meta tags

January 18, 2007

Hi,

I am fairly new to this and designed a site before and managed to change my meta tags (in the header i think) but i have used a new template and cant seem to locate / remeber how to do it. Could any once help?

this is the code for my header:

<?php

/*

$Id: header.php,v 1.42 2003/06/10 18:20:38 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

// check if the 'install' directory exists, and warn of its existence

if (WARN_INSTALL_EXISTENCE == 'true') {

if (file_exists(dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/install')) {

$messageStack->add('header', WARNING_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_EXISTS, 'warning');

}

// check if the configure.php file is writeable

if (WARN_CONFIG_WRITEABLE == 'true') {

if ( (file_exists(dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/includes/configure.php')) && (is_writeable(dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) . '/includes/configure.php')) ) {

$messageStack->add('header', WARNING_CONFIG_FILE_WRITEABLE, 'warning');

}

// check if the session folder is writeable

if (WARN_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE == 'true') {

if (STORE_SESSIONS == '') {

if (!is_dir(tep_session_save_path())) {

$messageStack->add('header', WARNING_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NON_EXISTENT, 'warning');

} elseif (!is_writeable(tep_session_save_path())) {

$messageStack->add('header', WARNING_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE, 'warning');

}

// check session.auto_start is disabled

if ( (function_exists('ini_get')) && (WARN_SESSION_AUTO_START == 'true') ) {

if (ini_get('session.auto_start') == '1') {

$messageStack->add('header', WARNING_SESSION_AUTO_START, 'warning');

}

if ( (WARN_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_NOT_READABLE == 'true') && (DOWNLOAD_ENABLED == 'true') ) {

if (!is_dir(DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD)) {

$messageStack->add('header', WARNING_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_NON_EXISTENT, 'warning');

}

if ($messageStack->size('header') > 0) {

echo $messageStack->output('header');

}

?>

<? // LANGUAGES

if (!isset($lng) || (isset($lng) && !is_object($lng))) {

include(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'language.php');

$lng = new language;

}

$languages_string = '';

reset($lng->catalog_languages);

while (list($key, $value) = each($lng->catalog_languages)) {

$languages_string .= ' <a href="' . tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('language', 'currency')) . 'language=' . $key, $request_type) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $value['directory'] . '/images/' . $value['image'], $value['name']) . '</a> ';

}

echo $languages_string;

?>

</td></tr>

<tr><td rowspan=2><a href=<?=tep_href_link('shopping_cart.php')?>><img src=images/m07.gif width=20 height=20 border=0></a></td><td> <b>Shopping bag</b></td></tr>

<tr><td colspan=2> <b><a href=<?=tep_href_link('shopping_cart.php')?> class=ml><?=$cart->count_contents()?> items</a></b></td></tr>

</table>

</td>

<tr><td><img src=images/m06.gif width=5 height=5 align=absmiddle> <a href=<?=tep_href_link('specials.php')?> class=ml1>Specials</a><br><br class=px2></td></tr>

<tr><td><img src=images/m06.gif width=5 height=5 align=absmiddle> <a href=<?=tep_href_link('advanced_search.php')?> class=ml1>Search</a><br><br class=px2></td></tr>

<tr><td><img src=images/m06.gif width=5 height=5 align=absmiddle> <a href=<?=tep_href_link('contact_us.php')?> class=ml1>Contact Us</a><br><br class=px2></td></tr>

<tr><td><img src=images/m06.gif width=5 height=5 align=absmiddle> <a href=<?=tep_href_link('create_account.php')?> class=ml1>Create an account</a><br><br class=px2></td></tr>

<tr><td><img src=images/m06.gif width=5 height=5 align=absmiddle> <a href=<?=tep_href_link('login.php')?> class=ml1>Customer Login</a><br><br></td></tr>

</table>

</td></tr>

</table>

</table>

</table>

</td>

</table>

<tr><td background=images/m19.gif width=229 height=36 class=bc> <b>Browse by Categories:</b></td></tr>

<? // ---- CATEGORIES

function tep_show_category($counter) {

global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

if(!$tree[$counter]['level']){

$categories_string .= $categories_string ? '<tr><td colspan=2><img src=images/m21.gif width=195 height=1><br><br class=px3></td></tr>' : '';

$categories_string .= '<tr><td width=39 align=center><img src=images/m06.gif width=5 height=5></td><td width=156><a class=ml href=';

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;

} else {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];

}

$categories_string .= tep_href_link('index.php', $cPath_new) . '>';

// display category name

$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

$categories_string .= '</a><br><br class=px3></td></tr>';

}else{

$categories_string .= '<tr><td width=39 align=center></td><td width=156>';

for($i=0;$i<$tree[$counter]['level'];$i++)

$categories_string .= ' ';

$categories_string .= '- <a class=ml href=';

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;

} else {

$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];

}

$categories_string .= tep_href_link('index.php', $cPath_new) . '>';

// display category name

$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

$categories_string .= '</a><br><br class=px3></td></tr>';

}

if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {

tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);

}

define(TABLE_CATEGORIES, "categories");

define(TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION, "categories_description");

$categories_string = '';

$tree = array();

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");

while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

$tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'],

'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],

'level' => 0,

'path' => $categories['categories_id'],

'next_id' => false);

if (isset($parent_id)) {

$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];

}

$parent_id = $categories['categories_id'];

if (!isset($first_element)) {

$first_element = $categories['categories_id'];

}

//------------------------

if ($cPath) {

$new_path = '';

reset($cPath_array);

while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) {

unset($parent_id);

unset($first_id);

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");

if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) {

$new_path .= $value;

while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {

$tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'],

'parent' => $row['parent_id'],

'level' => $key+1,

'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],

'next_id' => false);

if (isset($parent_id)) {

$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];

}

$parent_id = $row['categories_id'];

if (!isset($first_id)) {

$first_id = $row['categories_id'];

}

$last_id = $row['categories_id'];

}

$tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id'];

$tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;

$new_path .= '_';

} else {

break;

}

$categories_string .= '';

tep_show_category($first_element);

$categories_string .= '';

echo $categories_string;

?>

</table>

<? // ---- MANUFACTURERS

$manufacturers_query = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_id, manufacturers_name from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " order by manufacturers_name");

if ($number_of_rows = tep_db_num_rows($manufacturers_query)) {

echo ' <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>'.

tep_draw_form('manufacturers', tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get')

.'<tr><td background=images/m19.gif width=229 height=36 class=bc> <b>Browse by Brand:</b></td></tr>

';

$manufacturers_array = array();

while ($manufacturers = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturers_query)) {

$manufacturers_name = ((strlen($manufacturers['manufacturers_name']) > MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURER_NAME_LEN) ? substr($manufacturers['manufacturers_name'], 0, MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURER_NAME_LEN) . '..' : $manufacturers['manufacturers_name']);

$manufacturers_array[] = array('id' => $manufacturers['manufacturers_id'],

'text' => $manufacturers_name);

}

echo tep_draw_pull_down_menu('manufacturers_id', $manufacturers_array, (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] : ''), 'onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST . '" class=se') . tep_hide_session_id();

echo ' </td><td align=left valign=top> <input type=image src=images/m23.gif width=34 height=19></td></tr>

</table>

</td></tr>

</form>

</table>

';

}

?>

</td></tr>

</table>

</td>

b101aa2 · January 18, 2007

Here's a good example. open index.php Tags can be found there.

Note, teh title is also in the keywords. No needs to spend mountains of money on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), if you do it right. optimization is free, just have to get it all straight. Also note, 7 Days. This instructs teh search engine to revisit site once a week to stay current.

distribution, means it's open for the public

Jack_mcs · January 18, 2007

Hi,
I am fairly new to this and designed a site before and managed to change my meta tags (in the header i think) but i have used a new template and cant seem to locate / remeber how to do it. Could any once help?

The code to add meta tags isn't included in an oscommerce shop. To do that properly, you will need to install one of the meta tags contributions, like Header Tags. Without one of these (and even with most of them), your site won't rank well overall.

Jack

January 18, 2007

Here's a good example. open index.php Tags can be found there.

<meta name="description" content="The Logo for Your Store, " />

<meta name="keywords" content="<?php echo $page_title; ?>,Product,Product,Product" />

<META CONTENT="global" NAME="distribution">

<meta name="revisit-after" CONTENT="7 days">

<title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title>

Note, teh title is also in the keywords. No needs to spend mountains of money on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), if you do it right. optimization is free, just have to get it all straight. Also note, 7 Days. This instructs teh search engine to revisit site once a week to stay current.

distribution, means it's open for the public

Thanks - Sorted it, just being dopey , been staring at this screen too long! thanks

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