How to index only part of page <title>?

visioneer · 08-22-2004, 05:58 PM

How can I only index part of the page titles. I have the same beginning text one all pages. I don't want to index that part of the title. Can I exclude a string from indexing so that it won't index that part of the page titles. Perhaps I should use a meta tag for the page title. Also in connection with this, when I previously tried using the  tag to exclude the <title> from indexing it resulted in search results with no title text at all. So if I were to exclude the <title> when indexing how to I make the results show a page title?

This is the site I'm working with:
http://www.clba.org

Charter · 08-24-2004, 08:03 PM

Hi. Search for $title = trim($regs[1]); in robot_functions.php and then substr or str_replace it.

visioneer · 08-24-2004, 09:43 PM

Thanks but that only really removed the title text that is stored after a page has been indexed. The full title is already indexed prior to that function.

Charter · 08-24-2004, 10:00 PM

Did you try a reindex? If you don't want to reindex, you'll need to edit the first_words column of the spider table to remove a portion of the title.

visioneer · 08-24-2004, 10:24 PM

Yes, that was after the reindex. What seemed to work was placing the following:

Code:

//replace site-wide title text
$text = str_replace("Church of the Lutheran Brethren : ","",$text);
//replace common site-wide text
$text = str_replace("Church of the Lutheran Brethren","",$text);

08-22-2004, 05:58 PM	#1
visioneer Green Mole Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4	How to index only part of page <title>? How can I only index part of the page titles. I have the same beginning text one all pages. I don't want to index that part of the title. Can I exclude a string from indexing so that it won't index that part of the page titles. Perhaps I should use a meta tag for the page title. Also in connection with this, when I previously tried using the <!-- php Exclude --> tag to exclude the <title> from indexing it resulted in search results with no title text at all. So if I were to exclude the <title> when indexing how to I make the results show a page title? This is the site I'm working with: http://www.clba.org

08-24-2004, 08:03 PM	#2
Charter Head Mole Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,539	Hi. Search for $title = trim($regs[1]); in robot_functions.php and then substr or str_replace it. __________________ Responses are offered on a voluntary if/as time is available basis, no guarantees. Double posting or bumping threads will not get your question answered any faster. No support via PM or email, responses not guaranteed. Thank you for your comprehension.

08-24-2004, 09:43 PM	#3
visioneer Green Mole Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4	Not Quite It... Thanks but that only really removed the title text that is stored after a page has been indexed. The full title is already indexed prior to that function.

08-24-2004, 10:00 PM	#4
Charter Head Mole Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,539	Did you try a reindex? If you don't want to reindex, you'll need to edit the first_words column of the spider table to remove a portion of the title. __________________ Responses are offered on a voluntary if/as time is available basis, no guarantees. Double posting or bumping threads will not get your question answered any faster. No support via PM or email, responses not guaranteed. Thank you for your comprehension.

08-24-2004, 10:24 PM	#5
visioneer Green Mole Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4	Yes, that was after the reindex. What seemed to work was placing the following: Code: //replace site-wide title text $text = str_replace("Church of the Lutheran Brethren : ","",$text); //replace common site-wide text $text = str_replace("Church of the Lutheran Brethren","",$text);

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