site meta description not updating in source code

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site meta description not updating in source code

Post by coolbrown » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:19 am

I updated the meta description for my site using the site configuration page - however it only updates the meta description in the source code for the administration site - it won't update it for the actual site. Nor will doing it for the article itself - or in the menu options.

running joomla 3.9.3 on stmarkscr . org

here's the source code on home page currently...

<base href="https://stmarkscr.org/" />
<meta name="keywords" content="custom keys for seo" />
<meta name="rights" content="custom rights for seo" />
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
<meta name="description" content="custom description for seo" />
<meta name="generator" content="custom generator for seo" />

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Re: site meta description not updating in source code

Post by annahersh » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:06 am

Clear all cache in browser and Joomla admin and re-check.

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Re: site meta description not updating in source code

Post by coolbrown » Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:46 pm

annahersh wrote:
Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:06 am
Clear all cache in browser and Joomla admin and re-check.
I tried that... It doesn't fix the issue. It should also be noted that my meta settings were changed well over a month ago, and it still hasn't updated in google - however the site title had.

There's gotta be something, somewhere that isn't letting the settings push to the main site.

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Re: site meta description not updating in source code

Post by djadan » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:20 am

Did this get resolved? There's several places a description can be set so check the article and menu item meta description.

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Re: site meta description not updating in source code

Post by coolbrown » Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:16 pm

djadan wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:20 am
Did this get resolved? There's several places a description can be set so check the article and menu item meta description.
No it hasn't - I have tried updating the descriptions in the article and menu area already - same result - won't update.

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Re: site meta description not updating in source code

Post by djadan » Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:55 am

Is this an issue with Joomla or with Google not indexing your site? I'm assuming you have set options for index and follow?
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