Thread: Re: [DOCS] HTML Page titles in HTML version?
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 17:54, Jay Levitt <jay.levitt@gmail.com> wrote: > I frequently find myself with multiple tabs open to the docs site, all > titled "PosgreSQL: Documentation". Does the new site back-end make it easy > to add a meaningful <TITLE> tag, or would that take a mass commit to the > core docs? Actually, it *has* the information in the title. E.g. "PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: Queries". It's just too long. Maybe we need to reverse the elements in the title? But I don't think it's limited to docs - don't you have the same problem with all other pages? They all start with "PostgreSQL:" - perhaps that should be changed to instead suffix them with "- PostgreSQL"? (moving to -www since it affects the whole site) -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 17:54, Jay Levitt<jay.levitt@gmail.com> wrote: >> I frequently find myself with multiple tabs open to the docs site, all >> titled "PosgreSQL: Documentation". Does the new site back-end make it easy >> to add a meaningful<TITLE> tag, or would that take a mass commit to the >> core docs? > > Actually, it *has* the information in the title. E.g. "PostgreSQL: > Documentation: Manuals: Queries". It's just too long. > > Maybe we need to reverse the elements in the title? > > But I don't think it's limited to docs - don't you have the same > problem with all other pages? They all start with "PostgreSQL:" - > perhaps that should be changed to instead suffix them with "- > PostgreSQL"? Yeah, in general it's best practice to post the most specific part of the title first, so that short tabs will still show the relevant info. Also used to help with SEO; not sure if it still does, but it might explain why you don't always get the right page when doing a Google search. Jay
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 22:20, Jay Levitt <jay.levitt@gmail.com> wrote: > Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 17:54, Jay Levitt<jay.levitt@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I frequently find myself with multiple tabs open to the docs site, all >>> titled "PosgreSQL: Documentation". Does the new site back-end make it >>> easy >>> to add a meaningful<TITLE> tag, or would that take a mass commit to the >>> core docs? >> >> >> Actually, it *has* the information in the title. E.g. "PostgreSQL: >> Documentation: Manuals: Queries". It's just too long. >> >> Maybe we need to reverse the elements in the title? >> >> But I don't think it's limited to docs - don't you have the same >> problem with all other pages? They all start with "PostgreSQL:" - >> perhaps that should be changed to instead suffix them with "- >> PostgreSQL"? > > Yeah, in general it's best practice to post the most specific part of the > title first, so that short tabs will still show the relevant info. Also > used to help with SEO; not sure if it still does, but it might explain why > you don't always get the right page when doing a Google search. Probably. I've put this on our TODO list for things to do with the website in a reasonable short term. (I doubt it has anything to do with SEO though, especially someone like google are a lot smarter than that) -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/