If you are running the Xenforo forum community script and looking to implement hreflang tags, here is the solution. This is based on using separate ccTLD domains.
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Log in to the administrator area, head to templates > page container.
In the DOM head section, paste the following:
Remember to update the href to your domains. Additionally, your going to need to override the canonical tag. Remove your existing canonical tag and replace with:
The next step is to override the open graph sharing URL. Remove the existing open graph URL and replace with:
Save the container file, head over to one of your forum post's and view the HTML source. Can you see the hreflang tags?
Tip* if you have any absolute hard-coded URLs in your footer and header navigation. I would recommend switching them to relative URLs. You can do this by adding the following in the URL:
Comment below if you need any help implementing an international SEO strategy for Xenforo 2 forums.
View attachment 66
Log in to the administrator area, head to templates > page container.
In the DOM head section, paste the following:
Code:
<!-- hreflang tags -->
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://sitebee.net{$xf.uri}"/>
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-us" href="https://sitebee.us{$xf.uri}"/>
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-gb" href="https://sitebee.co.uk{$xf.uri}"/>Remember to update the href to your domains. Additionally, your going to need to override the canonical tag. Remove your existing canonical tag and replace with:
Code:
<!-- canonical tag -->
<link rel="canonical" href="{$xf.fullUri}" />The next step is to override the open graph sharing URL. Remove the existing open graph URL and replace with:
Code:
<!-- social metas -->
<meta property="og:url" content="{$xf.fullUri}" />Save the container file, head over to one of your forum post's and view the HTML source. Can you see the hreflang tags?
Tip* if you have any absolute hard-coded URLs in your footer and header navigation. I would recommend switching them to relative URLs. You can do this by adding the following in the URL:
Code:
{{ base_url('/uri-goes-here/') }}Comment below if you need any help implementing an international SEO strategy for Xenforo 2 forums.