I have an issue that I’m tired of pulling my hair out over and hoping that one of you is willing to offer your services to correct.
I’ve opened this discussion here and received a tremnedous amount of assistance, unfortunately I am still unable to correct it. See thread “Duplicate Title Tags and Duplicate Meta Descriptions”
Thank you for your time.
Eric
Anyone?
This is a paying gig!
If you have your metas in your index.tpl as well as meta descriptions, keywords, etc in your product pages no wonder you are getting duplicates. Only use the metas generated in your products (manage products).
in addition to that…somehow the meta description tag is not closed…definitely will cause some spidey problems
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Roban,
I wish it was that easy. I have removed both “title” and “meta” descriptions from the index file trying to force the titles and meta description from the product pages to no avail. I have recently put the “title” back in the index file and have left out the description.
These were offered in the threads I referred to.
Mike, thanks for that catch. I deleted a bit to much!
I’m at a loss guy’s…I’m sure you’re scratching your heads as well…I know I’m nuts, but?
Doing a report on your website now fenwick.
I’ll get back to you when I can
Here’s what I can see so far.
You’ve hardcoded your Meta Description for all pages, most likely in the meta.tpl file (/skinname/customer/meta.tpl)
So… You’ve got the exact same meta description for ALL your pages.
Kinda looks like keyword / description spamming doesn’t it? Can’t put money on this but it’ my most refined guess at the moment.
Here’s an example
My Website (www.southeastauto.com.au)
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http://www.southeastauto.com.auKeywords =
http://www.southeastauto.com.au/brand-new-holden-spare-parts/holden-waterpumps/holden-astra-1200-90281612-water-pump.htmlKeywords =
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Your Website ([URL]http://www.bellahomefashions.com/[/URL])
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Description on front page:
Discount bedding quilt duvet comforter toile French country bordered banded primitive lodge cottage Matelasse shabby chic skirt dust ruffle sham pillow decorator clock rug chandelier drapery valance chocolate brown pink black white ecru ivory throw sheet"French Country Paige Blue Toile King Quilt Set - Clearance"
[URL]BellaHomeFashions - Beautify your home.
Discount bedding quilt duvet comforter toile French country bordered banded primitive lodge cottage Matelasse shabby chic skirt dust ruffle sham pillow decorator clock rug chandelier drapery valance chocolate brown pink black white ecru ivory throw sheet======================================
Send me some freebies if it works 
i see you’re on 1.3.4 sp2
these are the two meta lines from 1.3.4 sp3 that need to be replaced in your meta.tpl to make the individual product page (that you input on the admin product details)
OR try to locate your ORIGINAL meta.tpl
I do not know if this works with sp2
it also looks like your page “title” is hard-coded too.
you need to repair/replace the “strip” tags in your index.tpl
(the first 7 lines or so)
again, this is from 1.3.4 sp3 (not sure if its the same)
```php
{* $Id: index.tpl 2543 2006-11-16 07:51:41Z zeke $ *}
{strip}
{if $page_title}
{$page_title}
{else}
{$lang.page_title_text}
{foreach from=$breadcrumbs item=i name="bkt"}
{if $smarty.foreach.bkt.index==1} - {/if}{if !$smarty.foreach.bkt.first}{$i.title|escape}{if !$smarty.foreach.bkt.last} :: {/if}{/if}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{/strip} ```
OK, here is the meta.tpl after removing the keywods
here is the index.tpl
```php
{* $Id: index.tpl 723 2005-10-10 14:33:46Z zeke $ *}
Bella Home Fashions | Discount Bedding | Quilts | Duvet Covers
{if $settings.Appearance.categories_menu_type == 'emenu'}
{/if}
{include file="scripts/form_scripts.tpl"}
|
```
Not sure if this helps...
Is better to insert the Quantcast code before the tag and not between the head and body tag.
Try this for meta.tpl:
OK
I’ve removed content from the meta.tpl file.(Hopefully undoing any hardcoding) suggested by Jesse. I’ve added the two lines to the meta.tpl file and closed the meta_name"description" line in the index.tpl file as suggested by Mike and added some content to the meta.tpl file as suggested by ThomH
Thank you!!!
Mike,
I’m just plain ignorant to your “strip” lines in the index.tpl I follow that it appears “hard coded” as it remains unchanged from page to page.
Do I add the code you suggest to the index.tpl file?
Thank you guys for all of your help.
fenwick
i hate to say this, but it looks like your structure is all screwed up
If thats your index.tpl you posted
there is no “include file” for your meta.tpl
that doesn’t even look like the index.tpl for 1.3.4 sp2
(it looks to be 2 versions earlier by the date)
so, no matter how many changes we make, nothing is gonna happen…
WOW!
And we paid CS-Cart to do the upgrade to this version a while back!
this is the index.tpl I have from my OLD copy of 1.3.4 sp[COLOR=“Red”]2[/COLOR]
```php
{* $Id: index.tpl 2093 2006-08-31 07:12:49Z imac $ *}
{strip}
{if $page_title}
{$page_title}
{else}
{$lang.page_title_text}
{foreach from=$breadcrumbs item=i name="bkt"}
{if $smarty.foreach.bkt.index==1} - {/if}{if !$smarty.foreach.bkt.first}{$i.title|escape}{if !$smarty.foreach.bkt.last} :: {/if}{/if}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{/strip}
{include file="meta.tpl"}
{if $settings.Appearance.categories_menu_type == 'emenu'}
{/if}
{include file="scripts/form_scripts.tpl"}
{if 'SKINS_PANEL'|defined}
{include file="demo_skin_selector.tpl"}
{/if}
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||
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{include file="bottom.tpl"} |
```
Mike, again, Thank you
any suggestions as to where I might go from here?
I have a meesage into the helpdesk. But I’m at a loss from there.
Eric
Hey Mike,
This is an index.tpl file in the root
```php
{* $Id: index.tpl 723 2005-10-10 14:33:46Z zeke $ *}
{foreach from=$breadcrumbs item=i name="bkt"}
{$i.title|escape}{if !$smarty.foreach.bkt.last} :: {/if}
{/foreach}
{include file="meta.tpl"}
{if $settings.Appearance.categories_menu_type == 'emenu'}
{/if}
{include file="scripts/form_scripts.tpl"}
|
```
I've been referring to the index.tpl file in the skins/default/customer folder
Might this be the issue?
there should not be any tpl files in the root folder
they should all be in the /skins/ folders
BACKUP your exisiting index.tpl folder (in the skins directory)
and replace it with the one you posted…check your storefront quickly, if it is screwed up, reupload the old one
is the meta.tpl in the skins/(your skin)/customer/ directory?
something tells me your directories are all messed up.
Mike,
here is my path…
/public_html/skins/default_blue/customer/
I have both a main and index tpl file in the /public_html/ and index an meta tpl files in the /customer/
there are no tpl files in /skins/
So, I am going to remove the main and index tpl files from /public_html/ then replace the index.tpl file I just posted for the one in /customer, correct?
Changes made…all seems OK