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#1 2009-02-13 00:00:38
- masa
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- From: Asturias, Spain
- Registered: 2005-11-25
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meta description from excerpts
I need a bit of a nudge in the right direction here.
I have a site where a single, sticky article is displayed on the landing page for each section, using the following code:
<txp:if_article_list>
<txp:article status="sticky" form="article_sticky" limit="1" />
<txp:else />
<txp:article status="sticky" />
<txp:article status="live" />
</txp:if_article_list>The other articles are listed in the sidebar. These pull in the meta description from their excerpt field.
For the section landing page I would like the excerpt of the sticky article to appear, but <txp:excerpt /> works only in an individual article context and hence outputs nothing.
Any ideas?
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Re: meta description from excerpts
This will give you just the excerpt of the sticky article.
<txp:if_article_list>
<txp:article status="sticky" limit="1">
<txp:excerpt />
</txp:article>
</txp:if_article_list>Piwik Dashboard, Google Analytics Dashboard, Minibar, Article Image Colorpicker, Admin Datepicker, Admin Google Map, Admin Colorpicker
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#3 2009-02-13 12:22:14
- masa
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- From: Asturias, Spain
- Registered: 2005-11-25
- Posts: 1,091
Re: meta description from excerpts
Thanks Matt,
the following snippet in the <head> does the trick:
<txp:if_article_list>
<meta name="description" content="<txp:article status="sticky" limit="1"><txp:php>echo strip_tags(excerpt(array()));</txp:php></txp:article>" />
<txp:else />
<meta name="description" content="<txp:php>echo strip_tags(excerpt(array()));</txp:php>" />
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Re: meta description from excerpts
A while ago I wrote: Trick: Textpattern with page dependent header meta description. Please do also check the comments.
- Do a search with google with site:performancing.com +Textpattern Markus Merz to find more.
- Some tips were also republished on txptips.com
There also some more threads in the forum covering meta informations.
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