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Jack_mcs

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  1. I took another look and did find it in includes/functions/header_tags.php. I don't know what I did wrong earlier to miss it in a search but in any event, it turns out to be a typo. It's strange that it is only showing up in the About Us page (it doesn't on mine) but HEAD_KEY_TAG_SEO should be HEAD_KEY_TAG_ALL Jack
  2. This is the support thread for this contribution, which generates customer and order reports. The reports are attached to an email which may be saved as a csv file. It also has a module to send emails to your customers automatically. I use this for birthday announcements but it can be edited to suit any purpose. All of this is accomplished via cron so this will not work on a Windows server. Jack
  3. That define, HEAD_KEY_TAG_SEO, was added in the last release. The person who did it didn't bother to include instructions nor add the define so I won't be able to help you. You may try contacting him or looking at the version where that option was originally added. It is just a matter of adding a define statement for it so you could always just add it and make it whatever you want. Jack
  4. There are not any incompatibilities that I know of other than Categories Meta Tags, but that is only because they both do the same thing for categories. The code you posted is the default settings for all pages. You need to go below that and setup the pages to display something different. Try posting the file here along with a link to the site. Jack
  5. Once you are in phpmyadmin, click on the name of your database in the left column. On the right, you'll see some tabs across the top. Once is named SQL. Click on that and then on the Browse button. Select the file you want to upload and click Go. You'll get a message saying if it was loaded or not. To save the database, select the database you are working on (as above), choose the export tab. Click select all, save as file and go. It is really easy once you get used to it but can be intimidating initially. Especially since a mistake could cause you much trouble. Fortunately, the program always asks before you do something that will hurt you. So go slow and read any questions it asks. If in doubt, stop what you are doing and ask here. Jack
  6. Scott - I don't know if this is your problem or not but the error message you are getting is pointing to line 130 of the includes/application_top.php file. A common problem is that some people insert the code into this file closer to the top instead of the bottom as the instructions mention. This will cause this kind of problem. So take a look at that file and see where you added the code (there is only one change). The code should be near, or at, the bottom (before the ?> though). Jack
  7. You are missing a lot of code from the above file so it is not possible to do good compare. The file is about 600 lines while mine is about 1100. From the code included though, you are missing some of the HTC code. You should get a fresh copy of this file and try again. As for the compare program, I'm not aware of any free ones other than diff that is probably on your computer or downloadable. Although it is very primitive and is hard to work with, IMO.. The two most popular ones, that I know of, are Compare and Merge and Beyond Compare. Both have a trial period but then cost around $30. Jack
  8. There are no hard rules on this that I know of. I think that if you are just making code improvments then it should be added as an upgrade to the existing contribution. However, if it is something that will break current shops, like changing the structure of the database table used, then you should create a new one. Also, if it adds an option that not everyone will want, then there should be an iption in admin to enable/disable that part of it. If this causes the code to get too complicated, then it should be a new contribution. Just my opinion of course. Jack
  9. When you add a new page, you need to replace thiese lines <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo CHARSET; ?>"> <title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title> with <?php // BOF: WebMakers.com Changed: Header Tag Controller v1.0 // Replaced by header_tags.php if ( file_exists(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header_tags.php') ) { require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header_tags.php'); } else { ?> <title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title> <?php } // EOF: WebMakers.com Changed: Header Tag Controller v1.0 ?> Then go into includes/header_tags.php and includes/languages/english/header_tags.php and add the code for the new page. You do this by just copying one of the sections of code on the page and changing the names to match the new page. In the latest version (or two) of HTC, I included the code for an About Us page so you can just use that. You are correct about the updates. That's a problem with any contribution. I'll try to pay more attention fixing that for the ones I do from now on. Jack
  10. Google doesn't usually use the description tag for that purpose so itis unlikely you will find a reason. Jack
  11. No, that is just how your site is listed. It could be for a variaety of reasons but not due to the code being commented out. When you comment it out, you are doing so because it was already in there. So you are really just commenting out a duplicate. Jack
  12. No, the previous version did not handle categories, thus the update. Your problem is probably that you have not filled in the new category tags. For now, they have to be done manually. I plan on adding the required fields to Easy Populate and an auto-fill option that will read in the category title but I haven't had the time to do so. You don't have to use the category option. The purpose of the contribution is to help improve your position in the SERP's. Using h1 instead of the default class is one of the ways to do that but you can certainly pull it out if it bothers you. It won't break anything as long as you put the original code back in. I don't follow your last paragraph at all. You have to add entries for each page of your site that you want to have unique titles and meta tags. The ones that come with the contribution are special case ones. All others are just as per the instructions. If you are not seeing unique titles on each page, then you don't have it setup right or there is a problem with the installation. Jack
  13. The first one is identical to the second except you are pulling in cd.categories_heading_title, cd.categories_description from the categories_description table. So, you basically have duplicate information - depending on how you have it set up. You can use those items instead of the header tags ones by using <td><h1><?php echo $category['categories_heading_title']?></h1></td> instead of <td><h1><?php echo $category['category_head_title_tag']; ?></h1></td> Jack
  14. You haven't made the required changes to the file. Read the Install_Catalog.txt file. Jack
  15. The HTC categories code goes in the index.php file, replacing the existing code that displays the page header. I don't use STS but as I recall, STS doesn't use that code. The actual meta tags should still word but the page header won't display without editing the STS code (I think). Jack
  16. I tried it in mine and it worked fine. Does it work if you try another url (www.google.com)? Jack
  17. Yeah, that's what I thought too. Since I am not familar with that contribution, there's not much I can do to help unfortunately. Jack
  18. Jimmie - That's really great. HTC really can make a difference when used properly. I'm glad your site is doing so well. John - What do you mean when you say you have "Category Descriptions loaded?' is that the Category Meta Tags contribution, the categores part from HTC or something else? If it is not the code from HTC, I won't be able to help you since I am not familiar with that code. If it s the code from the HTC contribution and the category titles are not showing up, then be sure you havemade the code changes to index.php and you have entered the HTC information for the categories in admin. Jack
  19. Part of the problem is that you are confusing the sections. To find your PR, you need to use the Page Rank section but you are describing resutls from the Search Engine Position section. You are correct about the placement though. If you increse the Total Search count to 120, your site will show up, albeit at the wrong location. I'm sorry that I cannot say right now why your site returns a wrong position. Jack
  20. No, that's different. Please read this thread again for that fix. Jack
  21. That's the way it should work. To properly optimize the pages of your shop, the title for each page should start off with unique words. So, if you sell fish and your site name is My Fish Store, the title should be Fish - My Fish Store instead of My Fish Store - Fish. Jack
  22. This sort of error is caused by "whitespace" in a file. Most like admin/includes/languages/english/categories.php in this case. You need to open the file and verify that the very first characters are <? and the very last are ?>. That means when you try to move the cursor past them, it won't do it. If you have whitespace, it will. Go to the very end of the file and hit the backspace key until you reach the above character. Jack
  23. Verify that you made the changes to your admin/includes/functions/general.php file. It is saying it cannot find them. Jack
  24. Are you using STS? The duplicate message means you have it declared twice. So you just need to search your files for it. It's in there somewhere. Jack
  25. The first error is caused by an extra space in one of your files. The second is caused by the code being added twice. Now, the second one says it is at line 13 which is not right. The code for application top should be placed near the bottom (before the closing ?>. I don't think that moving that will fix the first problem but you should fix it first since it is the easiest to find. If you place it at the bottom and still get the error, then my guess is that you are using STS. In that event, change the line require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'clean_html_comments.php'); to //require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'clean_html_comments.php'); Jack
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