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  • trfletch 598 posts 604 karma points
    Apr 12, 2010 @ 17:50
    trfletch
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    Meta description macro

    Hi, I have been trying to create an XSLT to show different meta descriptions depending on the page they are on. I have my XSLT how I want it but I can't work out how to make it show as the meta description. I tried the following in my master template:

    <meta name="description" content='<umbraco:Macro Alias="Meta-description" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>' />

    but it just gave the following output on the page:

    <meta name="description" content="&lt;umbraco:Macro Alias=&quot;Meta-description&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;>&lt;/umbraco:Macro>" />

    I then tried adding the following in my XSLT:

    <xsl:text>
    <meta name="description" content='
    </xsl:text>

    ***XSLT to get description***

    <xsl:text>
    ' />

    </xsl:text>

    But that did not work either, I even replaced the less than and greater than signs for their HTML equivalent. I did search the forum and found a post that seemed to match what I was trying to do but for some reason all the important bits (the code) was not visible? Not sure if there is an issue with the forum, the post was: http://our.umbraco.org/forum/developers/xslt/1462-meta-data

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  • Tom Fulton 2030 posts 4998 karma points c-trib
    Apr 12, 2010 @ 18:11
    Tom Fulton
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    Try this in your XSLT file:

     

    <meta name="description">
      <xsl:attribute name="content">
          *** XSLT to get description ****
      </xsl:attribute>
    </meta>
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  • Jan Skovgaard 11280 posts 23678 karma points MVP 11x admin c-trib
    Apr 12, 2010 @ 18:27
    Jan Skovgaard
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    Hi

    I think you might be able to render the macro by writing it like this

    <meta name="<umbraco:Macro Alias="Meta-description" insertTextBefore="content=&quot;" insertTextAfter="&quot;" runat="server"></umbraco:Macro>" />

    Does it help?

    /Jan

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  • Ove Andersen 435 posts 1541 karma points c-trib
    Apr 13, 2010 @ 10:09
    Ove Andersen
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    Do you have the meta description stored in the umbraco node? I.e. as a property for each page?

    If so, you can just use the umbraco item like this:

    <umbraco:Item field="metaDescription" insertTextBefore="&lt;meta name=&quot;description&quot; content=&quot;" insertTextAfter="&quot;/&gt;" runat="server"></umbraco:Item>
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  • trfletch 598 posts 604 karma points
    Apr 13, 2010 @ 13:34
    trfletch
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    Hi Tom,

    Thanks that has worked perfectly.

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