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Changing the page title separator

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So, how are we accomplishing this with 5.7? I'm having trouble finding documentation and '::' is definitely my least favorite separator of all time. Lol. Also, I know Google doesn't really like it but I hate having the site name first. I've always been an advocate of "Page Title | Site Name" as the order of a title. Any help? Maybe make this a simple edit from the dashboard? Just a thought. Until then though, I'm definitely looking for the solution.

Thanks!
BisonSatellite
 
MrKDilkington replied on at Permalink Reply
MrKDilkington
Hi scarletSmoke,

This tutorial covers the page separator:
"How to change the default "site name :: page title" formatting in 5.7"
http://documentation.concrete5.org/tutorials/how-to-change-the-defa...

Example: page title in first position
'seo' => array(
    'title_format' => '%2$s - %1$s',
    'title_segment_separator' => ' - ',
)
mesuva replied on at Permalink Reply
mesuva
Ha, we're just too damn helpful. Beat me to it!
mesuva replied on at Permalink Reply
mesuva
The settings for this are called 'title_format' and 'title_segment_seperator'.

They're not currently editable via the dashboard (although that would be a good idea), but they can be quickly overridden.

Create the file /application/config/concrete.php and in that put:
<?php
return array(
    'seo' => array(
        'title_format'            => '%1$s :: %2$s',
        'title_segment_separator' => ' :: '
    ),
);

Then change as necessary. I'm not 100% sure what the second config value does, I was only able to change things via the title_format value. Changing that to something like '%2$s - %1$s' will swap the order around and put a dash in the middle, for example.

If you've already created a concrete.php file in the config directory, you'll just need to add these values into the existing array.