1. Where can I set individuel META Title and Description for my blogpost. I asked the sales before and they say its possible but I cant find it when I want to edit my post

In order to set the metadata for the specific post, ensure that you have enabled this setting from the backend > Easyblog > Setting > Editor > General > Enable SEO Panel.

2. Why do I have to set a fixed font size on text blogs or alert boxes? Wouldnt it be more logical to have the choice to delete it and use the CSS defaults of the website to have everything in the same fonts? Like that I have to add custom css to let it fit to my site.

Most users like to set the different font sizes for a different paragraph sometime, so we added this ability to allow users to change the font size from the composer.

If you would like to show the same font size similar to your current template, you can set the default font size from this setting (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/ViPkb7s7MQCqT9XXKLN6fH4mddUeNF ) This setting will force to show this font size on the frontend blog post.

3. Im missing the possibility to use <h>-Tags e.g. in Alert Boxes. I also dont understand why in accordion addon the headings are all set to <h2>. What if I dont want it? I dont want to set them to <h2>

Unfortunately, it is not possible to add the <h> tag to this alert block.

Regarding the accordion block, you need to modify the core file JoomlaFolder/components/com_easyblog/themes/wireframe/composer/blocks/handlers/accordion/html.php if you do not want to show the h2 tag.

Once you modify this file, you can override this file into your current template, copy this file then place it into the following file location.

JoomlaFolder/templates/yourCurrentTemplate/html/com_easyblog/composer/blocks/handlers/accordion/html.php (you have to manually create this new folder under your template directory folder)

4. I also miss the possibility to add spaces to my rows - everything looks too near together - how can I add spaces?

Can you provide us with some screenshots of which part you would like to add a space? So we can better understand and provide you with a better solution.

5. When I want to drag and drop a block I often dont anderstand where I have to drop it - its a bit confusing or I dont understand it. Is there an explaination video for this?

You can check our documentation here but we still haven't updated the new video tutorial yet since the time we recorded this video still using Easyblog 5.x, but you can learn about the drag and drop block.

https://stackideas.com/docs/easyblog/administrators/composing/composing-methods

6. Here I have a 3 column layout:

https://www.gastware.de/blog/

When I switch the category to

https://www.gastware.de/blog/categories/kassensysteme

I dont have that layout any more and also the article view looks diffrent to the site before. Can you tell me where I can setup layout for subcategories?

Alltogether a solid system you have built up - looks like good work but a lot of improvements seem to be made. I needed over one hour to build this blog post up - thats too long - hope some problems can be clarified.

You can configure this from the backend > Easyblog > setting > views > category (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/mJ1uee1Gjt6tI7AorebtwEtb6R9CkT )

Hi,

1. Thanks I found it. I have set "Hallo Welt" as META Title and System is writing "Hallo Welt - Blog". Why "Blog" - I dont want "Blog" behind it. I want to have the full control of the title so I can optimize my blogpost for SEO as I want.

2. Well I have set default size 16px and when I want to write something into the alert box its still chosing 13px (screenshot)

3. Alert box: Too bad You should give the user more possibilites - especialy for seo
Accordion: That does not seem to be the right path - even when I overwrite this file nothing happens. Im still thinking whats the idea to make them <h2> - H2 mostly has big font sizes because its used as the second most important headlines on the page and it simply looks ugly to use them as accordion heading.

4. Well, check screenshot attached or just have a look to my test site:

https://www.gastware.de/blog/easyblog-installed-successfully-3

This block looks like sticked together. Have a look to my screenshot attached from a diffrent blog - there we have space all over the elements.

5. ok i check

6. ok fixed

1. Thanks I found it. I have set "Hallo Welt" as META Title and System is writing "Hallo Welt - Blog". Why "Blog" - I dont want "Blog" behind it. I want to have the full control of the title so I can optimize my blogpost for SEO as I want.

You can try to disable this setting from the backend > Easyblog > setting > SEO > general > Append Title On Entry View - NO

2. Well I have set default size 16px and when I want to write something into the alert box its still chosing 13px (screenshot)

I am sorry that I gave the wrong information to you about this "default font size" setting.
After checking further, it seems like this "default font size" setting only takes effect for the "text" block and the blog listing page content.

In the meanwhile, you discover a bug, and I can replicate this issue when you highlighted the word and adjust the font size on the right panel, then it doesn't show any effect, I will log this into our issue tracker.

3. Alert box: Too bad You should give the user more possibilites - especialy for seo
Accordion: That does not seem to be the right path - even when I overwrite this file nothing happens. Im still thinking whats the idea to make them <h2> - H2 mostly has big font sizes because its used as the second most important headlines on the page and it simply looks ugly to use them as accordion heading.

I am sorry that I forgot to mention this in my previous reply, after you modified the file, you might need to re-add the new "Accordion" block again in the content so it will only show your latest modified HTML code.

If you decide not to modify the core code, I think you can use custom CSS to update the font size so the "Accordion" block h2 tag will not respect your current template h2 default styling. ( remember to remove your modification code)

Then add the following custom CSS from your template or you can add this from the backend > Easyblog > theme > custom CSS.

body #eb .ebd-block[data-type="accordion"] h2 {

  font-size: 14px !important;

}

4. Well, check screenshot attached or just have a look to my test site:

https://www.gastware.de/blog/easyblog-installed-successfully-3

This block looks like sticked together. Have a look to my screenshot attached from a diffrent blog - there we have space all over the elements.

Do you mean that you would like to add a space between the block? (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/smIndfVct9kIPyrfYta3llVsdMkMNR )

If yes, you have to apply the following custom CSS on your site:

By default it will show margin-bottom 10px only, you can increase the pixel how many you want.

body #eb .eb-entry-article .ebd-block {

    margin-bottom: 20px;

}

Hi, thanks for your reply.

1. thanks - fixed for posts - but now Im receiving the problem, that the categories only have the name in the meta title. For example

https://www.gastware.de/blog/categories/hotelsoftware

Has now only "Hotelsoftware" as Meta Title. How can I setup individual Meta Tags for it?

2. okay - no problem - But you should really think about forcing a fixed font size. For me example I am using bigger font sizes for desktop view and I reduce them for mobile phone. So when I set 16px for desktop I want 14px on >767px. When I set a font size hardcoded in the settings of your tool I need to add custom CSS to resize the font again on smaller devices. The correct and user friendly solution for you would be to give the user the choice to set a certain font size or give him the choice NOT to set a font size, so the template default are being used. This is also how pagebuilders work. Think about to implement this in your releases.

3. I have deleted the accordion addon and recreated it. Now the system sets the first item in <p> - Tag like I have set up but uses the second item in <h2> again. Whats wrong here?

https://www.gastware.de/blog/easyblog-installed-successfully-3

I know that I could also set custom css for <h2> to make them smaller but its simply technically WRONG to set them to <h2> because of SEO reasons. <h>-Tags are SEO relevant and a <h2> headline should not be used in accordion titles. Think once a user has 10 accordions - so he is using 10 times a <h2>-Tag on his website. This would result in bad seo-markup for google.

Anyway the best thing would be to let the user chose which Tag the headline should be. FORCING the user to use <h2> is the worst solution because mostly the main goal for blogging is getting a good search engine ranking for your blogpost and with settings like that you restrict the user.

4. Thanks thats much better. Would be a good addition to your component to let the user set this without custom css.

Best regards,
kweb

2. okay - no problem - But you should really think about forcing a fixed font size. For me example I am using bigger font sizes for desktop view and I reduce them for mobile phone. So when I set 16px for desktop I want 14px on >767px. When I set a font size hardcoded in the settings of your tool I need to add custom CSS to resize the font again on smaller devices. The correct and user friendly solution for you would be to give the user the choice to set a certain font size or give him the choice NOT to set a font size, so the template default are being used. This is also how pagebuilders work. Think about to implement this in your releases.

Actually, we provided this setting "Default Font Size" only for novices. the responsive font size responsible should under customized based on the template.

e.g. template custom.css, users need to know which screen size for which font size.

@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {

	body #eb .ebd-block[data-type="text"] p {

		font-size: 14px;

	}

}

3. I have deleted the accordion addon and recreated it. Now the system sets the first item in <p> - Tag like I have set up but uses the second item in <h2> again. Whats wrong here?

https://www.gastware.de/blog/easyblog-installed-successfully-3

Hm, it seems like the Javascript there also will render back the h2 tag after you add a new item from the accordion block even you modified the h2 tag to p tag from this file JoomlaFolder/components/com_easyblog/themes/wireframe/composer/blocks/handlers/accordion/html.php so my previous suggested will not work now.

I would suggest you that revert back the changes from the file.

I know that I could also set custom css for <h2> to make them smaller but its simply technically WRONG to set them to <h2> because of SEO reasons. <h>-Tags are SEO relevant and a <h2> headline should not be used in accordion titles. Think once a user has 10 accordions - so he is using 10 times a <h2>-Tag on his website. This would result in bad seo-markup for google.

Anyway the best thing would be to let the user chose which Tag the headline should be. FORCING the user to use <h2> is the worst solution because mostly the main goal for blogging is getting a good search engine ranking for your blogpost and with settings like that you restrict the user.

From what I researched, H2 tags are not restricted and they won't affect the SEO, just need to make sure that you are using the H2 tags for formatting the article in order to make it easier to understand for your users. you can read the following reference links.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/forum/AAAA2Jdx3sUuO6QnrM1Iu4
https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/166430873?hl=en
https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/134230/too-many-h2-tags

For now, you may need to use custom CSS to control the h2 tag font size styling for the accordion block and you can submit a request on our voice page here https://stackideas.com/voices/easyblog to allow users to add an ability to change this h2 tag from the accordion block, so our developer will see if there a lot of users vote this, the team will usually prioritize features that are in popular demand during the development process of the next major release.

4. Thanks thats much better. Would be a good addition to your component to let the user set this without custom css.

You're welcome, thanks for your input.

Hi thanks for your reply.

I have opened a request for the <h2> thing. I see the problem that you are forcing the user to use headline tags that he does not want on this place - so hopefully it will be changed sometime.

I have added one more thing regards Meta Tags:


1. thanks - fixed for posts - but now Im receiving the problem, that the categories only have the name in the meta title. For example

https://www.gastware.de/blog/categories/hotelsoftware

Has now only "Hotelsoftware" as Meta Title. How can I setup individual Meta Tags for it?

Can you help me out here too?
kweb

1. thanks - fixed for posts - but now Im receiving the problem, that the categories only have the name in the meta title. For example

https://www.gastware.de/blog/categories/hotelsoftware

Has now only "Hotelsoftware" as Meta Title. How can I setup individual Meta Tags for it?

Can you help me out here too?

The only way to change the meta title for the single category page, you have to create a hidden menu item for "Easyblog - single category menu" so you can update your custom meta title under this menu setting "browser page title" (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/BpXBdyMpeLlITm55OiO1U3YnFc0auQ )

Hope this will help.

Hi, yes thats helping - I have done like that. The only bad thing is that Im losing my navigation (the bar to change categories) when I click on "Hotelsoftware", see

Title

I think you have to check back how you add this "Easyblog - Categories" module on the page before (screenshot: https://monosnap.com/file/yZE7HZqVasI8fXv6FgWhTRMqB1Bdut )

So you have to do the same and assign this module to show on this "Easyblog - Single category menu" page (https://www.gastware.de/blog-hotelsoftware).

Because when you add this single category menu so it is no longer associated with this blog menu (https://www.gastware.de/blog).

Hi,
i have another questions:
When I create a heading: Why this heading additionally is being included in <span> Tag?

Every time I add a heading block I have to delete 2 spaces in front of the heading - the system is creating on its own? Why create these 2 spaces here, whats behind this idea?

kweb

We included this <span> HTML element tag to prevent some of the possible issues happening when the user adds some font style or permalink into a specific word.

By default, it should show 1 extra space when you activate a block on the composer e.g. text, heading block.

Thanks for explaination - Well point 1 might be okay (exepts its just making source code bigger for nothing), but I cannot get why you force the user to remove a space all the time - its simply annoying and makes more work than needed. Better would be to leave it blank and let the user chose by global configuration.

I will report this to our developer, and we will see if we can do something about this.

Thanks,
I have another problem. I checked my site on mobile phones and saw that the display of the latest items not looking good on mobile phones. I have attached a screenshot. There is a lot of unused space and the area with text is much too small. Can you help me how I can adjust this?

Link

That is strange, it seems like it shows fine on my Android mobile device, you can check my attached screenshot below.

May I know what mobile device model you tested?

Have you fixed anything on your site yesterday?