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Controlling the Rendering of Dynamic Meta Tags on a Master Page

Last post 02-13-2008 4:16 AM by sdchown. 6 replies.

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Controlling the Rendering of Dynamic Meta Tags on a Master Page

02-09-2008, 3:11 AM

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sdchown
Member since 02-09-2008, 3:08 AM
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I am changing the Meta Description and Meta Keywords at runtime. However when it renders (and I view source) it runs them all into one line instead of keeping them on seperate lines. Is there any way to control this?

My SEO guys want them to be on their own lines...don't ask!

Thanks in advance.

Stephen

Re: Controlling the Rendering of Dynamic Meta Tags on a Master Page

02-09-2008, 3:43 AM

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David Luu
Member since 10-26-2006, 8:49 PM
Toronto, Ontario
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Haha ... are you dynamically creating the tags or are they already specified in the masterpage e.g. <meta id='mDesc' runat='server' name='description' content="" /> ? I would choose the latter method since you only need one meta description and one meta keywords tags.

David Luu
Real Estate Sales Representative & .NET Developer
Website: www.condolicious.com

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02-09-2008, 3:53 AM

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sdchown
Member since 02-09-2008, 3:08 AM
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Yes.

They're specified in the masterpage thusly :

And set thusly:

If sTitle = "" Then sTitle = Util.GetPageName(iPage)

If sKeywords = "" Then sKeywords = Util.GetDomainMetaKeywords()

If sDescription = "" Then sDescription = Util.GetDomainMetaKeywords()

metaDescription.Attributes("content") = sDescription

metaKeywords.Attributes("content") = sKeywords

Me.Page.Title = sTitle

But when rendered they appear like this :

All on one line.

I hope I've explained myself a bit better now. Getting *extremely* frustrated with it. ;-)

Re: Controlling the Rendering of Dynamic Meta Tags on a Master Page

02-12-2008, 3:32 PM

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David Luu
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Toronto, Ontario
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Try removing runat="server" from the head control. That should keep the tags from bunching together.

David Luu
Real Estate Sales Representative & .NET Developer
Website: www.condolicious.com

Re: Controlling the Rendering of Dynamic Meta Tags on a Master Page

02-12-2008, 4:05 PM

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sdchown
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Will also stop the project compiling as I use themes I need runat="server" in the header.

Re: Controlling the Rendering of Dynamic Meta Tags on a Master Page

02-12-2008, 9:41 PM

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Jack Whitney
Member since 02-11-2008, 10:38 PM
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Here is an option.

        // Create Meta Description
        HtmlMeta metaDesc = new HtmlMeta();
        metaDesc.Name = "description";
        metaDesc.Content = "description";

        // Create Meta Keywords
        HtmlMeta metaKeywords = new HtmlMeta();
        metaKeywords.Name = "keywords";
        metaKeywords.Content = "keywords";

        // Add Meta controls to HtmlHead
        HtmlHead head = (HtmlHead)Page.Header;
        head.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("\n"));
        head.Controls.Add(metaDesc);
        head.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("\n"));
        head.Controls.Add(metaKeywords);
        head.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("\n"));

Hope this helps.

~Jack

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02-13-2008, 4:16 AM

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sdchown
Member since 02-09-2008, 3:08 AM
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Jack! You're my hero! With a bit of modification - I needed the Meta Tags at the top of the header area (see below) that works great. Well done and thanks.

' Create Meta Description

Dim metaDesc As New HtmlMeta

metaDesc.Name = "description"

metaDesc.Content = sDescription

'Create Meta Keywords

Dim metaKeywords As New HtmlMeta

metaKeywords.Name = "keywords"

metaKeywords.Content = sKeywords

' Add Meta controls to HtmlHead

headMain.Controls.AddAt(1, New LiteralControl(Chr(13)))headMain.Controls.AddAt(1, New LiteralControl(Chr(13)))

headMain.Controls.AddAt(1, metaDesc)

headMain.Controls.AddAt(1, New LiteralControl(Chr(13)))