SEO: Meta Name & Description

vFranky · April 20th, 2010, 05:38 AM

Hello,

I inserted a <meta name="description"> to my headtags.htm to have a meta description for Google on my homepage/indexpage. Now I realize, that this meta description appears on all pages and I have double meta descriptions on my pages.

What can I do? Place the homepage meta description to some other place. Or rename the headtags.htm to headtags.php (how?) and make this entry conditionally?

Case 2: Photopost takes the content of the picture description to fill the tag <meta name="description">. Okay. But if it is a looong description, the meta description gets very long. Is there a chance to limit the meta description string somewhere?

Thank you in advance!

Regards,
Frank

Chuck S · April 20th, 2010, 06:33 AM

well why not just do something else.

Add these lines to your index.php and place the wording you wish.

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

vFranky · April 20th, 2010, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

well why not just do something else.

Add these lines to your index.php and place the wording you wish.

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Good idea, I will try. Thank you!

Chuck S · April 20th, 2010, 07:21 AM

glad to help out

Chuck S · April 20th, 2010, 07:22 AM

or maybe this

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

vFranky · April 20th, 2010, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

or maybe this

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

What purpose? Where is the difference?

Chuck S · April 20th, 2010, 08:11 AM

well your trying to just add a meta description right. well you can simply add that one line and it will place the description you entered under index options for the seo meta tag.

vFranky · April 20th, 2010, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

well your trying to just add a meta description right. well you can simply add that one line and it will place the description you entered under index options for the seo meta tag.

Yes, I am trying to add the meta description and keywords only to the first-/index-/homepage. The other pages are okay.

I can understand this code -->

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

But what is the purpose of this one? -->

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Chuck S · April 20th, 2010, 09:21 AM

Do the first one it doesnt matter the first one also allows you to add a meta keywords line

Taner · November 12th, 2011, 01:45 AM

i would like to do the same but need some guidance on where in the index.php above lines need to be included?

Chuck S · November 12th, 2011, 02:01 PM

any comments here have since been included in any future revisions we released since this discussion since this topic is one and a half years old.

Taner · November 12th, 2011, 02:29 PM

well, how can i change the meta description and meta keywords of only the index page?

Chuck S · November 12th, 2011, 06:14 PM

The meta description for the index I beleive is right in the admin index options.

Taner · November 13th, 2011, 01:40 AM

interesting you are saying this. i have tried this before.

when changing the description it changes the title tag and the description is the still the same as in the forum.

Chuck S · November 13th, 2011, 09:30 AM

The meta description is whatever you write there of that I am certain it is how it is designed.

Taner · November 14th, 2011, 12:01 AM

again, i can confirm chaning the description text changes the title tag and not the description.

the description is still getting pulled from the forum description.

Chuck S · November 14th, 2011, 07:42 AM

what version of the software are you using? I show the description gets added to the forum description meta tag in vb.

Taner · November 14th, 2011, 02:45 PM

backend shows current version 7.1

Chuck S · November 14th, 2011, 02:48 PM

well like I said you can show a url here so I can see your page source etc

Taner · November 14th, 2011, 02:52 PM

URL