When using a static Page as the front page of the site, both front page and blog listing show same HTML title

[markjaquith]

If you set a static Page as the front page of your site, both the front page and the blog listing page will show only your blog's title in the HTML <title /> element.

That seems wrong to me. I'd think that the blog listing would use its page title... "news" or "headlines" or "blog" or whatever it is.

[Viper007Bond]

-1

You're viewing the homepage (which just happens to be a Page), as such a Page title shouldn't be displayed. A plugin or some code in the theme could easily accomplish what you're looking for.

Recommend closing as wontfix.

[DD32]

You're viewing the homepage

Correct, But the homepage also has a name, Not all homepages are a homepage, Some are the News page, some are something else, etc..

[Viper007Bond]

Replying to DD32:

Correct, But the homepage also has a name, Not all homepages are a homepage, Some are the News page, some are something else, etc..

Perhaps, but that's where a theme mod or plugin should come into play. A is_front_page() stuck in the <title> or whatever. Infact one of my sites is like that.

However when you're at http://yoursite.com/, I think the majority of people expect the <title> to be what they've entered at Settings -> General, regardless of what is shown there (latest posts or a welcome message).

[Viper007Bond]

Just noticed markjaquith opened this ticket and not some random noob. I retract my wontfix recommendation, but I still think the current implementation is fine.

[sivel]

+1

I think the default behavior should be to display the page name for all pages except the front page, including the posts page, unless of course the posts page is the front page.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

+1 to the current patch.

[ryan]

(In [11395]) Fix display of titles for front pages. Props sivel. fixes #9288