The standard WordPress handling of title tags [what shows up in your browser's title bar and search engines] is not guite right.
Instead of BlogTitle >> PostTitle; you want PostTitle >> BlogTitle. This helps with SEO and looks better.
You could switch wp_title and bloginfo(name), but then you get this annoying >> before your title. So here is the easy solution without resorting to a plugin.
Add the PostTitle after the
tag with ” in the brackets to remove the arrows: </p>
<pre class="brush: php;"><title><?php wp_title(' '); ?></pre>
<p>Add the condition if we’ve removed that symbol, it should add another after it; in this case i’m choosing the | symbol because I don’t like the arrows:</p>
<pre class="brush: php;"><?php if(wp_title('', false)) { echo ' | '; } ?></pre>
<p>Now add your blog name and whatever else you want before closing the title tag:</p>
<pre class="brush: php;"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | blog description? </title> </pre>
<p>Works like a charm. Thanks to <a href="http://www.zachgraeve.com/2006/09/01/optimizing-wordpress-title-tags/">Zach</a>.</p></div>
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<div class='snap_preview'><p>What a hassle! WordPress decided a while ago that you can have either summary or full content feeds, but if you used the <code></code> code the feed’s posts would get cut. </p>
<p>Editing the wp/includes feed files didn’t help and neither did the full-feed plugin. However, I’d suggest using <a href="http://www.scratch99.com/wordpress-plugin-dualfeeds/">Cronin’s Dual Feeds plugin</a>.</p>
<p>Not only does it fix this little issue across the board [category feeds etc] but it also allows you to make up a secondary feed for summaries and plug your feed into <a href="http://feedburner.com">Feedburner</a>. </p>
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