Changing Page Titles

Why do Page Titles Matter?

Every page you visit on the Internet has a Page Title. In most browser configurations the Page Title is located across the top edge of the browser window in what is called the Title Bar in the following format: “Page Title – Browser Name”

Having a well thought out Page Title is import for a number of reasons. The two most important reasons are Usability and Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Usability: In most cases, the purpose of a webpage is to provide visitors with access to information or to allow then to perform some sort of interaction. Because it is always visible, the Page Title is a key tool for informing the visitor what information or interactivity they should expect from the current web page. Keep your Page Titles short, clear and concise.

SEO: Search Engine Optimization represents the sum of all actions taken to improve a web page’s visibility to the various search engines populating the internet. Your Page Title is one of many criteria used by the most prominent search engine on the market when determining your page rank. For consistent results your Page Title needs to be clearly specific to the page content. Use as few words as possible and insure the Page Title would fit seamlessly into the context of the page.

Your Evolve Systems CMS provides you with several methods for changing and customizing your Page Titles. Both site wide and page specific changes are possible. Site wide you are able to define the default format of the page title, what information is used, what order the information is presented and how the information is separated. On a page by page basis you can overwrite the site wide settings, and use whatever information you would like for the page title.

Changing Page Title Defaults

By default your page title will be in the following format: Page Title – Web Site Title. Page Title is pulled from the Name you assigned to each page and Web Site Title is set in the system options. To change these settings go through the following steps.

1. Log into your CMS website administration interface
2. From the Start Page, in the section labeled “Service”, find and click the icon “System Options”
3. At the top of the page there are two drop down menus, ensure both drop downs are set to “Site Manager” and click select
4. Scroll down the page until you come to the section labeled “Title and keywords of page”
5. Within this section find the row labeled “Title of site by default”
6. Click on the information in the “Value” column and the information will show in an editable box
7. Enter what you would like to present as the title of your web site.
8. Continue down within the section until you come across a row labeled “Splitter between items of title”
9. Click on the information in the “Value” column and the information will show in an editable box
10. Change this to whatever symbol you would like to use as a separator between the Page Title and the Web Site Title
11. Continue down within the section again until you come to “Template of auto generation of titles” – This represents the default Page Title formatting used by the system when new pages are generated
12. Click on the information in the “Value” column and the information will show in an editable box – Change to one of the following

· Standard Format: ##object_name## | ##site_title##

· Page Title Only: ##object_name##

· Web Site Title Only: ##site_title##

13. Scroll down to the bottom of the options page and click “Apply changes”

Making Page Specific Changes

To overwrite the default settings and define custom Page Title information for a specific page, go through the following steps.

1. Log into your AmiroCMS website administration interface
2. From the Start Page, in the section labeled “Site Manager”, find and click the icon “Site Manager”
3. In the Site Map along the left side of the screen, find and click the page icon for the specific page you want to change.
4. Once the page loads, click the “Options” tab above the edit window
5. On the Options tab, uncheck “Inherit title” to separate this page from the default Page Title formatting.
6. In the edit box labeled “Page title in browser” enter whatever you would like you title to be, keeping in mind the guidelines set above.
7. Click “Apply” to save your changes.