Hello All,
I have found a simple way to add more descriptive page titles that display on the page, while leaving the official page title that is used in the menus. This method also uses custom fields.
Step 1: Add a custom field to your page. In this example we create a custom field named ‘pagetitle’ and set it’s value to a long, descriptive title that is to be shown on the page.
Step 2: Edit the page template file (page.php & any other page templates that are being used). This can be done by either using an off-line text editor and ftp, or if the proper permissions are set, simply use the built in Word Press editor (Presentation > Theme Editor > Page Template). Replace the page title code in the template from:
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php the_title();?>
</a></h2>
to:
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php
$key="pagetitle";
if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true)){
echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true);
}
else{
the_title();
}
?>
</a></h2>
This code will first check to see if there is a custom field named ‘pagetitle’ and if so, use it… if not, use the normal title.
