AFAIK there is no Open Source replacement for DNNSharp Tokens.

But this specific issue you could replicate by using our Style Helper in your Skin.
I added an example here: https://github.com/40fing...Change-Meta.ascx#L24

Along the same lines, we never used the MyTokens extension, but we've found tokens to be useful in a few recent projects and ended up building a template that does this for us in OpenContent. Unfortunately, I'm not sure yet if I can share it with our other open-source OC templates.

Hi Timo,

Thanks for directing me to your Style Helper skin object! I can see where that will be really useful for many purposes. 

If I'm understanding your ChangeMeta attribute demo correctly, it looks like it would be basically replacing the default (or user-defined) DNN page title or meta description with whatever content I created within the skin, and could use any of the standard DNN tokens to construct that?   Would there be any way to incorporate the text that has been user-created for the page within the page properties and perhaps prefix that with a token value? We'd still like to be able to customize the page titles and meta descriptions per-page, but then include a token value.

Thanks! David

I can vouch for Will's token-definition tools created within OpenContent working well when specifically designed to be used within other purpose-built templates he created!

Posted By David Fenske on 10/22/2024 4:56 PM

Hi Timo,

Thanks for directing me to your Style Helper skin object! I can see where that will be really useful for many purposes. 

If I'm understanding your ChangeMeta attribute demo correctly, it looks like it would be basically replacing the default (or user-defined) DNN page title or meta description with whatever content I created within the skin, and could use any of the standard DNN tokens to construct that?   Would there be any way to incorporate the text that has been user-created for the page within the page properties and perhaps prefix that with a token value? We'd still like to be able to customize the page titles and meta descriptions per-page, but then include a token value.

Thanks! David

Well, not exactly that way...
The StyleHelper target controls in default.aspx (you pass their ID)
There are some for the Meta tags, but the title is injected in another way.
Because the Title is injected in another way, SH currently does nto support changing it.
(could be a useful addition though ;-)

Also SH does not implement full token replace support, but a limited set of tokens you can find here: https://www.40fingers.net.../DNN-Stylehelper#493

HTH Timo

 

 

 

We used our inbuild tools for this. (Open Source) It's based on the old localization tool build by Eric back in the day. We took the concept and adapted to our needs, so it's localizable and deals with all SEO data on the page.

The documentation is currently offline, I'm working on getting it back online. But you can look at the github version in the meantime.

https://www.rocket-cds.org/
https://github.com/Rocket-CDS

https://github.com/Rocket...tion/Installation.md
https://github.com/Rocket...e/master/RocketTools

Get in touch with me if you need a hand using it.

I have updated the documents https://docs.rocket-cds.o...gration/Rocket-Tools

It's not exactly what you ask for, but I think the Page localization is a good way to deal with SEO even when there is only 1 language.

Hi David, 

Rocket Tools looks like an amazing project - lots of features. I think for the small functionality I'm looking for, it's a bit too much to get into, but I'll keep it in mind for future projects!

Thanks, David

Yes probably a little much for this. It's a merge of all our internal modules, We've been using it for over 2 years and it stable, just lacking some AppTheme (razor) template examples and documentation needs to improve.