General Support: Google indexing issue....

elias75,

I'm pretty sure it's indexing that because the h1 tag on the individual pictures is empty (gallery name) so then it indexes the next h2 tag (which is the date) instead of the second h2 tag (which is the picture caption). I would edit your 'picture.php' file in your theme to wrap the picture caption in an h1 tag and remove the gallery name h1 tag from 'header.php' if you are not going to use it. That way, Google will index the picture as the caption instead of the date.

also how do I remove the details info from each photo? (dimensions, camera model etc)

Hi elias75,

I've been gone for about a week and am making my way through unanswered posts. Sorry for the late reply. For my expamples, I am assuming you are using the default theme.

Posted By: sidtheduckremove the gallery name h1 tag from 'header.php'

I guess if you are using the beta3 version of Plogger, the h1 tag is built into the generate_header function. To remove it (since you seem to have a blank gallery name), you would open 'header.php' in the theme folder that you are using. Look for the following code (should be lines 6-8):
print '<div id="wrapper">
<table id="header-table" width="100%"><tr><td>'.generate_header().
'</td><td id="jump-search-container">'.generate_jump_menu() . generate_search_box().'</td></tr></table>';
and change it to read:
print '<div id="wrapper">
<table id="header-table" width="100%"><tr><td id="jump-search-container">'.generate_jump_menu() . generate_search_box().'</td></tr></table>';<?code>

<blockquote><cite>Posted By: sidtheduck</cite>I would edit your 'picture.php' file in your theme to wrap the picture caption in an h1 tag</blockquote>To do this, open 'picture.php' in the theme folder you are using and look for the following code (should be lines 7-18):
<code> print ' <div id="inner_wrapper"> <div id="big-picture-container">
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tr>
<td>
<h2 class="date">'.plogger_get_picture_date().'</h2>
</td>
<td class="align-right">
<h2 id="picture_caption">';
$capt = plogger_get_picture_caption();
print $capt;

print '</h2></td></tr></table>';
and edit it to read:
print ' <div id="inner_wrapper"> <div id="big-picture-container">
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tr>
<td>
<h2 class="date">'.plogger_get_picture_date().'</h2>
</td>
<td class="align-right">
<h1 id="picture_caption">';
$capt = plogger_get_picture_caption();
print $capt;

print '</h1></td></tr></table>';

Posted By: elias75also how do I remove the details info from each photo? (dimensions, camera model etc)

Finally, to get this done you need to still be in 'picture.php' in the theme folder you are using. Look for the following code (should be lines 45-54):
print '
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tr>
<td id="exif-toggle-container"><div id="exif_toggle">'.$detail_link.'</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>';


print generate_exif_table($row["id"]);
and delete those lines or comment it like so:
/* print '
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tr>
<td id="exif-toggle-container"><div id="exif_toggle">'.$detail_link.'</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>';


print generate_exif_table($row["id"]);*/

Hi Sidtheduck,
it's me again :) ok so after a month I see some changes towards the desired result but still not what I wanted... getting close though....
Google is still not indexing the photos according to the file name (or the caption). if you try site:freefilmposters.com you will see that photos are all indexed as "FreeFilmPosters.com Galleries". I should think some small change in the code is needed again... I am using beta3 version of Plogger , default.
thanks in advance!
Elias

Hello Sidtheduck,

yes you are absolutely right. The Plogger setup is in a subfolder and the actual gallery display is happening via an include function in http://www.freefilmposters.com/gallery1.php

Yes I am willing to update the Plogger installation to make this work. However, I have no idea how to update to the latest SVN code.... I am very new to php and just starting to figuring out.... so, where do I start??

cheers! :)

Hi elias75,

Sorry, I forgot to reply. I have been working on an updated generate_title() function, but it is not yet in the SVN code (I thought it was). I can send you the updated code for your use, but it still may be slightly buggy. If you want to try it out, email me at sidtheduck SPLAT gmail DOT com.