[Radiant] Another question - Entering metadata

[Nathan Wright]

There's really only 2 files that you need to change:
script/setup_database (or add the two new columns to your existing
database) and app/views/admin/page/new.rhtml . See the attached files
if you're feeling lazy.

--- script/setup_database
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
           t.column "created_by", :integer
           t.column "updated_by", :integer
           t.column "virtual", :boolean, :default => false, :null => false
+          t.column "keywords", :text
+          t.column "description", :text
         end

--- app/views/admin/page/new.rhtml
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
           <td><label for="page_breadcrumb">Breadcrumb</label></td>
           <td class="field"><%= text_field "page", "breadcrumb",
:class => 'textbox', :maxlength => 160 %></td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td><label for="page_keywords">Keywords</label></td>
+          <td class="field"><%= text_area "page", "keywords", :style
=> 'width: 100%; height: 5em;' %></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td><label for="page_description">Description</label></td>
+          <td class="field"><%= text_area "page", "description",
:style => 'width: 100%; height: 5em;' %></td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
       <script type="text/javascript">
       // <![CDATA[

Hope that helps!


On 8/29/06, Jake Liddell <jake at fourhats.com> wrote:
> I think you and Sean are right - but I'd be very interested in the diff
> anyway, just in case I need it in the future.
>
> Thanks for the help.
> Jake.
>
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> Subject: Re: [Radiant] Another question - Entering metadata
>
> I agree with Sean on this, but if you *really* want to insert them
> into the "more" section it's pretty easy to get this setup. I did it
> for a client when I thought the concept of adding page parts might be
> a little too difficult for them. Let me know and I'll see if I can
> work up a diff for you.
>
> On 8/29/06, Sean Cribbs <seancribbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jake,
> >
> > You're probably better off creating page parts for each of those metadata
> > items, and then again using the <r:content .../> tag to insert their
> values
> > into your template.  The "more" link/dropdown is primarily for
> > system-specific-and-critical stuff, whereas page metadata like keywords
> and
> > descriptions are really content.
> >
> > Sean Cribbs
> > seancribbs.com
> >
> >
> > On 8/29/06, Jake Liddell <jake at fourhats.com > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Another question that I'm sure people will want to do if they're
> creating
> > commercial sites with Radiant:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When I click on the "More" link on a standard edit page, I can change
> the
> > slug and the breadcrumb.  I would also like to enter a description and
> > keywords – these would then get included into my header as metadata for
> the
> > page – at the moment I have to just define the header for the whole site
> (or
> > have multiple header snippets for site sections), but if I want to give
> > myself every chance of being found on the search engines for the right
> > things, I need to customize on a per-page level.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone else want to do this?  If people were interested, this could be
> an
> > enhancement?  If someone was prepared to point me in the right direction,
> > I'd have a go myself when I have the time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > (On a separate, more trivial note, it would be nice to have the 'More'
> > expanded by default, to remind people to fill the boxes in – it would also
> > be nice to make the boxes mandatory, so you can't save a new page without
> > them – otherwise authors are always going to forget at some point.)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Jake.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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