jdevalk
commented
10 years ago 1) is not a forgone conclusion, it's how WordPress works.
2) you can, at that point, on that individual page change them just fine.
Closed rossb closed 10 years ago
jdevalk
commented
10 years ago 1) is not a forgone conclusion, it's how WordPress works.
2) you can, at that point, on that individual page change them just fine.
I have ran into the following issues which make it impossible for me to have full control over the home page page title while using the plugin.
The design for my site requires the home page has no pagination. It is not actually a static page, it shows the most recent posts, but there is no pagination going back to older posts (these are accessed through an archive elsewhere on the site as a design choice).
By default the plugin adds tags to the head pointing to (in my case non-existent) page 2, etc unless I tell WordPress to use a static page. This is problem 1.
To fix, I rejigged my theme so I can tell WordPress I'm using a static page, and avoid the plugin adding references to non-existent pages.
Problem 2 – now that the home page is a static page, the plugin forces me to use the general "page title" settings for the home page. So I have to choose between:
1) customising the site-wide title settings for all pages to suit the home page. This is bad for the other pages across my site, but good for my home page.
2) making a compromise where page titles are "good enough" for the home page (includes site description with major keywords), and "good enough" for other pages (includes page title). This isn't really good for either home page or site pages.
It's quite a frustrating position to be stuck in, as complete control over page titles, and especially being able to customise the home page title to exactly what I want, is something I see as important.
My suggestion is to:
1) Have an option to allow users to disable tags referencing "page 2" on the home page for sites that don't use static pages for the home page. The current assumption that all sites that don't use static pages use post pagination shouldn't be made by the plugin -- it's a common design pattern, not a forgone conclusion.
2) When a site is set to use static pages, the home page title should still be fully customisable. Just because a user has the home page set to a static page doesn't mean they want to show the same page title on the home page as they do for other pages.
Thanks for your consideration,
Ross