<meta name="description" content=

[ukbill69]

Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way to add in <meta name="description" content="thread information" />

The thread information or what information is on that page?

Can anyone help me?

[Jake Bunce]

These instructions will put the content of the first post of the thread into the meta description.

Go to your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> PHP Include Code Templates -> phpinclude_start

Add this code to that template:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread')
{
    $thread_description = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT pagetext
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post
        WHERE threadid = $threadid
        ORDER BY postid
        ASC
        LIMIT 1");

    $thread_description[pagetext] = htmlspecialchars($thread_description[pagetext], ENT_QUOTES);
} 

Then go to your:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> headinclude

Replace the red code with $thread_description[pagetext]:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $versionnumber" />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="[color=red]$vboptions[description][/color]" />

[ukbill69]

Many thanks jake, you have been a great help.

[ukbill69]

One thing that worries me that when i view the html comes out like this:

<meta name="description" content="I recieved this in an e-mail a few weeks back, I thought it was pretty good

Does it matter that there is no " /> at the end

[ukbill69]

Donty worry i havent looked over the html. It has just on another line that why i could see it lol. Many thanks.

[poolking]

To be XHTML compliant then you will need the />

[SoberRecovery]

Getting a blank in my description, Jake. Any ideas???

http://soberrecovery.com/forums/

[SoberRecovery]

Check on that. I am actually getting a HUGE description. Any way to limit the characters???

[Jake Bunce]

Check on that. I am actually getting a HUGE description. Any way to limit the characters???

Yes. In your phpinclude_start code, add the red code as shown below:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread') 
{ 
    $thread_description = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT pagetext 
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post 
        WHERE threadid = $threadid 
        ORDER BY postid 
        ASC 
        LIMIT 1"); 

    $thread_description[pagetext] = htmlspecialchars($thread_description[pagetext], ENT_QUOTES); 

    [color=red]$thread_description[pagetext] = substr($thread_description[pagetext], 0, X); [/color]
}

Where X is the max number of characters. Everything after X characters will be truncated from the description.

[SoberRecovery]

Thanks Jake!!!

[SoberRecovery]

Jake, after adding the limiter code, I began getting errors. The thread is here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=669998#post669998

[Jake Bunce]

Can you post a link to a page with the error?

If you send me a private message with a URL and admin login for your forums then I can probably find the problem more quickly.

[Jake Bunce]

(the code works fine on my forums)

[SoberRecovery]

PM sent. Jake-thanks for all of your hard work.

[Jake Bunce]

Apparently $threadid is not defined for all showthread pages. Try adding the red code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' [color=red]AND $threadid[/color]) 
{ 
    $thread_description = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT pagetext 
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post 
        WHERE threadid = $threadid 
        ORDER BY postid 
        ASC 
        LIMIT 1"); 

    $thread_description[pagetext] = htmlspecialchars($thread_description[pagetext], ENT_QUOTES); 

    $thread_description[pagetext] = substr($thread_description[pagetext], 0, X); 
}