Change Page Title for Events

[capacitycanada]

Hi there,

It seems that the page title for the Events page as well as an individual Event page isn’t being set properly in our theme.

Is there something in the config I can change for this?

Cheers,
Shub

[George]

Hey Shub,

Sorry to hear this! Can you elaborate a bit more an exactly what is happening? When you say “page title”, for example, do you mean the <title&gt: HTML tag for the page? Or do you mean a heading title in the page content itself?

Finally, for now, why do you suspect your theme is the source of this? Have you tested other themes, for example? Or is the “page title” you refer to something that is provided by the theme itself, which works on all other pages but not on events pages?

Apologies for the lack of understanding on my part, just curious for more information because I want to make sure I help fix the right problem! 🙂

Cheers,
George

[capacitycanada]

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[George]

Thank you for elaborating on this Shub! And for the screenshots.

Unfortunately, your CSS temporary fix is a great idea and something I would basically recommend doing here. The problem is that the page title element there is coming from your theme, and since the Events pages are often not real pages but feeds of events, that will not be populated.

You could keep using your CSS fix, which I would recommend, or you could take a closer look at the template files of your theme itself and see where that H1 title tag is being generated. You may be able to modify that but unfortunately, the best options here are either this or using a CSS fix like you are currently using 🙁

I’m really sorry to disappoint!

[capacitycanada]

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[George]

Hey Shub,

You can indeed modify the events feed using the principles outlined in our Themer’s Guide here → https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/themers-guide/

There is unfortunately not a shortcode.

However, despite this, I just wanted to address your claim that this is terrible for SEO – that is not true. First, there is already the h2 on the page that says “Upcoming Events”, and the actual page title, whose HTML I screenshotted here for reference → https://cloudup.com/c0YHLIdPE-a

The impact on “SEO” of that extra h1 being hard coded in the page is negligible at worst, and most likely just non-existent. It will not impact your rating for that H1 to not be indexed, especially with Google.com and their complex, nuanced algorithms that aren’t made or broken by elements like this.

No effort to be rude or snarky is being made here! I’m just trying assuage the fear that this missing h1 will impact your site’s rankings. It will not.

If it’s still a big concern for you, the Themer’s Guide I shared above should be of much use to you – it outlines how to make custom templates for calendar views and such, and you be able to use those principles to concoct a hard-coded solution here.

Cheers,
George

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• This reply was modified 10 years, 8 months ago by capacitycanada.

[George]

Not offensive at all Shub, no worries! It’s a valid thing to be worried about, for sure. Fortunately, the rest of your site’s titles for “Upcoming Events” should carry the weight just fine.

Thanks for your patience with this issue and the kind words throughout. I’ll close up this thread, but if any other questions or issues arise just open a new thread at any time!

Cheers,
George

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