4.6 How do we use the <txp:meta_description /> tag?

colak · 2016-09-11 15:23:32

Hi all, Great work on 4.6.

I just needed to clarify something so as to be able to respond to future questions.

4.6 How do we use the <txp:meta_description /> tag? To clarify. Do we need to treat it in the same way as we did for custom_fields?

<txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:article>
<txp:if_description><txp:meta_description /></txp:if_description>
</txp:article>
<txp:else /><txp:hide>This is an article list</txp:hide>
<txp:article>
<txp:if_description><txp:meta_description /></txp:if_description>
</txp:article>
</txp:if_individual_article>

colak · 2016-09-11 16:03:05

On testing, I think that the answer is that we can just have:

<txp:if_description><txp:meta_description /></txp:if_description>

but is this a bug or a feature?

Bloke · 2016-09-11 16:15:53

colak wrote #301325:

<txp:if_description><txp:meta_description /></txp:if_description>... but is this a bug or a feature?

Feature :-)

The <meta_description /> tag is context aware and tries to be smart about what description it pulls. If you’re on a section landing page it uses the section description, if you’re on an individual article it uses the article’s meta description. If you want to alter the default, use the type attribute to override it.

meta_description documentation

And, for completeness:

All the docs need tidying up yet as they’re being converted from textile to markdown, so the formatting’s a bit off and some of the internal links don’t work, sorry.

Edit: there’s also this post I made which goes into things in a bit more detail. Some of the specifics may have changed as things were tweaked and the keywords were aligned with the new tag, but that should be fairly close to how it works.

Last edited by Bloke (2016-09-11 16:19:33)

colak · 2016-09-11 17:02:13

Thanks so much stef. I love the simplicity of the new tags.

colak · 2016-09-11 17:52:47

Just thought I’ll say that I did way with all the lines below in favour of the one liner meta_description tags which work like a dream. Thanks soo much guys!

<txp:glx_if_frontpage><meta name="description" content="meta description here." /></txp:glx_if_frontpage>

<txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:article><txp:if_custom_field name="metad"><meta name="description" content="<txp:custom_field name="metad" escape="" />" /></txp:if_custom_field></txp:article>
</txp:if_individual_article>

<txp:if_section name="about">
<meta name="description" content="<txp:article_custom id="1"><txp:custom_field name="metad" /></txp:article_custom>" /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="nac">
<meta name="description" content="<txp:article_custom id="44"><txp:custom_field name="metad" /></txp:article_custom>" /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="workshops">
<meta name="description" content="<txp:article_custom id="2"><txp:custom_field name="metad" /></txp:article_custom>" /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="neme">
<meta name="description" content="meta description here." /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="related-links">
<meta name="description" content="meta description here." /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="events">
<meta name="description" content="meta description here." /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="participations">
<meta name="description" content="meta description here." /></txp:if_section>

<txp:if_section name="publications">
<meta name="description" content="meta description here." /></txp:if_section>

Bloke · 2016-09-11 18:05:42

Sweet! And you’re welcome. All tags should be built this way, imho :-)

Gallex · 2016-10-06 08:15:04

my solution:

<txp:if_description><txp:meta_description /><txp:else /><txp:rah_metas description_from="body" description_replacement="1" /></txp:if_description>

this way it outputs meta descriptions in individual article page, automatically

GugUser · 2016-10-06 12:15:26

I know that <txp:if_description> exists, but in the documentation it doesn’t exist.

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#1 2016-09-11 15:23:32

4.6 How do we use the <txp:meta_description /> tag?

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#3 2016-09-11 16:15:53

Re: 4.6 How do we use the <txp:meta_description /> tag?

colak wrote #301325:

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