Textpattern's default page title markup -- txp:page_title -- always places the site name in front of the individual page name. This is irritating, because I prefer to have the interior content title come before the site title itself -- it just makes more sense that way and it's a lot more search engine friendly.

Use this code to replace txp:page_title on the page template to get the desired effect.

<txp:if_section name="">
<title><txp:site_name /></title>
<txp:else />
<txp:if_individual_article>
<title><txp:title /> - <txp:site_name /></title>
</txp:if_individual_article>
</txp:if_section>