Alias redirect and meta data

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Total posts: 914
30 Jun 2015 13:42

Hello,

on some occasions I had issues (not related only to Cobalt) where user decided to change alias of article. This normally ends up with 404 error when searching through search engines if you don't do redirects. That's why I have this proposal.

Joomla has built in redirect component. It would be great if there were this steps when changing alias.

Tick checkbox of you want to change alias.
Alias input field becomes editable.
Below alias field there is checkbox button "Create redirect" from new alias to old one.
If you tick "Create redirect" after article save it will create redirection in joomla redirect copmonent.

Another thing when looking through user created articles is lazyness of not entering metadata. So I'm thinking it would be nice to have configuration parameters where you can auto add meta data. Something like:

-create meta title from record title, field value etc. -create meta description from introtext (limit to X characters, X words,...) -create meta description from full text (limit to X characters, X words,...) -create meta keywords from category title, tags, field value etc.

Can this be achieved? Does it make any sense?

Last Modified: 10 Jul 2015

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
02 Jul 2015 17:11

I think some of it may be achieved. Automatic redirection is good idea. But automatic metadata is complicated. Everyone has it's own understanding how it should be generated.

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pepperstreet VIP

Total posts: 3,837
02 Jul 2015 23:22

klox7 auto add meta data

Just some related infos and helpful extensions:

ITP Meta (pro version has additional Cobalt support)
SEO Boss pro (Autogenerate MetaDesc., Cobalt support)
MijoSEF + Cobalt plugin (besides regular SEF feature, auto-metatag generation)

MioSEO by MioJoomla (manual mass creation, site/product is not available!?)
iSEO by iJoomla (had support for ME Resources, have asked for Cobalt but they need more users' requests to support it.)

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klox7

Total posts: 914
03 Jul 2015 09:19

For now I'm already using custom record template with $this->document->setTitle, $this->document->setMetaData and $this->document->setMetaData. That way I don't have to use additional extension and learn it. And I can easily add data in it. I know every user wants to generate meta data differently but some options would be nice.

In other words, maybe we could add this to documentation. But if you do so please go through it to check for mistakes.

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
07 Jul 2015 16:14