metadata

[neilb]

how do i put in meta data without it appearing on the website?


I have gone to the pages section,
clicked on the options box
put in the data

I don't know which boxes should be ticked????

Neil

[mahjong]

The metadata field is for entering HTML tags,

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<meta name="description" value="Albert Einstein's theory of relativity" />

not raw text

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Albert Einstein's theory of relativity

[neilb]

I am completly new to this but

So would I be right in going into the options part and filling in metadata box with the the tags/website related info like this:



or would I have to:






Thanks for your help,

Neil

[Russ]

Hi neilb,
is OK. But watch the length. Anyway this looks more like keywords?

So perhaps?



Keywords are usuallly better per page where they can actually relate to the page content, however I'm not sure which search engines still use keywords since it has been much abused.

You might also want to look a Google SiteMaps, there is some code in the forum to produce them automatically for your site.

Hope this is what you wanted?  If you're new to (X)HTML, head over to the W3C for some good stuff.

Russ

[neilb]

Thanks Russ,

Yes I'm very new to this but god it sucks you in.

What is w3c.

Neil

[Russ]

Home of (X)HTML and CSS - a bit complex to undestand but has links to all the info and validators for your code and css. Also look at some of the cool add-ins for web development for Firefox. They really help.

http://www.w3.org/

Russ

[neilb]

Thanks,

I went to google site map.

Put in my info and downloaded the sitemap coding.

Placed the coding in the metedata section of both the home page and the Global meta data box and on both occasions half of the coding appeared on my front home page.

Should the coding be prefixed with something or am I just putting it in the wrong box?

Neil

[mahjong]

This is good XTHML, but bad semantics. The "description" meta is for describing the Web site in a short sentence. A list of keywords is best published as 

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<meta name="keywords" value="folk,music,band,rock,etc,etc" />

would I have to:

No, never repeat metas having the same name (purpose).

Not bad, but would be a lot better if you avoid generalities and "This is a site about..." Try to have something right to the point and distinctive, something similar to a definition in a dictionary.

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<meta name="description" value="Portfolio of Pat Kelly, the professional Belgian songwriter" />
<meta name="keywords" value="folk,rock,musician,Belgium" />

[neilb]

Okay, I'll try that.

Do I put it in the  in Page - content -options - metadata box or Global settings metadata box and is there any boxes I should tick?

Pat Kelly, This is a very small world we live in, say hello to him.

Thanks,

Neil

[neilb]

also take alook at the last picture in this link

http://www.neilbrophy.com/index.php/pictures