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mreider
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 Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:15 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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Here are a few small pages I removed tables from. They won't directly help SEO wise but they do remove the tables with a CSS design. Which means a faster site. Which means better for users. Happy users = More posts which means more content for search engines 
Anyways, these were a couple quick ones:
in confirm_body.tpl replace everything with:
| Code: | <a class="nav" href="{U_INDEX}">{L_INDEX}</a>
<div id="c3"><b>{MESSAGE_TITLE}</b></div>
<div id="pc" class="row1">
<div align="center"><form action="{S_CONFIRM_ACTION}" method="post"><br />{MESSAGE_TEXT}<br /><br />{S_HIDDEN_FIELDS}<input type="submit" name="confirm" value="{L_YES}" class="mainoption" /> <input type="submit" name="cancel" value="{L_NO}" class="liteoption" /></form></div>
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in agreement.tpl replace it all with:
| Code: | <a class="nav" href="{U_INDEX}">{L_INDEX}</a>
<div id="c3"><b>{SITENAME} - {REGISTRATION}</b></div>
<div id="pc" class="row2">
<span class="genmed"><br />{AGREEMENT}<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="{U_AGREE_OVER13}">{AGREE_OVER_13}</a><br /><br /><a href="{U_AGREE_UNDER13}">{AGREE_UNDER_13}</a><br /><br /><a href="{U_INDEX}">{DO_NOT_AGREE}</a></div><br /></span>
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jumpbox.tpl replace all with:
| Code: | <form method="get" name="jumpbox" action="{S_JUMPBOX_ACTION}" onSubmit="if(document.jumpbox.f.value == -1){return false;}"><span class="gensmall">{L_JUMP_TO}: {S_JUMPBOX_SELECT} <input type="submit" value="{L_GO}" class="liteoption" /></span>
</form> |
messagebody.tpl:
| Code: | <a class="nav" href="{U_INDEX}">{L_INDEX}</a>
<div id="c3"><b>{MESSAGE_TITLE}</b></div>
<div id="pc" class="row1">
{MESSAGE_TEXT}
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And in your css file, if you don't already have it from the changes I put in above:
| Code: | #c3 { width:100%;height:25px;border-left:1px solid;border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid; border-color:#006699;background:url(http://www.yoursite.com/images/cellpic3.gif) repeat-x;}
#pc1{height:125px;}
#pc{
border-left:1px solid;
border-right:1px solid;
border-bottom:1px solid; border-color:#006699;}
#pc {
width:100%;
min-height:250px;
height:auto;
}
/* for Internet Explorer */
/*\*/
* html #pc {
height: 250px;
}
/**/ |
Change the path to your template images.
Anyways just a few quick changes that reduce but about 50% the filesize on those tpl files. It all adds up, right? |
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sportman1280
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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| all i can say is .... WOW thats a lot less code than orginally... lol. |
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mreider
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:12 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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No kidding hey? Makes you realize what a waste of code the original template uses.
One thing about the above code I posted - You may want to enclose some of it in a centered div depending on your preferences |
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mreider
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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Here's login_body.tpl - again replace all the code with this:
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<form action="{S_LOGIN_ACTION}" method="post" target="_top">
<a href="{U_INDEX}" class="nav">{L_INDEX}</a>
<div id="c3"><b>{L_ENTER_PASSWORD}</b></div>
<div id="pc" class="row1">
<div align="center">
<br />{L_USERNAME}: <input type="text" class="post" name="username" size="25" maxlength="40" value="{USERNAME}" /><br />
{L_PASSWORD}: <input type="password" class="post" name="password" size="25" maxlength="32" />
<!-- BEGIN switch_allow_autologin -->
<br /><br />{L_AUTO_LOGIN}: <input type="checkbox" name="autologin" />
<!-- END switch_allow_autologin -->
<br /><br />{S_HIDDEN_FIELDS}<input type="submit" name="login" class="mainoption" value="{L_LOGIN}" />
<br /><br /><span class="gensmall"><a href="{U_SEND_PASSWORD}" class="gensmall">{L_SEND_PASSWORD}</a></span>
</form>
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I was probably a little liberal with the linebreaks but that's the way it goes. You can also contain them in paragraph tags. Linebreaks worked well for my particular design.
Either way - At 800 bytes, the login page is now half the size it used to be |
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sportman1280
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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What's the progress of this? I still can't wait  |
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AmirAbbas
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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| sportman1280 wrote: | | What's the progress of this? I still can't wait |
hi
we are very close to first release candidate of phpbb3
i think working in phpbb3 template is much better
due to some problem in my real life, im not able to be active on net until 5th of february 
if dcz let me i want to make a team for developing template for phpbb 3.
phpbb 3 template is much better than phpbb 2 and many of useless tables is removed but still its not SEOed completely. we can design some beautiful template for phpbb 3 |
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dcz
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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Well, you do not need to wonder, you can work on whatever matter you prefer 
Anyway, one thing about phpBB3, do not work on the template until it's released, they claimed they would not let people see the final one until release, so all wee see now as phpBB3 template will be changed upon release.
But once released, an optimized phpBB3 template will be a real good thing
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sportman1280
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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what a shame  . Can anyone pick up where he left off? I would really like to use this. lol.
btw, good luck in RL man. |
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dcz
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BFTUK
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:33 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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| Any chance of a copy of the latest files for your 2.xx version of the template? I'd be very interested in taking a look and continuing development. There are loads of us using 2.xx after all. |
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AmirAbbas
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:33 am Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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| Quote: | | Any chance of a copy of the latest files for your 2.xx version of the template? I'd be very interested in taking a look and continuing development. There are loads of us using 2.xx after all. |
i will work on it again after 5th of february
first i need to separate content from presentation.
i want to make a unique html file like CSS zen garden HTML file and after that i will style it.
at this time the html and CSS file for this template is not orgenized
if you are interested to help for developing this template and you are familiar with html and CSS please send a PM for me. |
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mreider
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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The work I've done on my own site has definitely helped, if not SEO then at the very least speed. It's faster loading, and reduces bandwidth. And I'm sure I've had some seo 'boosts' in google and stuff.
I've been pretty ruthless though. I've renamed all the stock images from things like "mini_post_img" to "mpi" for example (and renamed the images folder as mentioned in a previous post). It's amazing how much code bloat can be elminated with simple changes like that! |
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mreider
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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| One other thing I did was remove redundant alt and title attributes. On images that are like 5x5 px there's no need for an alt and title that says "This will take you to their profile" or something like that. I just stripped those out all together, unless I thought it would impair usability significantly. |
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mreider
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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Oh yeah - THis is debatable, but you may want to replace some of the alt atributes with your keywords. They might help your on-page seo, but I don't think dramatically and could be seen as keyword stuffing.
For example the standard alt attribute of the profile image is "View this users profile"
If your site it about travel, you could say "View this travelers profile" for example. It might help...it might not..Either way I'm sure it's not a big deal. |
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mreider
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: what are the characteristics of SEO template ? |
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Ok I promise this will be my last post in a row
One other thing. In viewtopic_body.tpl I put
| Code: | | <!-- BEGIN switch_user_logged_in --> |
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| Code: | | <!-- END switch_user_logged_in --> |
Before and after where the template calls the images like "{postrow.EMAIL_IMG}".
I figure it helps protect the users from spammers, since their emails won't be visible to guests, and it cuts down on code that is useless to search engines.
I have it block everything except for profile and PM. Maybe I should block those too, but for now I'm leaving them visible to all. |
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