When viewing the web page for a specific blog entry, the contents of the “Title” field are also used as the window title for the web browser window.

The problem with this is that, while HTML code can be used to format certain words in blog entry titles, such code is not allowed in window titles, according to the W3C spec:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.4.2:

I realize that at least some people will recommend against using any code in the “Title” field, but I don’t see why we should be so backward about it, when using inline tags in headings is perfectly correct in HTML 4.

My question is: Is there a way to automatically remove such code from the contents of the “Title” field when using it as window title?

Right now, I am using

in my HTML file for a single entry page, and obviously pMachine replaces this with the full contents of the “Title” field, including whatever HTML code I might have used.

I know that there is already something that strips HTML code from blog entries when displaying them in the “Recent Comments” hack that I use with pMachine. But I don’t know enough about PHP to know whether this could be used here as well, and how.

TIA

Try this:

That should echo/display the title with any HTML (or PHP) tags stripped out.

Fantastic! This does the trick. Many thanks!

Can I somehow stip out the html code from the %%body%% variable to include that in the table’s title field?

Use the above, except switch out “body” for “title”.

is there also a way to ‘name’ a particular ‘weblog’ using this technique??

thanks in advance for any help! and have a happy t-day

Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re asking, timmah.  Could you elaborate?

hi chris….
the question is how to get the title to automatically show up in the <TITLE> field in the <Header>.

“When viewing the web page for a specific blog entry, the contents of the “Title” field are also used as the window title for the web browser window.”

seems like this *should* work:
<?php show_field($id,“which”); ?>

but it doesn’t seem to want to work with multiple weblogs.
what’s the correct way chris?

thanks a bunch for your help!

oops…..obviously changing “which” to “title”  ....

The “show_field” pM Tag is only available when you’re viewing a “single-entry” type page (such as a comments or more page).

so chris….
what ‘tag’ or ‘hack’ would you recommend in an ‘automated’ <Title> for the browser name of a page?

as an example: check out www.LiveOakProjects.com and click on the links.
see how the <Title> name in the browser changes to the title of the post including the category? that blog, being with pMachine Free has only 1 weblog.

problem is using pmachine tags with multiple weblogs.

I still don’t know what it is you want to do, timmah.  You can already have the entry title in your <title>, but that’s only applicable on a “single-entry” page.

What else is it you want?

hi again chris,
i’ve tried to figure out how to make my question as easy as possible so here goes:

how do you recommend getting the <Title> automated, even on “multi-entry” pages?

i’m just trying to figure out a way to get the <Title> ‘automated’.

maybe i need to use Categories and use that ‘tag’ to get it done.

whatta ya think chris?

What is it that you want to appear in the <title>?  You haven’t said yet.

If you’re on a multi-entry page then obviously you can’t just say “the entry title” since there are multiple entries displaying.  So, what do you want there?

how about this:

should the <?php show_field($id, “WHATEVER”); ?> tag work in the <Title> field when using multiple weblogs?

What do you mean by “multiple weblogs”?  Do you really mean “when displaying multiple entries from a weblog on the same page”?  If so, the answer is “no” as I mentioned previously.

If that’s not what you mean, then you’ll need to explain yourself more.