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General Information

Page Titles

A page title is an HTML tag that is embedded in the HTML of your on-line store pages. Every page in your on-line store has a page title, and most browsers display the page title somewhere in the browser window.

Demo Store

By default, Miva Merchant automatically creates a page title for every page in your on-line store that looks like this:

<some extension> - <store name>

Identification

Miva Merchant gets your store name from the:

Menu> Store Settings > Store Details tab > Identification section > Store Name field.

If you look at your storefront page (SFNT), the page title is just the store name:

Demo Store

On a category page, the default page title is - :

Demo Store

On a product page, the default page title is - :

Demo Store

In Miva Merchant version 9.0004 and later, you can change the page title tags:

To Change the Default Page Title for Your Entire Store

By default, Miva Merchant uses your store name in the page title for every page of your on-line store. To change the default page title for your entire store, you must change your store's name.

  1. Go to Menu Store Settings > Store Details tab > Identification section > Store Name field
  2. Change the Store Name Field.
  3. Click Update.

To Change the Page Title for a Page

  1. Go to Menu > User Interface > Pages tab > edit a page > SEO tab > Title section.
  2. Enter a new value in the Title field, then click Update.

To Change the Page Title for a Specific Category

  1. Go toMenu > Catalog > Categories tab > edit a category > SEO tab > Title section.
  2. Enter a new value in the Title field, then click Update.

To Change the Page Title for a Specific Product

  1. Go to Menu> Catalog > Products tab > edit a product > SEO tab > Title section.
  2. Enter a new value in the Title field, then click Update.

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