Since the page title is still very important in SEO and most search engines only look at the first 60-65 characters I decided to switch the order of my page titles for forums and topics.
Default setup is Forum Name (set in admin panel) then either the Topic Title or the Forum Title depending on the page. So if you have a long forum name and a long Topic Title or Forum Title, part of the Topic Title or Forum Title will be cut off in the page title (as far as SE's go). I would rather have the forum name cut off on the long ones. Your opinion may vary.
So here's how to change it....
Open inc_func_common.asp...
To change Topic Page Titles
Find:
if intShowTopicTitle = 1 then strTempTopicTitle = " - " & chkString(ttopics("T_SUBJECT"),"display")
set ttopics = nothing
strNewTitle = strForumTitle & strTempTopicTitle
Replace it with:
if intShowTopicTitle = 1 then strTempTopicTitle = chkString(ttopics("T_SUBJECT"),"display") & " - "
set ttopics = nothing
strNewTitle = strTempTopicTitle & strForumTitle
I'm not sure if it has anything to do with this mod, but I just noticed that if you click to go to the last thread of a reply, it shows the id number twice in the browser title and tab:
For me it is still duplicating the reply id's. I noticed it only does it in IE8.
If you click on the little blue arrow on the default.asp page () that is when it does it. If the arrow goes to the main topic it is fine. If the arrow goes to a reply, that is when I get the multiple id's in the address.