Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
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Last Post: January 29, 2010 (RSS)
By (Deleted User) - January 28, 2010
I am having trouble understanding how to use CMSB to add meta information to a page.
Using CMSB to add Meta information to a "Single Editor" page seems straightforward. Simply add fields for Title, Meta Keword, and Meta Description to each editor and then call them using the method specified in other threads like this:
http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/gforum.cgi?post=66012;search_string=meta%20tags;t=search_engine#66012
However, how do you do it for pages whose content is generated by a "Multi Record Editor." Can I make a reference database within CMSB and then pull that data somehow?
Using CMSB to add Meta information to a "Single Editor" page seems straightforward. Simply add fields for Title, Meta Keword, and Meta Description to each editor and then call them using the method specified in other threads like this:
http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/gforum.cgi?post=66012;search_string=meta%20tags;t=search_engine#66012
However, how do you do it for pages whose content is generated by a "Multi Record Editor." Can I make a reference database within CMSB and then pull that data somehow?
Re: [cohagan] Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
Hi Cohagan,
The approach that I've used in the past to keep all of my site wide"Common Information" in one place is to create a single record editor called "common_information" with various meta information and other common information fields required throughout my site. Then I insert these fields in all of my single record and multi-record viewers as required.
At the top of my page I call the required tables like this:
Then I insert the appropriate meta information in the head of specific pages like this:
Hope that helps,
Jerry Kornbluth
The approach that I've used in the past to keep all of my site wide"Common Information" in one place is to create a single record editor called "common_information" with various meta information and other common information fields required throughout my site. Then I insert these fields in all of my single record and multi-record viewers as required.
At the top of my page I call the required tables like this:
<?php
require_once "/my_path_to/cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php";
list($tmy_multi_record_tableRecords, $tmy_multi_record_tableMetaData) = getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'my_multi_record_table',
));
list($common_informationRecords, $common_informationMetaData) = getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'common_information',
'limit' => '1',
));
$common_informationRecord = @$common_informationRecords[0]; // get first record
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Then I insert the appropriate meta information in the head of specific pages like this:
<META NAME="KeyWords" CONTENT="<?PHP echo $common_informationRecord['my_specific_page_meta_keywords']; ?>"> Hope that helps,
Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
By (Deleted User) - January 28, 2010
Hi Cohagan,
The approach that I've used in the past to keep all of my site wide"Common Information" in one place is to create a single record editor called "common_information" with various meta information and other common information fields required throughout my site.
Why a single record editor? Couldn't I use a multi record, each record named the same name as the page it was going to be used on? If I want to vary each pages meta data and title, with a single record editor don't I end up with a very long page of fields rather than a multi record editor which would give me a small manageable record with x fields for each page?
Re: [cohagan] Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
Hi Cohagan,
I think that you could on the detail pages, but on the list page you'd have to decide which record to pull your meta information from, and call only that record to display the meta tags.
Someone may have a more elegant solution, but that's my understanding.
Best,
Jerry
I think that you could on the detail pages, but on the list page you'd have to decide which record to pull your meta information from, and call only that record to display the meta tags.
Someone may have a more elegant solution, but that's my understanding.
Best,
Jerry
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Re: [gkornbluth] Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
By (Deleted User) - January 28, 2010
Nope I just don't grok why it is less straightforward.
UI wise...every page has a discrete record associated with it which is intuitively linked to its name instead of one long list. For larger sites I could see the single editor solution becoming quickly cumbersome.
Is it just more difficult code wise to pull the information from the DB? I guess I need more understanding of how DB's are queried.
Thank you for the solution using single record.
UI wise...every page has a discrete record associated with it which is intuitively linked to its name instead of one long list. For larger sites I could see the single editor solution becoming quickly cumbersome.
Is it just more difficult code wise to pull the information from the DB? I guess I need more understanding of how DB's are queried.
Thank you for the solution using single record.
Re: [cohagan] Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
By gkornbluth - January 28, 2010 - edited: January 28, 2010
Hi Cohagan,
Here's how it works.
Basically, when you access a list page viewer the foreach loop on the page loops over all the records in the table and displays the selected fields (the ones you coded into your list page viewer and wanted to be shown) from every record.
Yes, you can in fact filter the records whose fields will be displayed. However, in the case of meta data you would have to decide exactly which record contained the data that you wanted to display and then create a separate foreach loop to display only the meta data field(s) from that record in the head section of your page.
When you call up a detail page from a link on a list page, you are specifying exactly which record you want to display since the record number is automatically attached to the end of the detail page URL and filters the results for you.
So, on a detail page you'll only see information from a single record and then, yes, you could use the meta data from that record in the head of that page.
Hope that clarifies it a bit.
Best,
Jerry Kornbluth
Here's how it works.
Basically, when you access a list page viewer the foreach loop on the page loops over all the records in the table and displays the selected fields (the ones you coded into your list page viewer and wanted to be shown) from every record.
Yes, you can in fact filter the records whose fields will be displayed. However, in the case of meta data you would have to decide exactly which record contained the data that you wanted to display and then create a separate foreach loop to display only the meta data field(s) from that record in the head section of your page.
When you call up a detail page from a link on a list page, you are specifying exactly which record you want to display since the record number is automatically attached to the end of the detail page URL and filters the results for you.
So, on a detail page you'll only see information from a single record and then, yes, you could use the meta data from that record in the head of that page.
Hope that clarifies it a bit.
Best,
Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Generating Meta Information USing CMSB
By Chris - January 29, 2010
Hi cohagen,
We're currently exploring ways to make this really easy for people. In the meantime, the approach I've found simplest is to use a separate Single Record section for each list viewer page, having fields like "content_blurb" and "page_title". If this would mean too many sections, you could try a Multi Record approach, certaintly. You'd simply need to add some code to the top of your viewers to load in the appropriate record. Something like this, perhaps:
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Why a single record editor? Couldn't I use a multi record, each record named the same name as the page it was going to be used on? If I want to vary each pages meta data and title, with a single record editor don't I end up with a very long page of fields rather than a multi record editor which would give me a small manageable record with x fields for each page?
We're currently exploring ways to make this really easy for people. In the meantime, the approach I've found simplest is to use a separate Single Record section for each list viewer page, having fields like "content_blurb" and "page_title". If this would mean too many sections, you could try a Multi Record approach, certaintly. You'd simply need to add some code to the top of your viewers to load in the appropriate record. Something like this, perhaps:
list($page_meta_dataRecords, ) = getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'page_meta_data',
'allowSearch' => false,
'where' => "page = 'example.php'"
));
$page_meta_dataRecord = $page_meta_dataRecords[0];I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.
All the best,
Chris
Chris