Show category in the browser title

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1. 

   Victorross
   Member

   I want to show the category from the post in the title of the browser, i know i have to edit header.php line 6, it looks like this:
   

   <title><?php wp_title('«', true, 'right'); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?></title>

   I dont know how to put the category name, i try with
   

   <?php the_category(', ') ?>

   But it show the
   

   <a href="........">.........</a>

   Remember i only choose ONE category per each post, so it is not difficult to show the name.
   Wait for replay!

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello Victorross,

   See here, http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_title,

   You can try using single_cat_title() but I am not sure if it will work for you as I think it needs to be used inside a loop. You could also try using this, http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_category, and set an ID right before like this,

   <?php the_post; get_the_category(); $category = get_the_category($post->ID); echo $category[0]->cat_name;?>

   Though I'm not sure if that will work for you either. Anyways, this is bordering custom work so if you are having trouble then it would be best to hire a freelancer to get this taken care of for you Victorross.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Victorross
   Member

   Hi Elliott! Thanks for the replay, great support!
   Now i want to ask you something else, i use the second options and it works, if you look at http://www.portalcorrientes.com/2011/02/05/sabado-5-10/
   The title is "Mizza - Sabado 5 < Portal Corrientes"
   Where "Mizza" is the category, "Sabado 5 < Portal Corrientes" the post title and web name.
   But when i go to the ARCHIVES, for example:
   http://www.portalcorrientes.com/category/categorias/restaurantes/mizza/
   The title is "Mizza - Mizza < Portal Corrientes"
   Is there any way to clean the TITLE for the arcivhe.php, i mean, where do the <?php wp_title('«', true, 'right'); ?> take from the second "Mizza" (the category name) so i would like to leave the
   

   <?php the_post; get_the_category(); $category = get_the_category($post->ID); echo $category[0]->cat_name;?>

   And then if you go to the archives pages the <?php wp_title('«', true, 'right'); ?> only shows the web name.
   By this way i will be eliminating the archives title, and let only for the archives the web name as title.

   I hope you can understand me.
   Please look at all my posts in the forum and consider that most of them i have get the solution by my self and of course share it with all the users!
   Thanks a lot!

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Elliott
   Support

   You can try placing a wp_reset_query(); right before the_post; but you will probably have to resort to checking if the page is an archive page like so,

   <?php if (is_archive()) { archive title code } else { regular title code } ?>

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Victorross
   Member

   Hi Elliott! I put this code:
   

   <?php if (is_archive()) {?>
   <?php wp_title('&laquo;', true, 'right'); bloginfo('name'); ?>
   <?php } else {?>
   <?php wp_reset_query(); the_post; get_the_category(); $category = get_the_category($post->ID); echo $category[0]->cat_name; wp_title('&laquo;', true, 'right'); bloginfo('name');}?>

   But for some reason i get the CATEGORY name in the HOME PAGE for example.
   Is the wp_reset_query well done?
   Thanks for the support!

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello Victorross,

   When I am viewing your homepage this is the title that I am getting,

   <title>TipicoPortalCorrientes.com</title>

   And on your other pages the title looks something like this,

   <title>Coronel Carreta « PortalCorrientes.com</title>

   That is what you are wanting correct?

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   Victorross
   Member

   Hi Elliot!
   1) In the homepage title have to be: PortalCorrientes.com
   2) In a post title have to be: (really post title) << (category for the post) << PortalCorrientes.com ... or it can be (category for the post) << (really post title) << PortalCorrientes.com (i just change the order)
   2) In the categories pages title have to be: (category) << PortalCorrientes.com

   So, the last post i do is "Dom 10" on category "Tipico"

   1- If you go to the last post: http://www.portalcorrientes.com/2011/04/10/dom-10-13/
   2- You get TipicoDom 10 << PortalCorrientes.com

   1- If you go to the category: http://www.portalcorrientes.com/category/categorias/restaurantes/tipico/
   2- It is ok you get: Tipicio << PortalCorrientes.com

   1- If you go to the home: http://www.portalcorrientes.com/
   2- You get: TipicioPortalCorrientes.com it is not ok

   So i want to get right the Tipico << Dom 10 << PortalCorrientes.com for the post title
   And in the homepage just PortalCorrientes.com

   Can this be done? Can you help me to get it?

   Hope you understand me :D

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   Ruderic
   Support

   Hello,

   Have you tried a SEO plugin like "Yoast SEO". They generally include user interfaces for this kind of tasks.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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