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alfuzzy 01-24-2019 01:48 AM

Adding Meta Data to Website
 
Can someone tell me exactly where I need to add meta data for my website please?

- Exactly which file or template do I add the meta data to?
- Where exactly in that file/template do I add the meta data?
- Does the meta data need to be entered in a specific area of the file/template (top, bottom, etc.).
- Is the file one of the vBulletin templates?

Basically I'm not 100% sure if there is any meta data at the moment...knowing the exact file/template will help me figure out if there is any meta data there presently. If there isn't...I want to add some.

Website is running vBulletin 4.2.5.

Thanks very much.:)

blind-eddie 01-24-2019 10:33 AM

Go to Options, General settings, you will add your meta tags there.

iA1 01-24-2019 04:10 PM

If you want to add custom meta tags such as viewport, theme-color etc, then create a new plugin at hook location parse_templates and add the following code:
Code:

    $template_hook['headinclude_javascript'] .= '
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
';

Add each meta tag in a new line after the one shown above, just before the closing ';

alfuzzy 01-24-2019 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blind-eddie (Post 2598213)
Go to Options, General settings, you will add your meta tags there.

Hey blind-eddie thanks for the info.:)

Yes...I do have key words entered in that area of the Admin CP. But was hoping to learn how to do it by adding the info to the proper file/template of vBulletin (or any other files for the site). This vBulletin Admin cp input area I think only allows individual words...I was hoping to also have some sort of meta-statement for my site. As with all of us...trying to optimize SEO as much as possible.:)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by iA1 (Post 2598217)
If you want to add custom meta tags such as viewport, theme-color etc, then create a new plugin at hook location parse_templates and add the following code:
Code:

    $template_hook['headinclude_javascript'] .= '
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
';

Add each meta tag in a new line after the one shown above, just before the closing ';

Thanks iA1. I was mostly hoping to place some meta keywords somewhere...and maybe some sort fo meta statement so that my site shows up better in search engine results (SEO).

If I can do this with the code you provided (thanks very much)...where exactly do I enter the meta info in the code (please pardon my newness to this)?

Maybe it would be easier if I provide a simple example. If I wanted to do the following for my site in terms of meta info:

- Meta statement = Discuss fast red cars with big engines.
- Meta words = fast, red, cars, big, engines

How would the completed code below look within the code provided above?:

Code:

    $template_hook['headinclude_javascript'] .= '
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
';

Thanks very much.:)

p.s. Looks like the vBulletin quote system isn't showing the "code wrapping" very well.

final kaoss 02-16-2019 04:57 AM

Or instead of adding extra javascript to parse, you can just modify the headinclude template, which is the recommended place to add/edit additional meta tags.

Use this for keywords:

Code:

<meta name="keywords" content="keywords, go, here, add more, right here" />
and instead of statement change that to description.

Code:

<meta name="description" content="add your description" />


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