Feature Requests and Feedback: Improvements to generate_title()

Below are some changes I made to generate_title() in plog-functions.php for my own site that I thought I would share.

Based on how wp_title() works in Wordpress, I wanted to have plogger generate a page title with a different separator and in reverse order (The page name on the left and the category/album name on the right).

Here is my full, updated, generate_title. Note that, by default, it works exactly the same way as the original function in RC1. Also note that, in order to use this in my theme, I disabled the automatic title generation done by Plogger. I believe that it should be defined in the theme.


/*
* kokuda: Added $sep and $seplocation to mimick wordpress' ability to generate a title in any order with any separators.
*
* @param string $sep Optional, default is ' » '. How to separate the various items within the page title.
* @param string $seplocation Optional. Direction to display title, 'right'.
*/
function generate_title($sep = ' » ', $seplocation = '') {
switch ($GLOBALS['plogger_level']) {
case 'collection':
$row = get_collection_by_id($GLOBALS['plogger_id']);

$breadcrumb_array[] = SmartStripSlashes($row['name']);
if ($GLOBALS['plogger_mode'] == 'slideshow') {
$breadcrumb_array[] = plog_tr('Slideshow');
}

break;
case 'slideshow':
case 'album':
$row = get_album_by_id($GLOBALS['plogger_id']);
$album_name = SmartStripSlashes($row['name']);

$row = get_collection_by_id($row['parent_id']);

if ($GLOBALS['plogger_mode'] == 'slideshow') {
$breadcrumb_array[] = SmartStripSlashes($row['name']);
$breadcrumb_array[] = $album_name;
$breadcrumb_array[] = ' '.plog_tr('Slideshow');
} else {
$breadcrumb_array[] = SmartStripSlashes($row['name']);
$breadcrumb_array[] = $album_name;
}

break;
case 'picture':
$row = get_picture_by_id($GLOBALS['plogger_id']);
$picture_name = get_caption_filename($row);

$row = get_album_by_id($row['parent_album']);
$album_name = SmartStripSlashes($row['name']);

$row = get_collection_by_id($row['parent_id']);
$collection_name = SmartStripSlashes($row['name']);

$breadcrumb_array[] = $collection_name;
$breadcrumb_array[] = $album_name;
$breadcrumb_array[] = $picture_name;

// Hmm, slideshow on picture level, how does that make sense?
if ($GLOBALS['plogger_mode'] == 'slideshow') {
$breadcrumb_array[] = plog_tr('Slideshow');
}

break;
case '404':
$breadcrumb_array[] = ' '.plog_tr('404 Error - Not Found');
break;
default:
$breadcrumb_array[] = ' '.plog_tr('Collections');
}

if ($GLOBALS['plogger_level'] != '404' || $GLOBALS['plogger_level'] != 'search' || $GLOBALS['plogger_level'] != 'slideshow') {
if (isset($_GET['plog_page'])) {
$breadcrumb_array[] = plog_tr('Page').' '.$_GET['plog_page'];
}
}

if ( 'right' == $seplocation ) { // sep on right, so reverse the order
$breadcrumb_array = array_reverse( $breadcrumb_array );
$breadcrumbs = implode( $sep, $breadcrumb_array );
} else {
$breadcrumbs = implode( $sep, $breadcrumb_array );
}

return $breadcrumbs;
}