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[SOLVED] How to input title tag metadata

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BigMoose

Community Member, 19 Posts

23 February 2014 at 4:21pm

Edited: 23/02/2014 4:33pm

I'm new to Silverstripe 3.x, but had made a website previously on 2.x. Before, in the cms, under the metadata tab there existed a field which I could fill in with the page title, which would then get used for the <title> tags within the page's <head>, so that it would appear at the top of the users browser. I believe this was setting a value for $MetaTitle.

With 3.x, under the metadata tab, I only get options for Meta Description, and Custom Meta Tags. Is there a way to add the field again for $MetaTitle?

thomas.paulson

Community Member, 107 Posts

23 February 2014 at 5:21pm

<?php

class Page extends SiteTree {

private static $db = array(
'MetaTitle' => 'Text'
);

private static $has_one = array(
);

public function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', new TextField('MetaTitle'), 'Content');
return $fields;
}

}

Do dev/buill after you edit the mysite/code/Page.php?

BigMoose

Community Member, 19 Posts

24 February 2014 at 4:41pm

Okay, I figured I would need to edit the page.php file like this. Wasn't sure if there was some way to add the field back in through the config.php file.

None the less, I did the following:

<?php
class Page extends SiteTree {

	// Adding the $MetaTitle variable back into SS3.
	private static $db = array(
    'MetaTitle' => 'Text'
	);

	private static $has_one = array(
	);
	
	public function getCMSFields() {
        $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
        $fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main.Metadata', new TextField('MetaTitle', $title = 'Meta Title'), $above = 'MetaDescription');
    return $fields; 
    }

}

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