BREADCRUMB nav trail
In our website menu bar there is always a link named
HOMEwhich links to
index.phpCurrently however, the default name for the Root Breadcrumb menu nav trail is also:
Home >>which links to
categories.phpSuggestion 1)Surely it makes more sense for the Root Breadcrumb menu entry to be named by default:
Categories >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
DYNAMIC CODE for categories.php root <title> and short <meta name="Description">
The default ECT installation does not allow us to enter any
Short and
Long Description for the "
Home Category"
We can however "
Check to make this category the product catalog root" (which replaces the Home Category) and then enter "
Categories" as the Name, some appropriate Description and Header details in there.
But for
categories.php search engine optimization, I have never been able to get PHP code to dynamically print the Root <title> I entered in the Admin Panel, or Root <meta name="Description">.
So as a workaround,
as your Help page describes here, we must resort to adding special parameters to
includes.php like:
$GLOBALS['rootcategorytitle']='The page title to appear on the main categories.php page (around 50-60 characters)';
$GLOBALS['rootcategorydescription']='The page meta description to appear on the main categories.php page (around 160 characters max)';Suggestion 2)Please make all this unnecessary.
Dump the "Home Category" from the original installation (which cannot be edited).
Make category (1) the Product Catalogue Root, name that "
Categories" which then appears as the top selection in Admin drop-down menus from which all other categories descend.
Users can then enter an appropriate "Short Description" (for SEO) and Root Category "Header Long Description" which would appear on
categories.phpProvide us with PHP / ASP code to dynamically generate the Root <title> and <meta name="Description"> code on
categories.php- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PRODUCTS.PHP and MANUFACTURERS.PHP
Suggestion 3)The situation is much the same for both those pages.
Please consider adding a section in the Admin Panel where we can enter an
$GLOBALS['allpagestitle'] and
$GLOBALS['allpagesdescription'] for those as well.
Hoping that makes sense?
Gary