Forum Activity for @soaringeagle

soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
05/24/18 08:15:27AM
3,304 posts

search engines and system names | what now seems to be ignored
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there seems to have been updates to how title tags are handled, at least by the big 3 search engines (google bing yahoo)

this may get a bit confusing, because you may see unpredictable results when you make changes.

lets take a hypothetical example:
index page has following title tag
<title>my cool page | my very cool site</title>
my cool page is the page title my very cool site system name.

a month ago your site would e listed in each search engine with title

my cool page | my very cool site

not so anymore. now this is where things get confusing.
change either element, and you get an unpredictable result

your listing will show only the page title, or the system name, but not both.
to make matters more confusing, these will switch back and forth several times, sometimes showing only system name or only page title. then eventually settle down to only show page title.

the | divide between the 2 title elements seem to now be interpreted as an "or" as in use this, or that. and search engines then have to figure out which to use.

it is unclear to me at this time what effect this has on seo. if part that is no longer listed is even taken into consideration or not.

It may be simply aesthetics now that many sites just use the domain as the system name portion? it did seem all 3 engines began adopting this practice around the same timeframe.. within weeks of eachother.

at the very least, it changes how the total title is displayed in listings. so this might be something to consider when choosing page titles and system names.
oddly, at least on the index page facebook seems to favor the system name longer. but that too only displays 1 not the other. and also switches between the 2 if 1 or the other is changed

updated by @soaringeagle: 08/24/18 07:21:24AM
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
05/19/18 10:52:35PM
3,304 posts

500 errors after updating modules
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when i update anything lately it goes to a validate link like
https://www.dreadlockssite.com/marketplace/validate_modules/jrDeveloper
but, that always gives a 500 error for last couple weeks i guess
updated by @soaringeagle: 08/24/18 06:25:42AM
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/22/18 10:14:11AM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
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ok that makes sense

now just need some trickery to have them not show up when included in the if user logged in, but instead just show up logged in or not. now that its working again i'll have to override it so it doesn;t show with the normal questions, but instead under them logged in or not

busy getting the gliders ready to fly today though
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/21/18 08:50:58AM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
Using Jamroom

ok
i believe i have it debugged and figured out (wihout an ultimate solution)

for some reason if the form question display is set to anything but group normal users, it doesnt show

the item.group i think was imported with the ning questions but, without any way to change it.

i'm fairly certain it might be a bug..
or
simply an omission of any way to change the item.group
updated by @soaringeagle: 04/21/18 08:56:42AM
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/21/18 08:35:56AM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
Using Jamroom

removed this
   {if
        $item.group  == 'visitor' ||
        ($item.group == 'user' && jrUser_is_logged_in()) ||
        ($item.group == 'power' && isset($_user.quota_jrUser_power_user) && $_user.quota_jrUser_power_user == 'on') ||
        ($item.group == 'admin' && jrUser_is_admin()) ||
        ($item.group == 'master' && jrUser_is_master()) ||
        (jrCore_checktype($item.group, 'number_nz') && $item.group == $_user.profile_quota_id)
        }
now i see the 2 missing questions when logged in
but i am betting the ones that only admins should see are now seen by all


item group == visitor || is logged in
wheres the item group set. this is whas wrong i think? if im following this logic right.
i believe, the questions and answers have to be added to a group, thats visible to .. visitors, online, or, admins

its that item group setting tht seems to have en lost somehow, and after changing the form settings, somehow they no longer are in the right group? maybe not in any group?

at least i see them now when logged in i was worried it might be a db indexing issue and those questions werent bein indexed corrctly (i just couldnt understand what else might cause it)

the ning importer hasnt been updated recently was it?
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/21/18 08:09:44AM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
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how do i then target those 2 specific questions since those 2 are the only ones not showing?
in the new template in skin id want the original code block
then added to that a smarty call to those 2 specific questions, outside of any nested ifs...right?
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/20/18 10:17:19PM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
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michael:
Looks like you're going to need to copy the smarty function to get just what you need if you need to refine the results.

Docs: "Defining your own smarty function"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/module-developer-guide/1569/defining-your-own-smarty-function

@michael ok, i was following that along, but then became totaly lost as to how it would be used as i think you intended it.
i created a module

but then im not sure where you grabbed that code block from
then .. well you were creating the smarty function to work within that module

oh wait, i need to create the smarty function within the profile sidebar template?

no in the ning signup questions?
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/13/18 09:53:03PM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
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let me try removing the original if that checks online and skin
its sooo weird though that it was just those 2 that stopped displaying
those i changed the question in form display settings on

i know its unlikely but could there be a bug in there in ningimport maybe?
the behaviors just..odd
soaringeagle
@soaringeagle
04/13/18 08:25:43PM
3,304 posts

profile custom feilds quota issues (opposite expected behavior)
Using Jamroom

hmmm ok thnx
but
why did they vanish while logged in?
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