Addition of rel="alternate" tags

[tavenger5]

Can an option be added to add tags to translated pages:

<link rel="alternate" hreflang="es" href="http://site.com/es/thread_etc.html" />

More info here: rel="alternate" hreflang="x" - Webmaster Tools Help (http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=189077)

[Fabiano]

Excellent!

[vBET]

Accepted :)

[tavenger5]

Great! In the meantime could you tell me how this could be added manually if it is not too complicated?

[Marcin Kalak]

When we do that, and if it's a simple change then we will publish a quick fix for people who will not want to wait for the new release.

[tavenger5]

great, thanks!

[tavenger5]

I would really like to see this sooner than later as it may help with this issue I'm having: http://www.vbenterprisetranslator.com/forum/vbet4-troubleshooting/3347-major-issue-duplicate-content.html

[Marcin Kalak]

Quick fix for this feature is:

Open file includes/vbenterprisetranslator_functions_hooks.php
Find code:

if (!VBET_IS_ACTUAL_IGNORED && (!$vbulletin->options['vbenterprisetranslator_flags_guestsonly'] || !$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])) {
PUT AFTER it this code:

require_once(DIR. '/includes/vbenterprisetranslator_functions_lang.php');
require_once(DIR. '/includes/vbenterprisetranslator_functions_url.php');
$active = vbet_getActiveTranslations();
$host = substr($vbulletin->options['bburl'],0,strlen($vbulletin->options['bburl'])-strlen($vbulletin->options['vbenterprisetranslator_forumdir']));
foreach ($active as $key => $value)
{
$template_hook['headinclude_css'] .= '<link rel=\'alternate\' hreflang=\''.$key.'\' href=\''.$host.vbet_createURL($key).'\' />';
}

This quick fix will add "alternate" tags to all your pages. In the next release this option will be configurable. In the next release we will add this feature.

[tavenger5]

thank you! really appreciate it!

[tavenger5]

hrm, I was under the impression that the base language should not be an 'alternate' page.

[tavenger5]

hrm, I was under the impression that the base language should not be an 'alternate' page.

Actually, I think I'm wrong...


If you have multiple language versions of a URL, each language page in the set must use rel="alternate" hreflang="x" to identify all language versions including itself. For example, if your site provides content in French, English, and Spanish, the Spanish version must include a rel="alternate" hreflang="x" link for itself in addition to links to the French and English versions. Similarly the English and French versions must each include the same references to the French, English, and Spanish versions

[Marcin Kalak]

As I read, on all pages should be links to all language versions and so it is done.

[Vetall]

Good day!

performed this modification hreflang to vBET Translator 4.7.2

google webmasters error:
On the page with the language code en no backlinks

[Marcin Kalak]

On which page you have this issues? When you see this message? Can you send the link to the example of an issue? Please create a new topic with a detailed description of this issue.

[Vetall]

Thank you!

Created a new topic:
http://www.vbenterprisetranslator.com/forum/vbet4-troubleshooting/4542-addition-of-rel%3Dalternate-tags.html#post17107