Ixion Theme – Adding a site title without it displaying on the homepage

jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 23, 2017 at 10:08 am
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Hiya all,

I’m using the Ixion theme.

It uses the site tagline as the text that appears over the homepage image, so I have to have the “Display Site Title and Tagline” selected in the customization.

However, because i’m using a custom logo, I have to leave the site title field blank so that it doesn’t show that next to the logo (which messes up the way the homepage header looks).

Is there a way to add a site title in the CSS so that Google can see it, but so that it doesn’t appear on the homepage?

Regards,
Jim

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eallas · Member · Jan 23, 2017 at 3:15 pm
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Howdy Jim!

Could you let us know what your site title and tagline is? Is it possibly “Ad Bell – Excellence in Signage & Display Graphics. Call us today on [number]”? If so, upon searching your specific site on Google, it shows.

Please let us know if this is correct or if it should be displaying something else.
jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 23, 2017 at 3:55 pm
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Hiya,

Yes, that is the tagline for the site, but there is currently no Title entered.

Regards,

James
eallas · Member · Jan 23, 2017 at 4:01 pm
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Hiya James!

Do you have a title entered on your end? If so, what is it?

Also, the link I previously provided sends you to a google search of your specific site. Is that how you wish for it to come out or should it be different?

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Erick
jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:09 pm
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Hiya,

No, there is no title entered currently. If I did, it would show on the hompage and I don’t want that.

The text showing in the search results is the tagline. I need a title to be present for SEO purposes, but i don’t want it to display on the homepage.

I thought CSS would be the place to have control over this?

Jim
eallas · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:20 pm
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Oh, I see now.

CSS will have control over this; however, you can only edit the CSS if you have a Premium or Business plan.

If you do, you can go to https://wordpress.com/customize > (If applicable) Click your site > Click CSS > Input the CSS below.
```
@media screen and (min-width: 37.5em)
.site-title {
    display: none;
}
```
This will get rid of the title when displayed. If you wish to also get rid of the tagline, please let me know.
jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:25 pm
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Yes, we have the full business plan :-)

Thanks for the code, if i could have the other code you mention, that would be fab!

Jim
eallas · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:32 pm
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Here you go!
```
.header-overlay {
    display: none;
}
```
jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:35 pm
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https://adbellsigns.wordpress.com/

I’ve used the first code and entered a site title, but it’s displaying it! :-(

eallas · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:39 pm

Here’s a fixed version!

@media screen and (min-width: 37.5em)
.wf-active .site-title {
    display: none !important;
}

If that doesn’t work, here’s a backup:

.site-title a {
display:none;
}

jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:41 pm
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It was the @media bit at the top that made it not work – I removed that and it’s sorted?
eallas · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:43 pm
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Yeah, your site looks good now. The media CAN cause that problem sometimes, I apologize.

Has this solved your problem?
jimcroisdale · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:44 pm
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Yes, I think that’s all good! Won’t know until Google recrawls, but I’m sure it’ll be fine :-) Thanks for your help! :-)
eallas · Member · Jan 24, 2017 at 2:45 pm
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Sounds great! Happy to help my friend! You’re very welcome! Have a great day and happy blogging!

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