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BP Page Title Errors in WP Twenty Fifteen Theme


  • wadsworth4
    Participant

    @wadsworth4

    Hey there. BP page titles are not loading correctly in tests here in the WP Twenty Fifteen theme. For example, activity page title output is Site-Wide Activity | – and then nothing.

    Reading past support topics, I’ve only seen title error workarounds from four years ago and advice to tell themes to make changes. We are not using any title changing plugins.

    Anyone else having this error? Did you find a solution?

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  • danbp
    Moderator

    @danbp

    I guess it’s not an error, but intended so.

    Twenty Thirteen title on activity page:
    your-site/activites/ activity | site name

    Twenty Fifteen:
    your-site/activites/ activities |

    If on a user, profile the page title is the username – which is correct in regards of the h1 on that page: the username !

    On previous Twenty themes, the title was username|blogname, not wrong but incorrect in regards of HTML spec. A page title should contain reference to a document. A blogname is not a document ! HTML5 title element.

    <title> in this new theme is based on <h1>, without additionnal noise such as the blogname everywhere.

    Did you also noticed that 2015’s header doesn’t contain wp_title() ?

    For more about this new usage, see this ticket (nacin, yoast, boone,…)

    The only thing i would change, is removing the pipe when an item comes alone or replacing it by a space. 😉


    wadsworth4
    Participant

    @wadsworth4

    Thank you for your reply and for the link. Good to know it is not just our system. To date, Buddypress is the only plugin we have tested that fails to provide a useful title (traditionally, Page | Site ).

    I disagree with the point, however, that only a page should be cited in a page title. Just as with a book, a page is only part of a site. The name of just a page is fairly useless in bookmarking, just as with with a book. We may know we left off at page 123, but without knowing which book, it is not very helpful. 😉

    A quick web search pulls up instances (including CUNY) of the Buddypress title problem of “Site Directory Directory,” as well, which makes one wonder if BP could leave title control to WP somehow.

    Thanks again for taking time out for the informative feedback, albeit disappointing.


    danbp
    Moderator

    @danbp

    On how it’s used for 2015, it’s not the name of a page, it the name of a document. And a document is a page content.

    Feel free to use another theme. 😉


    @mercime
    Keymaster

    @mercime


    wadsworth4
    Participant

    @wadsworth4

    Brilliant! Thanks, @mercime.

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