How to add meta tags to Joomla pages?

sergefa · Post by **sergefa** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:02 am

Hallo!
I did the search but I got no answer so I place my question here.
Is there any was of adding meta tags to Joomla pages? I installed Joomap and want my site appear in the Google search engine but the Google demands the confirmation of my ownership of the my site and asks me to place Google meta tags on my pages. Could somebody tell me whete Can I add meta tags to my pages?
Thank you

thejasondean · Post by **thejasondean** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:15 am

First of all make sure you got

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<?php mosShowHead(); ?>

in the head of your template.

Also when editing an item you will find a tab called "Meta Info" on the right.
You can add as much keywords as you want there. Joomla will convert
them automaticaly to meta tags.

riki · Post by **riki** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:32 pm

I added this customisation to the includes/frontend.php file

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// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ASSEMBLES HEAD TAGS
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function mosShowHead() {
	global $database, $option, $my, $mainframe, $_VERSION, $task, $id;
	global $mosConfig_MetaDesc, $mosConfig_MetaKeys, $mosConfig_live_site, $mosConfig_sef, $mosConfig_absolute_path, $mosConfig_sitename, $mosConfig_favicon, $mosConfig_locale;

	if ($my->id || $mainframe->get( 'joomlaJavascript' )) {
		?>
		<script language="JavaScript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/includes/js/joomla.javascript.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
		<?php
	}

	// *************** DEFINE META TAGS ***************

	$mainframe->appendMetaTag( 'description', $mosConfig_MetaDesc );
	$mainframe->appendMetaTag( 'keywords', $mosConfig_MetaKeys );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'generator', $_VERSION->PRODUCT . " - Copyright: Open Source Matters, " . date("Y") . ". All Rights Reserved" );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'audience', 'general' );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'author', $mosConfig_sitename );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'company', $mosConfig_sitename );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'copyright', "Copyright: " . $mosConfig_sitename . ", " . date("Y") . ". All Rights Reserved" );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'distribution', 'global' );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'language', $mosConfig_locale );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'rating', 'all' );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'revisit-after', '7 days' );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'robots', 'index, follow' );
	$mainframe->addMetaTag( 'title', $mosConfig_sitename );
	
	// *************** CACHE ACTIVATION - echo $mainframe->getHead(); (see: includes/joomla.php) ***************
	
	$cache =& mosCache::getCache('com_content');
	echo $cache->call('mainframe->getHead', $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], $id);
	
	// *************** WRITE HTTP-EQUIV ATTRIBUTES ***************
	
	echo "\n<!-- HTTP-EQUIV ATTRIBUTES ************************* -->\n\n";
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"content-language\" content=\"$mosConfig_locale\" />\n";
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"content-script-type\" content=\"text/javascript\" />\n";
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"content-style-type\" content=\"text/css\" />\n";
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"imagetoolbar\" content=\"no\" />\n";
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"window-target\" content=\"_top\" />\n";
	echo "\n<!-- ASSOCIATED FILES ************************* -->\n\n";

	if ( isset($mosConfig_sef) && $mosConfig_sef ) {
		echo "<base href=\"$mosConfig_live_site/\" />\r\n";
	}

riki · Post by **riki** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:56 pm

Here's a basic look at how it renders

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>XYZ Holdings - Home</title>

<!-- HTTP-META TAGS ************************* -->

<meta name="description" content="My homepage" />
<meta name="keywords" content="riki, japan, joomla, etc, etc, etc" />
<meta name="generator" content="Joomla! - Copyright: Open Source Matters, 2006. All Rights Reserved" />
<meta name="audience" content="general" />
<meta name="author" content="XYZ Holdings" />
<meta name="company" content="XYZ Holdings" />
<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright: XYZ Holdings, 2006. All Rights Reserved" />
<meta name="distribution" content="global" />

<meta name="language" content="en_AU" />
<meta name="rating" content="all" />
<meta name="revisit-after" content="7 days" />
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
<meta name="title" content="XYZ Holdings" />

<!-- HTTP-EQUIV ATTRIBUTES ************************* -->

<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en_AU" />
<meta http-equiv="content-script-type" content="text/javascript" />
<meta http-equiv="content-style-type" content="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
<meta http-equiv="window-target" content="_top" />

<!-- ASSOCIATED FILES ************************* -->

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="XYZ Holdings" href="http://www.xyz.com/index2.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS2.0&no_html=1" />

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.xyz.com/favicon.ico" />
<link href="templates/mafa/css/template_css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />

<!-- JAVASCRIPT ************************* -->

<script language="javascript" type="text/JavaScript" src="http://www.xyz.com/includes/js/force_top.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/JavaScript" src="http://www.xyz.com/includes/js/onloader_art.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/JavaScript" src="http://www.xyz.com/includes/js/popups.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/JavaScript" src="http://www.xyz.com/includes/js/rollovers.js"></script>

</head>
<body onload="loadFunction();">

<!-- HEAD CONTENT ************************* -->

riki · Post by **riki** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:00 pm

I did one other small change in the includes/joomla.php file.

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	function getHead() {
		$head = array();
		$head[] = '<title>' . $this->_head['title'] . "</title>\n\n<!-- HTTP-META TAGS ************************* -->\n"; 
		foreach ($this->_head['meta'] as $meta) {
			if ($meta[2]) {
				$head[] = $meta[2];
			}
			$head[] = '<meta name="' . $meta[0] . '" content="' . $meta[1] . '" />';
			if ($meta[3]) {
				$head[] = $meta[3];
			}
		}
		foreach ($this->_head['custom'] as $html) {
			$head[] = $html;
		}
		return implode( "\n", $head ) . "\n";
	}

bossies · Post by **bossies** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:41 am

Go to extensions and then top rated extentions - find the iJoomla Metatag Generator. This is really awsome and will get your site on the map quick!

ranshubert · Post by **ranshubert** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:32 am

Yes, but the Metatag generator does not let you add new tags, only edit the existing ones (keywords, description), so in this case it is not helpful...

Rans.

leolam · Post by **leolam** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:50 am

what do i miss in this entire discussion?
@ ranshubert > your remark is incorrect check the metatag generator more careful!

@ all : in every Joomla page you ahve the option to add meta data: right top > meta info and add your info and done.

why all those hacks etc? no need at all! Guess whats happening when a new release is out and you want to yupgrade? Yes! you have to do it all again.. solutions described here sorry : not too good!

iJoomla metatag generator is a tool to add etatags based on content.a very good and effective tool! Joomla provide already loads of assistance as described. NO need fo hacks!

cheers
Leo

ranshubert · Post by **ranshubert** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:49 am

Sorry, but I'm not sure I fully understood you.
I am aware that you can edit the keyword & description meta tags directly via each content item or using the iJoomla generator.
But what if I want to add a NEW meta tag that doesn't exist? (this request comes from Google sitemaps). How do I do that?

Cheers,
Rans

gws · Post by **gws** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:12 pm

I am sure I have seen a module or bot in the extensions that does this for you, have a search in the extensions.

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