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metadata

Posted: 04 Apr 2007, 17:32
by kafin8ed
what is the best way or place on the site to enter metadata, you know so search engines can find me and stuff, like a list of keywords. Without the index.html start page I don't know how to work that into this site.

thanks
-Alan

Posted: 15 Apr 2007, 02:44
by mjau-mjau
Basically, you need to edit the index.php file since this is in place of the index.html file you might be used to. The only difference, is that the PHP file also includes some scripts which you need to make sure you dont change.

If you open index.php, on line 31 and 32 you will find:

title ?=$startheading;? /title
meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"

You can then add additional lines of meta tags below that link. You will find tips on metatags here: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167931

Keep in mind that the most important tag for search engines is the <title> tag, and that will have the text from your startheading parameter in your configuration.