Page title order

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hi

i was using the standard "PageTitle" variable until i was asked to change the order (so that company name is last rather than first). so i used the code in the aug, that worked fine - accept now it overwrites the value in pagesettings pagetitle field.

ideally i want something that uses a value if set, then reverts to "product/section name, company name" if its not - in other words - change the order of the default "PageTitle" variable.

any answers, ideas, guesses are appreciated =)

[Rich Brady]

Justin, as a web designer I assume you pretty clued up on html, so your issue is probably understanding Actinic's Layouts, Variables and Blocks, would I be right?

I'm not sure which bit of the AUG you've used, but if you wrap a block around the code you've used and use a condition like Page Title is Empty (Lay mans terms) than you should be able to get what you want.

Have a read of Gabes blockif tutorials on the forum, it will give you an idea of what's possible.

[pinbrook]

try this...

http://community.actinic.com/showpos...6&postcount=35

there is another thread somewhere that creates titles for all pagetypes but i cant find it at the mo

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Cheers guys!

pinbrook, that is spot on!

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im still struggling a bit actually - but i'll post to the other thread

[pinbrook]

best to keep to the same thread - if its thesame topic - so we know the history

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yeah true.

my problem can be narrowed down to:

it'd like the pagetitle code to be something like:

if 'pagetitle' field in page settings has a value, then use it, otherwise use 'name, company name'.

[Chunkford]

Try this for the brochure pages

    <actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageTitle%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22BrochureName%22%20%2f%3e" >
        <title><actinic:variable name="PageTitle" /></title>
    </actinic:block>
    <actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageTitle%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22BrochureName%22%20%2f%3e" >
        <title><actinic:variable name="BrochureName" />, <actinic:variable name="CompanyName" /></title>
    </actinic:block>

Haven't thought about the catalog pages tho.

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Cheers Paul.

So does anyone know what we can use something to sniff out whether a pagetitle field is null?

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*bump* *bump*

[leehack]

So does anyone know what we can use something to sniff out whether a pagetitle field is null?

Do an export and sort the column that holds that data, all blanks will sit together then. Failing that, select each section and just use your mince pies.

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cheers lee, sorry i mean by using an if block when populating the page

<title></title>

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im struggling a lot with the default Pagetitle variable and overwriting the order in which it echos.

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in the end - im using 'Pagetitle' actinic variable and manually overwriting every products pagetitle so that the company name is at the end. [ballache]

[Mark H]

Couldn't you create an Excel spreadsheet with that variable as a header together with product references and product titles and use something like CONCATENATE to really speed things up. Then import the spreadsheet as flat file or dynamically link to it?

[Mark H]

Just had a look - pagetitle is available on the list of fields which can be flat file imported, but not dynamically linked, however the former is probably the best option in this instance anyway.