I’m doing search engine optimization for a shop powered by osCommerce. Title tags are very important for that, so I wanted it to look like this: Shop name :: Category name :: Product name.

If you are using STS (Simple Template System) use:

1. Open file /catalog/includes/modules/sts_inc/general.php
2. Find line:
   

   $sts->template[’headertags’]= “<title>” . TITLE .”</title>”;

   and replace it with:

   // BOF add category and product name in title tag
   $product_title_query = tep_db_query(”select pd.products_name, pd.products_description from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd where p.products_id = ‘” . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS[’products_id’] . “‘ and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . (int)$languages_id . “‘”);
   $product_title = tep_db_fetch_array($product_title_query); // get product name

   $category_query = tep_db_query(”select cd.categories_name, c.categories_image from ” . TABLE_CATEGORIES . ” c, ” . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . ” cd where c.categories_id = ‘” . (int)$current_category_id . “‘ and cd.categories_id = ‘” . (int)$current_category_id . “‘ and cd.language_id = ‘” . (int)$languages_id . “‘”);
   $category = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query); // get category name

   $sts->template[’headertags’]= “<title>” . TITLE . ” :: ” . $category[’categories_name’] . ” :: ” . $product_title[’products_name’] . “</title>”;
   // EOF add category and product name in title tag

3. Upload the file and you’re done!

If you are using basic osCommerce use:

1. Open file /catalog/index.php
2. Find line:
   

   <title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title>

   and replace it with:

   <?php // BOF add category and product name in title tag
   $product_title_query = tep_db_query(”select pd.products_name, pd.products_description from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd where p.products_id = ‘” . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS[’products_id’] . “‘ and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . (int)$languages_id . “‘”);
   $product_title = tep_db_fetch_array($product_title_query); // get product name

   $category_query = tep_db_query(”select cd.categories_name, c.categories_image from ” . TABLE_CATEGORIES . ” c, ” . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . ” cd where c.categories_id = ‘” . (int)$current_category_id . “‘ and cd.categories_id = ‘” . (int)$current_category_id . “‘ and cd.language_id = ‘” . (int)$languages_id . “‘”);
   $category = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query); // get category name
   ?>
   <title><?php echo TITLE . ” :: ” . $category[’categories_name’] . ” :: ” . $product_title[’products_name’]; ?></title>

3. Do the same for file /catalog/product_info.php
4. Upload files and that’s it!

Note: Page title (TITLE) is found in your language file (for example: /catalog/includes/language/english.php)

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