Help changing page title using Joomla

frying_pan_cat · 18 Jan 2012 at 13:52

Hi,

I have a site that I've been asked to update for this year rather than last year. The site uses Joomla as the back end and I can't for the life of me work out how to change the title that appears at the top of the browser (and also the listing in google but as I understand it this takes the title of the home page, is this correct?).

Can anyone tell me where I can find this attribute as it doesn't seem to be anywhere obvious. I have tried clicking systematically through all the menus but can't seem to find it there

Thanks for any help

reefoid · 18 Jan 2012 at 17:55

Its been a while since I used Joomla but I think you can change the page title by changing the title of the article that is displayed on the home page. Open the article for editing and change the Title field.

For the metadata that Google uses, go to Site....Global Configuration and change the Global Meta Description.

This is assuming 1.5, never used 1.6 or 1.7.

BaJ · 18 Jan 2012 at 20:12

It might also be set in the Menu Manager, try finding the article menu item that's set for the homepage, it could be in the options there.

reefoid · 18 Jan 2012 at 21:18

BaJ said:
It might also be set in the Menu Manager, try finding the article menu item that's set for the homepage, it could be in the options there.

Yes, I stand corrected. Its the menu item rather than the article you need to change.

frying_pan_cat · 19 Jan 2012 at 11:36

Thanks guys, it did turn out to be in Menu Items