Custom Title - Support

[Carlos]

There's an issue with News Manager (updated) 3.0 and up, see here:
http://get-simple.info/forums/showthread...1#pid52121
(This happens because get_custom_title_tag() uses global $data_index instead of global $title.)

[jwzumwalt]

Hello,
Due to a request I've created a custom title plugin.

FYI - I just tried to use this plugin with 3.3.7 and it deletes backslashes "\" from text.
To duplicate this problem...

Open a new page and type \\\\\\\\\  then save it twice.
Each time you save, 1/2 of the slashes will be deleted!
Eventually all the slashes will be deleted.

[TeeJay]

What would you ever use a backslash in the title for?
I'm not defending the fact it doesn't work properly but I think that no one really cares, it's been years and no one had noticed until now.

[jwzumwalt]

What would you ever use a backslash in the title for?
I'm not defending the fact it doesn't work properly but I think that no one really cares, it's been years and no one had noticed until now.

It removes backslashes from ANY TEXT - not the title.

The instructions given in my previous message was just a quick way to confirm the issue...

My site is for micro-controller programs and the "C" language (Unix uses lots of back slashes in scripts) uses \r\n as a escape sequence to hard code line ends, newline, and other special characters. In addition technical programs often use text pictures in the program to denote wave forms etc. A programmer would run into this. This glitch ruins the program listing.

This is an example of a UNIX regex expression that separates text at word boundaries:

Code:

(?<=\W)(?=\w)|(?<=\w)

     example wave form
        ________
       /               \ | end of data
___/                 \|_____  

[Carlos]

Looks like this plugin doesn't work well on servers with magic quotes enabled.

Until there's a fix, a workaround would be disabling them in your site, by adding this to the beginning of your root .htaccess file:

Code:

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off

I suggest you make a backup of your site first, just in case. And then check if everything works ok by editing and saving some pages.

[jwzumwalt]

Looks like this plugin doesn't work well on servers with magic quotes enabled.

Until there's a fix, a workaround would be disabling them in your site, by adding this to the beginning of your root .htaccess file:

Code:

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off

I suggest you make a backup of your site first, just in case. And then check if everything works ok by editing and saving some pages.

Thanks for the help!
I decided I can live without the plugin but wanted to document it for someone else that may have the problem. It took me two days to figure out what the problem was - I kept thinking that Ckedit was doing something

[horei]

Hello,
Custom Title seems to be a good feature but because i am not a pro there are problems to understand the short existing installation procedure. Can you give me a little assistance + step by step instruction where 1st: to put the variable and 2nd : where to place the new modified title. I will modify the name/title of the website only to be the same on all pages.
Thanks for help.


Hello,
Due to a request I've created a custom title plugin.
This plugin allows you to change the default title tag, you can use the following variables: %sitename% Name of the website (as defined in GetSimple setup) %pagetitle% Title of the current page (as defined in the editor - the one display in the page body) %parenttitle% Title of the parent's page %menutitle% Title of the current page's menu item (if it has one)
You can also define custom title tags for a specific page (overriding the site default) in the editor options -> Custom title tag (empty for default)

Usage:
Go to the Plugins page, then click on the Custom Title Settings Link. Here you can set a sitewide title (default) which is used when no specific title is set for a page.
To define a title tag for a specific page, go to the Page overview, then open the More Options menu and change the Custom title tag (empty for default).

You can use the following variables:
%sitename% Name of the website (as defined in GetSimple setup)
%pagetitle% Title of the current page (as defined in the editor - the one display in the page body)
%parenttitle% Title of the parent's page
%menutitle% Title of the current page's menu item (if it has one)

Changelog:
Version 1.3

• Fixed bud which allowed html code in title tag, which could cause unexpected behavior
  
• Fixed issue which escaped quotes with a lot of backslashes on systems where magic_quotes are enabled
  
• Added support for special characters
  

Version 1.2

• Fixed styling issue with the custom title input form in page settings
  
• Fixed issue in the options page of the plugin
  

Version 1.1

• Fixed that you couldn't set custom title for any page
  

Version 1.0

• First Version
  

Detailed installation instructions you can find on the plugin page:
Plugin Link – Download

[Timbow]

The plugin doesn't set the website name. It allows you to write an html title ( eg between the <title> tags in the html <head> section ) for each page of your site.

When the plugin is working you will see a Custom Title box in Page Options and you just write in what you want. You don't need to use the %things% .

[ePirat]

I've just released a new version (1.4) that hopefully fixes some of the slash removal issues when magic quotes are enabled that some users were experiencing.

[Carlos]

Nice to see you're still maintaining this plugin.

I found a small issue: the custom title input is not displayed as expected because of a typo: <lable> instead of <label>

[ePirat]

Nice to see you're still maintaining this plugin.

I found a small issue: the custom title input is not displayed as expected because of a typo: <lable> instead of <label>

Thanks a lot for reporting that, I've updated the plugin to fix that. Let me know if you find other issues, especially related to using it together with the News Manager plugin.

[Carlos]

Yeah, I have to check that. As soon as I do I'll tell you if I find any issues.

Check the plugin description in Extend - you have not enclosed some code between `...` and is not being displayed.

[ePirat]

Yeah, I have to check that. As soon as I do I'll tell you if I find any issues.

Check the plugin description in Extend - you have not enclosed some code between `...` and is not being displayed.

Thanks! Fixed that.

[Carlos]

I've just done some quick tests and it seems it works fine with latest News Manager versions.

Another small issue: with debug mode enabled you get this:

Code:

<title><br />
<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined variable: parent_title in <b>[...]\plugins\custom_title.php</b> on line <b>111</b>

Do you have a github repo?

I see you corrected the description in Extend, but you should remove <code> and </code> tags, or else use Markdown's ``` (instead of ` as I suggested)

[gs-gary]

I have tested your plugin V 1.5.
Apparently the Multilanguage Plugin I18N (3.3.1) is not supported.
The custom-title does not switch to the selected language.
The old version 1.3 worked perfectly.

[linden]

I have tested your plugin V 1.5.
Apparently  the Multilanguage Plugin I18N (3.3.1) is not supported.
The custom-title does not switch to the selected language.
The old version 1.3 worked perfectly.

Would also be really happy if this would work. I get the same scenario as above. V1.3 works but not V1.5. Great plugin otherwise.

[datiswous]

Do you have a github repo?

https://github.com/ePirat/CustomTitlePlugin