Add Title variable

[Dragosvr92]

Hello,

In my opinion the variables that generate the title are too long.
This is the original line from the RC2:

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<title>{SITENAME} &bull; <!-- IF S_IN_MCP -->{L_MCP} &bull; <!-- ELSEIF S_IN_UCP -->{L_UCP} &bull; <!-- ENDIF -->{PAGE_TITLE}</title> 

I think all this should be better placed in a PHP file, and use something like this:

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<title>{FORUM_TITLE}</title>

Or, we could add the first line of code i posted into a javascript var and output it as FORUM_TITLE

[ecwpa]

I believe this was requested and approved, see this thread. Not sure about the IF condition for MCP.

[Dragosvr92]

I dont think it is the same thing that i request.
I am requesting this because i want the title variable to be simpe and easy. It should be configurated from other places.. JS or PHP.
If you want to output the title somewhere you will have to place all those template statements etc again.. Would be alot prettyer to add a single variable that outputs the title

[Arty]

There is such variable: {PAGE_TITLE}
Other parts of default title are optional

[callumacrae]

There is such variable: {PAGE_TITLE}
Other parts of default title are optional

On my mobile skin, I don't use the full title. Having it longer allows more flexibility for the style author.

[Dragosvr92]

There is such variable: {PAGE_TITLE}
Other parts of default title are optional

On my mobile skin, I don't use the full title. Having it longer allows more flexibility for the style author.

And to do that i guess that you have alot of IF Statements inside the HTML Title tag.
Wouldnt it look prettier if you could configure the title from a other place other than overall_header.html, and have just <title>{FORUM_TITLE}</title>, which will output all the titles, forum title, page title etc... ?

[imkingdavid]

Ultimately, I don't see the real benefit other than personal preference. IMO, having the structure of the title in the HTML is better than moving it into page_header(), since I'd think most users would expect to find structure in the HTML rather than the PHP. Ultimately, I think it's best in most situations to use PHP to grab the data and inject it into the template for structure and format than to do all of the work on the PHP side.

[Dragosvr92]

What if we add the html if statements in a javascript variable and we output it into the title tag?

[callumacrae]

What if we add the html if statements in a javascript variable and we output it into the title tag?

That sounds entirely pointless and horrifically unclean

[DavidIQ]

So users with JavaScript disabled don't get a page title?