[theme-reviewers] No-Title Filter for the_title()

[Emil Uzelac]

I like the filter, good approach, also simple use for this would be:

<h1 class="entry-title">
    <?php
    if ( ! get_the_title() ) {
        print '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '">Untitled</a>';
    ?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__(
'Permalink to %s', 'fit' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>"
rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</h1>

Michael/Chip combination.

If there is no title the Untitled will need to be in place where h1 should
be instead of having h1 empty in source code and place a link on top
somewhere. i.e. "Empty Text Node" is there but not visible to let's say
Search Engines or any site that would crawl this.

Emil

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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Perhaps I wasn't clear with my earlier reply ...
>
> I agree with Mike on the title should be empty if the author chooses not to
> write one; although I also would not recommend this particular item fall
> under the Theme Review guidelines. The end-users will make it clear if they
> think the Theme author's design concept fits their needs ... or not.
>
> I'm still not thrilled with the method I am using in my themes but this has
> given me a few more ideas to play with.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> I would use:
>>
>> if ( ! get_the_title() )
>>
>>
>> Rather than:
>>
>> $title = the_title( '', '', false );
>> if ( empty( $title ) )
>>
>>
>> But, that doesn't really address your underlying point, which I believe is
>> valid, but outside the scope of the Theme Review guidelines. I think we've
>> got a good balance, by requiring a permalink to the Single-Post view, but
>> not dictating *how* that permalink appears. Our concern is the UX; the
>> design consideration can remain a matter between the developer and the end
>> users. I'd prefer we, as Theme reviewers, not get in the middle of that.
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:39 PM, <michael at mfields.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Right on, I can totally see that need. The main thing the erks me about
>>> solutions such as this is that they take the authors intentions and throw
>>> them out the window. If I am writing a post and I choose to leave the
>>> title blank, I would expect the title to be blank. I do not want the
>>> title
>>> replaced with "no title". To me it has the effect of a designer leaving
>>> in
>>> FPO images in a finished design ... IMO it looks sloppy.
>>>
>>> If a permalink is needed, I would suggest that it be added somewhere else
>>> in the template in a conditional check. the_title can still be used for
>>> this:
>>>
>>> $title = the_title( '', '', false );
>>> if ( empty( $title ) ) {
>>>    print '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '">Permalink</a>';
>>> }
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> > The issue arises when Post Title is the only available permalink to the
>>> > Single-Post view. In this case, the developer may want to provide text
>>> > such
>>> > as "No Title", etc., so that the permalink still gets displayed.
>>> >
>>> > Chip
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:15 PM, <michael at mfields.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Is there a need for a conditional test?
>>> >>
>>> >> I wrap all my code within the function and the conditional as pect is
>>> >> handled for you:
>>> >>
>>> >> the_title( '<h2>', '</h2>' );
>>> >>
>>> >> This way the tags will not be printed if the title is empty.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Mike
>>> >>
>>> >> > Ran across this suggestion on the WPORG support forums:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/handling-display-of-title-when-none-exists?replies=1
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I like this approach; it is cleaner than performing a conditional
>>> test
>>> >> in
>>> >> > the template file.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Just thought I'd pass it along...
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Chip
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