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mindy1978

 

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DWTs and meta tags and description - 3/4/2006 1:43:48   
I have recently acquired a website that I didn't build. I have transferred it all into a dwt. Unfortunately whoever built the site just copied and pasted the same title, description and meta tags on every page. I would like to optimize it for the search engines.

So, how do I edit the meta tags and description on each page if they are all attached to the dwt? Right now, it shows them as non-editable regions. Should I delete them in the dwt and just add them to each page individually? If I do that, every time I update the dwt, will it erase my new titles and descriptions?

Thanks!

Mindy
dazemay

 

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RE: DWTs and meta tags and description - 10/23/2006 10:40:42   
Mindy, Did you find a solution? I recently switched one of my sites www.chickadeecharms.com to to DWT and the orders seemed to have decreased. I'm wondering if it is due to the meta tags. I posted a question last night to the forum but haven't received any suggestions. Virginia

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SallyOH

 

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RE: DWTs and meta tags and description - 4/11/2008 19:40:04   
Mindy
I am currently reformatting my FP site to use DWTs. I just went through this myself.

Here's what you have to do - open each page, right-click on the page and go to Page Properties. Insert the metatags (title, keywords, and descriptions) and save the page. Don't do anything about it's attached dwt yet. Get all the metadata in each page and save them first. (If you are importing files, add the meta data after you import each one, but before you attach the DWT.)

Open the .dwt and add this in the <head> section (the 'doctitle' code might already be in there):

<!-- #BeginEditable "doctitle" -->
<title>enter page title</title>
<!-- #EndEditable -->

<!-- #BeginEditable "description" -->
<meta content=" /" name="description" />
<!-- #EndEditable -->

<!-- #BeginEditable "keywords" -->
<meta content=" /" name="keywords" />
<!-- #EndEditable -->

Save the DWT (at this point you don't have to update the attached files.) Next time you make a change to an attached file, the DWT will keep your metadata intact and not overwrite it nothing!

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SallyOH

 

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RE: DWTs and meta tags and description - 4/11/2008 19:41:38   
OK, I just posted an answer to a question that is 2 years old - doh!! Guess I'll be more observant from now on. Well, maybe some other newbie will neeed to know.

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