Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

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4/7/2009 12:38:22 PM
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Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hey Joe/mojo dev community,

I'm working with a skin where I need to output the page's title on every page, but I don't want the site title along with it.  Referencing http://www.mojoportal.com/understandingthelayoutmasterfile.aspx, I see that the pageTitle is comprised of "SiteName - PageName", which can be overrided as necessary.  However, for the <title> tag that the browser uses, I still do want the "SiteName - PageName" to appear (for SEO purposes, mainly).  So, I'm wondering how to best access just the page name from a skin's layout.master file (I was thinking something along the lines of <portal:PageName id="PageName1" runat="server" />, but see that won't work). 

I'm fine using some JS or a C# function to trim off the site title, but I just wondered whether there might be a cleaner way using mojo's own nomenclature ...

Thank you,
Shaun

4/7/2009 12:55:21 PM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hi Shaun,

I would just create a simple UserControl, then declare the UserControl in the layout.master using Register something like this:

<%@ Register Src="~/pathtoyour.ascx" TagName="PageNameControl" TagPrefix="co" %>

Then add the control in layout.master like:

<co:PageNameControl id="pn1" runat="server" />

Then the code for a simple UserControl would be about like this (not tested):

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" ClassName="PageNameControl.ascx" Inherits="System.Web.UI.UserControl" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Globalization" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Business" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Business.WebHelpers" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Web.Framework" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Web.Controls" %>


<script runat="server">

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PopulateControls();
}

private void PopulateControls()
{
PageSettings currentPage = CacheHelper.GetCurrentPage();
if(currentPage == null){ return; }
lblPageName.Text = currentPage.PageName;

}

</script>

<asp:Label ID="lblPageName" runat="server" />

Hope it helps,

Joe

4/7/2009 12:59:14 PM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hey Joe, thanks as always for the fast response - I didn't think off-hand of the user control approach, but see this will be the best implementation over the long-haul!

Regards,
Shaun

4/7/2009 1:06:17 PM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hey Shaun,

Thanks a lot for the beer! Today after work I will drink a few beers celebrating our inclusion in the Web App Gallery!

Cheers,

Joe 

7/26/2009 2:41:03 PM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hey Joe,

I am trying to use the PageTitle control without the SiteTitle included. I have used your "Page Title Format" page at http://www.mojoportal.com/seo-page-title-format.aspx as a reference so I have the PageTitleFormatName key in my user.config set to show TitleOnly. This works fine in the actual <title> of the pages but I am using the PageTitle control in the content of my pages and it shows the SiteTitle - PageTitle format. Is the PageTitle control not controlled by the PageTitleFormatName key?

Thanks,
Joe

7/27/2009 5:51:53 AM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hi Joe,

PageTitle is a legacy control not used in any current skins as far as I know. I recomend remove it from your layout.master and then it should follow your config settings.

Hope it helps,

Joe 

7/27/2009 1:15:35 PM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

I am not using the PageTitle control for the actual <title> of the page. I am using it to display the title of the page in the content of the page. Is there a control I can use that will display the page name in the content?

7/28/2009 7:28:41 AM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Hi Joe,

The PageTitle control is for setting the page <title> it is a legacy control no longer used in our skins, a relic from the .NET 1.1 days.

My first response on this thread showed how to make a UserControl that could display a page name. I can easily create a PageName control so it is available built in in the next release. It would take me all of 5 minutes to make one.

Best,

Joe

7/28/2009 9:57:28 AM
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Re: Accessing Just the PageName of PageTitle

Joe - Sorry for being such a dunce. I read your post about creating a user control and immediately thought, no that's not what I want. I should have given it more thought. I used the code you suggested and modified it a bit and it works great!

At first I used it just as you suggested and it worked fine except that it displayed the actual PageName ignoring the PageTitle override if present. So I modified the code to use the PageName only if the PageTitle Override was blank. Here's the modified section of code:

if(currentPage == null){ return; }
if(currentPage.PageTitle == "")
lblPageName.Text = currentPage.PageName;
else
lblPageName.Text = currentPage.PageTitle;

This brings me to some praise for you. Thank you so very much for the SourceCode Documentation. I have used a lot of OpenSource products and a lot of them don't have Source documentation at all. Instead of having to tredge through the code to find what I needed, I did a simple search in Docs and I was home free!

Awesome!

-Joe D.

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