharacters}mix~edwith headline | city, text)

check picture:  

Ok I fixed it:

If you run into this problem with 7.1+ just use the same code and replace the entire string. I made the mistake of trying to edit the 7.1.4 string, it only messed things up for me. ***note- I upgraded from 7.0.9 so things might be a little different for new sites.

THIS:  $_page['header'] = process_line_output(getNickName($p_arr['ID'])) . (empty($p_arr['Headline']) ? '' : ": " . htmlspecialchars_adv($p_arr['Headline']));