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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions app/controllers/application_controller.rb
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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def use_crawler_layout?
CrawlerDetection.crawler?(request.user_agent, request.headers["HTTP_VIA"])
)
end
helper_method :use_crawler_layout?

def perform_refresh_session
refresh_session(current_user) unless @readonly_mode
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions app/helpers/application_helper.rb
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Expand Up @@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ def description_content
)
end

def is_crawler_homepage?
request.path == "/" && use_crawler_layout?
end
# Creates open graph and twitter card meta data
def crawlable_meta_data(opts = nil)
opts ||= {}
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions app/views/layouts/_noscript_header.html.erb
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
<header>
<a href="<%= path "/" %>">
<%=SiteSetting.title%>
</a>
<a href="<%= path "/" %>"><%=SiteSetting.title%></a>
<% if is_crawler_homepage? %>
<p><%= SiteSetting.site_description %></p>
<% end %>
</header>
28 changes: 27 additions & 1 deletion spec/requests/home_page_controller_spec.rb
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@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
# frozen_string_literal: true

RSpec.describe HomePageController do
describe "#custom" do
describe "homepage" do
context "with crawler view" do
before do
SiteSetting.site_description = "This is a test description"
SiteSetting.has_login_hint = false
end

it "should display the menu by default" do
get "/custom", headers: { "HTTP_USER_AGENT" => "Googlebot" }

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -43,6 +48,27 @@ def enabled?
DiscoursePluginRegistry.reset!
end
end

it "should display the site description on the homepage" do
get "/", headers: { "HTTP_USER_AGENT" => "Googlebot" }

expect(response.status).to eq(200)
expect(response.body).to include("<p>This is a test description</p>")
expect(response.body).to include(
"<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is a test description\">",
)
end

it "should not display the site description on another route" do
get "/top", headers: { "HTTP_USER_AGENT" => "Googlebot" }

expect(response.status).to eq(200)
expect(response.body).not_to include("<p>This is a test description</p>")
# but still includes the meta tag
expect(response.body).to include(
"<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is a test description\">",
)
end
end
end
end
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