Larg Meta tag problem

rigid

hey guys i have this big problem
i have a site www.mrjoka.com
and i use the index.php?id=page ID system
which means that i use the same footer and header for all of the pages
which means that all the meta tags and titles are thesame
and this is the big problem because i order to get the best results from search englines i need to b able to change my title and meta tags for every page
now i did saw sites that do change the titles and such but i myself can`t seem to b able to do so

please help
here is my script just to give u a clue

<?
$FileDir = "pages"; // The default map is: pages. If you change the directory with the files in it, then change it here too!
$Wrong_ID = "This page doesn't exist! <br /><br />"; // Message to be displayed if a wrong page is called!
$Start_page = "home.php"; //This page will open the first page and also works as a default page (default = home.html) when an ID could not be found!

/**Please do not edit anything from this point on.
* --------------------------------------------**/

     if(!is_dir($FileDir))die("File directory is invalid, please specify it in the index.php file!!");


  //Header including!!		  
  if(file_exists("header.php"))

  {

                 include("header.php");

  }

  else

  {

                echo "<li><b>header.php was not found. Make sure it resides in the root directory of this website.<br /><br /></li></b>";

  }
  //End header including





 if(isset($_GET['id']))

		  {
                  //Assign the id to an easy to use variable and make sure it isn't an invalid id
                  $id = trim($_GET['id']);
                  $id = str_replace("\\", "/", $id);



			                            if(file_exists($FileDir."/".$id.".html"))

										{

										$id = $id.".html";

										}  

										elseif(file_exists($FileDir."/".$id.".htm"))

										{

										$id = $id.".htm";

										}

										elseif(file_exists($FileDir."/".$id.".inc"))

										{

										$id = $id.".inc";

										}

										elseif(file_exists($FileDir."/".$id.".php"))

										{

										$id = $id.".php";

										}

										else

										{

										echo $Wrong_ID;

										$id = $Start_page;

										}



          }

		  else

		  {

		          $id = $Start_page;

		  }







  //Body including 

  if($id != $Start_page)

  {
               include($FileDir."/".$id);

			   }

			   else

			   {

			      if(file_exists($FileDir."/".$id))

				  {

				      include($FileDir."/".$id);

				  }

				  else

				  {

				      echo "<li><b>$Start_page was not found, please make sure this file exists because it works as a default page! <br /><br /></li></b>";

				  }

			   }

  //End body including




  //Footer including!!		  
  if(file_exists("footer.php"))

         {

                 include("footer.php");

         }

  else

           {

                echo "<li><b>footer.php was not found. Make sure it resides in the root directory of this website.<br /><br /></li></b>";

           }
  //End footer including

?>

mrhappiness

the meta tags reside in header.php?

Than why don't you evaluate $_GET['id'] in header.php?

rigid

Originally posted by mrhappiness
the meta tags reside in header.php?

Than why don't you evaluate $_GET['id'] in header.php?

ofcourse the meta tags r in the header is there another option
and what is $_GET['id']
please give me an example

mrhappiness

Originally posted by rigid
ofcourse the meta tags r in the header is there another option

meta tags have to be in the head of the html file generated

if you generate the html head (<head>...</head>) inside header.php than you have to generate the meta tags there as well

and what is $_GET['id']

i don't know but you should.
you already use it in your index.php owner...

rigid

well can some one help me with the ($_GET['id']) thing
this mayb write an example of how can i use it
and of how can i use it for my problem here

mrhappiness

in header.php

switch ($_GET['id']) {
  case 'login':
    echo '<meta name="description" content="my login page" />';
    break;
  case 'profile':
    echo '<meta name="description" content="my profile page" />';
    break;
  case 'contact':
    echo '<meta name="description" content="you can contact me using the form on this very page" />';
    break;
  default:
    echo '<meta name="description" content="you\\'re visiting a page i don\\'t have a meta tag for" />';
}

rigid

yo guys
i wrote this lil scripty

<?php 
$page = $_GET[id];
function meta($id)
{
switch ($id) {
case 'home':
echo '<title> test12 </title>';
break;
default:
echo '<title> test1 </title>';
}
}
print $meta;
?>

and it dosnt seem to work i call a page this way: index.php?id=home and anyway this way unless i can use the wildcard "*" (which i think i cant)
is too long and not good enough because some pages i call in the old way of just naming the php file

can`t i put a variable in the main pages and it will read it in the header and put in the according meta tags and title
can some 1 write m a example like this
(sry i am pro at Visual Basic Pascal & Assembler but php is not my strong side)

Weedpacket

Originally posted by rigid
yo guys
i wrote this lil scripty
<?php 
$page = $_GET[id];
function meta($id)
{
switch ($id) {
case 'home':
echo '<title> test12 </title>';
break;
default:
echo '<title> test1 </title>';
}
}
print $meta;
?>
and it dosn`t seem to work[/b]

$meta is a variable, meta() is a function. It's a good idea to remember the difference.

<?php 
$page = $_GET[id];
function meta($id)
{
switch ($id) {
case 'home':
echo '<title> test12 </title>';
break;
default:
echo '<title> test1 </title>';
}
}

meta();
?>

rigid

well i guess it fixed some of it
but now it gives m error

Warning: Missing argument 1 for meta() in /home/.calpurnia/vadimku/_website/header.php on line 104
line 104 contains

function meta($id)

and it seem to show default only

Weedpacket

Originally posted by rigid
well i guess it fixed some of it
but now it gives m error

Warning: Missing argument 1 for meta() in /home/.calpurnia/vadimku/_website/header.php on line 104
line 104 contains
function meta($id)
and it seem to show default only [/B]

meta($page);

instead of

meta();

Recognising problems like this yourself and fixing them will become a lot easier once you get a bit more programming experience behind you. Meantime, I'll just direct you to http://www.php.net/functions.

rigid

Originally posted by rigid

this way is very long and not good enough because some pages i call in the old way of just naming the php file
and ofcourse i have a huge load of pages i cant make a case for every one of them and like i understand whiledcard '*' dosnt work (or am i wrong about this how can i use wildcard here )

can`t i do this some other waylike put a variable in the main pages and it will read it in the header and put in the according meta tags and title
can some 1 write m a example like this
(sry i am pro at Visual Basic Pascal & Assembler but php is not my strong side)

Weedpacket

(You can read a directory, load all its filenames into an array, and then see if the requested page is in the array).

Can't help with example code. I don't know what your '*' wildcard is supposed to do.

I didn't know there were still professional Assembler programmers out there. How quaint.

rigid

Originally posted by Weedpacket
(You can read a directory, load all its filenames into an array, and then see if the requested page is in the array).

Can't help with example code. I don't know what your '*' wildcard is supposed to do.

I didn't know there were still professional Assembler programmers out there. How quaint.

yea i will think of thisand find a way
but the problem is still there
cause most of my site isnt called the $_GET[id] it is called the normal way so it means i cant put in the custom title in there and it uses the defult 1
what should i do

rikmoncur

tutorial

rigid

Originally posted by rikmoncur
tutorial

omfg y couldn`t ya all tell m this simple thing before
did no 1 here knew this
lol