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  • #1

    Zoomcategory meta tag for categories

    Hi.

    I have a little issue with the ZOOMCATEGORY-meta tag. Apparently it is beeing ignored by the indexer. Or at least it doesn't place the files in proper category.

    Code:
    <!--ZOOMSTART-->
...
<html>
<head>
...
<meta name="ZOOMCATEGORY" content="Economy">
...
</head>
<body>
<!--ZOOMSTOP-->

Header

<!--ZOOMSTART-->

Content

<!--ZOOMSTOP-->

Footer
    I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm guessing that I'm making some mistake in the indexer's categories tab. I created an "Economy" category with the match pattern "Economy" (not working) and also <meta name="ZOOMCATEGORY" content="Economy"> (also not working).
    Last edited by Mantis; Dec-06-2006, 12:21 PM.
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  • #2
    You're using the ZOOMSTOP tags incorrectly. The tags are <!--ZOOMSTOP--> and <!--ZOOMRESTART-->. You need to mark the sections of the page which you wish to EXCLUDE, by enclosing them within these two tags.

    So it should look more like this:

    Code:
    [LEFT]...
<html>
<head>
...
<meta name="ZOOMCATEGORY" content="Economy">
...
</head>
<body>
<!--ZOOMSTOP-->

Header

<!--ZOOMRESTART-->

Content

<!--ZOOMSTOP-->

Footer
<!--ZOOMRESTART-->[/LEFT]
    --Ray
    Wrensoft Web Software
    Sydney, Australia
    Zoom Search Engine

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    • #3
      I edited my template file accordingly. No effect.

      The pages won't show up when searching with the categories filter.

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      • #4
        Can you post the URL to your site so that we can have a closer look.

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        • #5
          http://www.isr.tu-berlin.de/suche/search.php

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          • #6
            I looked at more than 20 pages on your site and didn't find a single page that used the ZOOMCATEGORY tag.

            (After you add or remove tags, you need to re-index your site before you will see any changes. Also make sure you turn off file caching from the General tab in the Zoom configuration window)

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            • #7
              Try http://www.isr.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=150
              I have re-indexed over and over again after making changes to the config.

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              • #8
                I spent some more time looking at your web site. You appear to be using a tag like this now,

                <meta name="ZOOMCATEGORY" content="Oekonomie">

                Which should be OK if it matches what you have in the Zoom configuration window.

                But I can see from your search form that you have named the category, "Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regional&#246;konomie"

                So clearly "Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regional&#246;konomie" is NOT the same as "Oekonomie", so there will be no match. And nothing will appear in the category "Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regional&#246;konomie".

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                • #9
                  Hm. Okay.
                  "Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regionalökonomie" should have been the name and description of the category and not the match pattern.

                  I'll check on monday.

                  Thanks again.

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                  • #10
                    I have re-index the site with caching off. Still no effect.

                    The match pattern in the indexer app is clearly "Oekonomie" and not "Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regionalökonomie". For the sake of it, I also inserted "Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regionalökonomie" als match pattern. Still no positive effect.

                    I have attached my Zoom config file.

                    Thanks in advance!

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                    • #11
                      The metatag is matched against the category name. Not the pattern.

                      The pattern is only used for matching against the page URLs.

                      If you have this meta data,
                      <meta name="ZOOMCATEGORY" content="Oekonomie">

                      Then the category name needs to be Oekonomie.

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