PHP and templates question

[apw]

Hello,

 

my php website is a free link directory similar to dmoz directory.  My website uses templates to handle the content but my question is i want to add meta-tags and other content to get my website seo ready .. Is this possible with templates?

[gevans]

What templates are you using? Do you have a seperate header template, or does a 'system' create a singel template for each page?

[gijew]

I use Smarty as my template system of choice and it's quite possible (most likely the same with others too) by changing a few of the sites constants or variables.

 

I have a config file where I hold my site defaults so there I have the default page title & meta info (description, keywords, etc). Now on each page I just set the constants differently and the page takes on the new data.

 

Example.

 

 

config file

$smarty->assign('site_title', 'This is my title');
$smarty->assign('site_description', 'This is my description');
$smarty->assign('site_keywords', 'kw1, kw2, kw3');

 

contactus.php (random example)

$smarty->assign('site_title', 'Contact us');
$smarty->assign('site_description', 'Page for contacting company x');
$smarty->assign('site_keywords', 'contact, form, etc');

 

HTH