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 11/04/05 10:37pm (Read 25,482 times)  
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ByteEnable

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Insert two rows into your gl_stories table of your geeklog database:
"meta_description" with a type of text, NULL
"meta_keywords" with a type of text, NULL

config.php, add:
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$_CONF['meta_description'] = "The coolest website ever!";
$_CONF['meta_keywords'] = "my,keywords,rank,high,in,google";


 

header.thtml, add the following somewhere in the "head":
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<META NAME="description" CONTENT="{meta_description}">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="{meta_keywords}">

 

storyeditor.thtml, add the following above intro_text:
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<tr>
  <td valign="top" align="right">Meta Desc:</td>
  <td><textarea name="meta_description" cols="60" rows="2">{story_meta_description}</textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td valign="top" align="right">Meta Keywords:</td>
  <td><textarea name="meta_keywords" cols="60" rows="2">{story_meta_keywords}</textarea></td>
</tr>


 

article.php, modify the COM_siteHeader (around line 150) function call:
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$display .= COM_siteHeader ('menu', $pagetitle, $rdf,$A['meta_description'],$A['meta_keywords']);


 

lib-common.php, modify the COM_siteHeader function:
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function COM_siteHeader( $what = 'menu', $pagetitle = '', $headercode = '',$meta_desc='',$meta_key='')

around line 579 or so add:

if ( !empty($meta_desc))
  $_CONF['meta_description'] = $meta_desc;
if ( !empty($meta_key))
  $_CONF['meta_keywords'] = $meta_key;
$header->set_var(meta_description,$_CONF['meta_description']);
$header->set_var(meta_keywords,$_CONF['meta_keywords']);


 

story.php, add the following around 579:
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$story_templates->set_var('story_meta_description',$A['meta_description']);
$story_templates->set_var('story_meta_keywords',$A['meta_keywords']);

modify the submitstory function with meta data:

function submitstory($type='',$sid,$uid,$tid,$title,$introtext,$bodytext,$hits,$unixdate,$expiredate,$comments,$featured,$commentcode,$trackbackcode,$statuscode,$postmode,$frontpage,$draft_flag,$numemails,$owner_id,$group_id,$perm_owner,$perm_group,$perm_members,$perm_anon,$delete,$show_topic_icon,$meta_description,$meta_keywords,$old_sid)

just before the DB_save call in function submitstory add:
$meta_description = addslashes($meta_description);

Modify the DB_save with the meta data:
DB_save ($_TABLES['stories'],'sid,uid,tid,title,introtext,bodytext,hits,date,comments,related,featured,commentcode,
trackbackcode,statuscode,expire,postmode,frontpage,draft_flag,numemails,owner_id,group_id,perm_owner,
perm_group,perm_members,perm_anon,show_topic_icon,in_transit,meta_description,meta_keywords', "'$sid',$uid,'$tid','$title','$introtext','$bodytext',$hits,FROM_UNIXTIME($unixdate),'$comments','$related',$featured,'$commentcode','$trackbackcode','$statuscode',FROM_UNIXTIME($expiredate),'$postmode','$frontpage',$draft_flag,$numemails,$owner_id,$group_id,$perm_owner,$perm_group,$perm_members,$perm_anon,$show_topic_icon,1,'$meta_description','$meta_keywords'");

around line 1100 or so add the meta data:
COM_applyFilter ($_POST['show_topic_icon']), <- dont add this

COM_stripslashes ($_POST['meta_description']),
COM_stripslashes ($_POST['meta_keywords']),

COM_applyFilter ($_POST['old_sid'])); <- dont add this


 
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 11/07/05 09:38am  

Jesse

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Great hack! I am looking for this.

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 11/07/05 12:02pm  
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I think this should be default behavior for new releases of Geeklog.
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 12/15/05 05:26pm  
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Quote by joshtravis: I think this should be default behavior for new releases of Geeklog.


Yep, but also in another way: display the keywords as 'tags'. An alternative for posting to multiple topics I guess. How can I display the keywords the way Technorati etc like it in my story? See this:

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<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/[tagname]" rel="tag">[tagname]</a>
 
Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net
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 12/15/05 05:44pm  
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Adding the dynamic tags like sotry keywords and such make sense to do with code;
but a field should exist either in the config file, or in the database to add SOMETHING to all templates area.

An example that I always use is GeoURL:
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<meta name="ICBM" content="49.13481, -102.99079" />
<meta name="DC.title" content="Ben And Amys Place" />
<meta anything .... />
<meta more .... />
<script type=anything>

 
Even with one "HEAD" field to edit you could add your GEO URL, meta_descriptions, meta_keywords, even custom javascript to spam-proof email addresses etc.

This solution seems more scalable than the original cool_hack.

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 12/15/05 08:15pm  
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Quote by bjudson:but a field should exist either in the config file, or in the database to add SOMETHING to all templates area.



If your meta data isn't dynamic why not just add it to your header.thtml file?
Yes I am mental.
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 12/16/05 01:59am  
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Technorati-style tags can be implemented as a plugin.

bye, Dirk
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 12/16/05 03:28am  
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That's all. This is a plugin (you have to create the entry in the
plugins table yourself, then safe it as plugins/tags/functions.inc)
which provides a [tag:] autotag. Now just insert the tags somewhere in
the text and it will collect them and list them at the end of the text.


So if i write a story about swimming in Miami I would have to write it like this:

I love [tag: swimming] in [tag:Miami].

Am I correct?

And, since I'm no developer, is somebody interested in making it a normal plugin? Making new templates should not be necessairy, if there is a {} tag we can put in the story and header template somewhere.
Dutch Geeklog sites about camping/hiking:
www.kampeerzaken.nl | www.campersite.nl | www.caravans.nl | www.caravans.net
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 12/16/05 09:59am  
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Quote by drshakagee:
Quote by bjudson:but a field should exist either in the config file, or in the database to add SOMETHING to all templates area.



If your meta data isn't dynamic why not just add it to your header.thtml file?


The only reason I would do it at the core is so it would affect all templates. Users could download other templates, and not worry about having to modify them all the time.

Further functionality, like the new editor could use this functionality as well. Why call it with a plugin API, if the functionality is used at the core of serving pages? It's just extra overhead.

-Ben

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 12/28/05 09:02am  
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Yes, I think the idea of flexible meta data is great. Though one should consider some more fields like this and maybe 1-3 open fields to be defined somewhere:

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<meta name="language" content="??">
<meta name="topic" lang="??" content="??">
<meta name="type" lang="??" content="??">
<meta name="audience" lang="??" content="??">
<meta name="description" lang="??" content="??">
<meta name="keywords" lang="??" content="??">


 
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 03/12/06 09:21pm  

Raven

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Hello,

Two questions about this.

(1) Will it still work with current version of geeklog? No issues?

(2) How about for my index page, how do I get the meta dialog to appear there?
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 04/07/06 11:54am  
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Quote by Raven:
(1) Will it still work with current version of geeklog? No issues?

Yeah

Quote by Raven:
(2) How about for my index page, how do I get the meta dialog to appear there?


All pages will display the meta data, its in the header. For index pages and such it will display the default data that you have defined in config.php
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 04/30/06 10:51am  
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Spirit_of_Martin

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Hello

When i add meta to article, with this hack, then save it i got a error:

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Warning: Missing argument 30 for submitstory() in /public_html/admin/story.php on line 919

Warning: Illegal offset type in /system/lib-security.php on line 191

 


My geek is 1.3.11sr5

Any sugestion?? Question
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 05/19/06 09:04am  
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confused
Something ain't right with this hack.
I introduced all the changes, hack seems to work as I can add meta desc and keywords and they are actually saved in the db. However when you click on a story and then look into the source there is nothing there, expcept for the meta data from config.

GL 1.4.0sr2

Any help much appreciated
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 05/22/06 07:30am  
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working
I suspect that the problem is with lib-common.php part.

Could you please post the piece of code from lib-common with this additional code? Where does it go exactly?

Thanks Smile

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 05/25/06 10:21am  

ys

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want solutions too!
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 05/29/06 03:27am  
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Robin

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Could someone please confirm that this hack actually works works on 1.4.0. ?
TIA Its a deal - shaking hands
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 06/16/06 10:42am  

Raven

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Bump for last response
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 07/01/06 12:54pm  

GGGGG

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Quote by Robin: Something ain't right with this hack.
I introduced all the changes, hack seems to work as I can add meta desc and keywords and they are actually saved in the db. However when you click on a story and then look into the source there is nothing there, expcept for the meta data from config.

GL 1.4.0sr2

Any help much appreciated


Bump, having same problem, any solutions? Smile
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 07/02/06 12:29am  
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for lib-common.php where it says around line 579, instead place it at about line 975. I placed it after $charset = $LANG_CHARSET; and works fine.
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