stefan21 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 This addon wouldn't affect the favicon. Depending upon how you had it installed, you must have overwritten its code in index.php, includes/header.php or includes/template_top.php, depending upon your version of oscommerce. I didn't change any code or added any code in the files you mentioned. The favicon was there out-of-the-box. Now it's gone. You may have a look at this: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/403421-favicon/ BTW - I'm running two other (identical) shops without Header Tags SEO. The favicon is just in the root and shows up there. Therefore I doubt that the addon does not affect the favicon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 To display a favicon, you need to add a meta tag to the <head> section of the site. That meta tag will have a path to the image to be displayed. Most shop owners tend to put it in the root but that is not a required location. But those two things are all that is needed. This addon also makes changes to the <head> section so, most likely, when you made that change you overwrite the meta tag for the favicon. Or, you may have a module in admin that controls it and maybe that was turned off for some reason. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥14steve14 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I didn't change any code or added any code in the files you mentioned. The favicon was there out-of-the-box. Now it's gone. You may have a look at this: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/403421-favicon/ BTW - I'm running two other (identical) shops without Header Tags SEO. The favicon is just in the root and shows up there. Therefore I doubt that the addon does not affect the favicon. There is a good favicom generator and checker here. Not only will it check that you have one on your site, it will also generate all the favicons needed by various os systems and devices. Quote REMEMBER BACKUP, BACKUP AND BACKUP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 At its most basic, all you need is an "icon" format 16x16 or 32x32 image named favicon.ico, located in the site root. That does not require a <meta> tag in the <head>. If you want to name the favicon something else, store it someplace other than the root, or use a different format, you will need a <meta> tag. By any chance are you using a non-standard (not /favicon.ico) favicon, and on some pages the <meta> tag specifying it has gotten messed up or lost? Or do you have a <meta> tag (necessary or not), but it's pointing to the wrong place on some pages? Be sure to carefully check those. The "favicon" generators mentioned in several posts go beyond the standard browser favicon, and include device-specific application icons that really aren't favicons in the strict sense. They just appropriated the name, for better or worse. Possibly some phones, etc. will not use a standard favicon for a bookmarked page, and need proprietary format icons for that purpose. This is unfortunate -- what site owner wants to maintain dozens of different icons for use on multiple phones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 @@MrPhil I said meta tag but I meant a link tag. While it is not required, it is possible for the search for the favicon to be overridden by a browser so, in my opinion, it should always be included. Plus, I prefer to keep all of my images in the images directory and the link is the only way to accomplish that. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) The favicon (just in the root) does show up in MS IE. It does not show up in a firefox browser. No adblockers etc. installed. Even with a link in the head section. Edited October 9, 2016 by stefan21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 @@stefan21 Please open a thread for this in the general forum since it doesn't have anything to do with this addon. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 @@Jack_mcs, IMVHO - while I'm running two identical live shops OsC 2.3.4 without Header Tags SEO are showing the favicon, and the one with Header Tags SEO implemented does not, I don't think that it's making sense to move this thread (or open a thread) to general. Maybe it depends on adapting to the german language... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 The favicon isn't affected by this addon. If the favicon isn't working in a shop with this addon installed, you have either made a mistake in the installation or the favicon is not installed correctly. Both are beyond the scope of this support thread so I can't offer anymore than I have already done. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 @@Jack_mcs, this is how the header tags are looking on my site: <!DOCTYPE html><html dir="ltr" lang="de"<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title>xxx</title><meta name="Description" content="xxx" /><meta name="Keywords" content="xxx" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="de" ><meta name="googlebot" content="all" /><meta name="robots" content="noodp" /><meta name="slurp" content="noydir" /><meta name="revisit-after" content="1 days" /><meta name="no-email-collection" value="https://XYZ.de" /><link rel="canonical" href="xxx" ><meta property="og:site_name" content="xxx" /><meta property="og:locale" content="de_DE" /><meta property="og:type" content="website" /><meta property="og:image" content="" /><meta property="og:url" content="https://xxx" /><!-- EOF: Header Tags SEO Generated Meta Tags by oscommerce-solution.com --> Question: <!DOCTYPE html><html dir="ltr" lang="de"<head> Is this correct? Or should it look like that: <!DOCTYPE html><html dir="ltr" lang="de"> <head> If so, where can this be changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 @@MrPhil I said meta tag but I meant a link tag. While it is not required, it is possible for the search for the favicon to be overridden by a browser so, in my opinion, it should always be included. Plus, I prefer to keep all of my images in the images directory and the link is the only way to accomplish that. I did like you suggested and added the code in the template_top.php. There is a good favicom generator and checker here. Not only will it check that you have one on your site, it will also generate all the favicons needed by various os systems and devices. I used the link to generate the icons and the code. Now it works. Thank you for your support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 <!DOCTYPE html> <html dir="ltr" lang="de"<head> Is this correct? Or should it look like that: <!DOCTYPE html> <html dir="ltr" lang="de"> <head> The placement of <head> doesn't matter but the closing > for the language tag does. That is in template_top.php. You probably overwrote it with the changes. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Jack_mcs, Unfortunately I don't know the reason. A workaround could be to change in header_tags_opengraph.php: // $ogArray['locale'] = str_replace('-', '_', $loc[0]);$ogArray['locale'] = de_DE; That brings up in the html-output: <meta property="og:locale" content="de_DE" /> Does it matter, if it's hardcoded? @@Jack_mcs The problem is at the very upper left corner, as I already described. Yes, I know that the default is in English, and yes, I uploaded all files in German directory and made also the changes in the German files. Well, I found out, that commenting out // $ogArray['price'] = $og_price; in the header_tags_opengraph.php may be a kind of workaround. As I'm not a SEO-specialist I cannot tell how important it could be to have a meta property "price"... The real reason could be an altered code in the template_bottom.php. The placement of <head> doesn't matter but the closing > for the language tag does. That is in template_top.php. You probably overwrote it with the changes. Shame on me - all above solved by adding the missing closing > in template_top.php. I'm sorry for wasting your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 Not a waste of time. :) Glad you got it going. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Jack_mcs, checking the pages today leads back to A workaround could be to change in header_tags_opengraph.php: // $ogArray['locale'] = str_replace('-', '_', $loc[0]);$ogArray['locale'] = de_DE; That brings up in the html-output: <meta property="og:locale" content="de_DE" /> and Well, I found out, that commenting out // $ogArray['price'] = $og_price; in the header_tags_opengraph.php may be a kind of workaround. As I'm not a SEO-specialist I cannot tell how important it could be to have a meta property "price"... Can't tell you why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 @@stefan21 I'm sorry but I don't understand your post. Are you asking a question? Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan21 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Jack_mcs, no. I thought the solution was the missing >. Obviously not. It seems to work somehow. For now I leave it like it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsmiers Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I'm using Header Tag SEO for years and it works great but I'm having problems adding a social bookmark icon. Adding the icons is working fine and the icon is showing in header_tags_seo_social.php, an extra field is showing up fine but when I enter an URL in this field and save it and go back to the header_tags_seo_social.php page the icon is again deselected and the field is empty. I want to make an icon for Trustpilot so when a customer presses the bookmark they get the evaluate page for my website. So no URL and TITLE are needed, just a link (maybe opening in a frame if possible). Can someone give me some help ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 You have to enter a URL and TITLE when adding a new icon since the code uses that to setup the link. I've not seen a social site where a url is not needed and am not familiar with Trustpilot so I can't comment on this one. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xGerila Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 good work i have a question: how i can make to apear, when i share on facebook, image and description from the product?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 @@xGerila Those should be sent to FB when the icon is clicked. I don't know what FB does with them once there. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imusorka Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Is it possible to use just the part of this add-on that handles display of custom descriptions on category pages? We already use other add-ons to handle titles and tags and would not want to reassign those, which could also have a negative effect on our indexing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Yes, it would be possible but would require a bit of coding. If all you want is categories descriptions, then there an addon for just that. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imusorka Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 If all you want is categories descriptions, then there an addon for just that. Which add-on is recommended for 2.3.4 GOLD? Cannot seem to find a compatible one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 There probably isn't one. The stand-alone category descriptions addon became a waste of time since the main two SEO addons - this one and Header Tags SEO Reloaded - both have that option. You will need to convert the code for that addon so it works with your shop if you want to use it. Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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