DW CS3 templates and meta tags

I know that meta tags, especially keywords, do not carry the weight they
used to in seo but I do want to include meta tags in a site. Meta
description in particular. I'm wondering if the tags should be in the
template or individual page. I'm thinking having them in the individual
pages would be best but if that's the case where should they be inserted?

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I am having the same problem. I wanted to insert my meta tags - went to the
code for the index page and couldn't find the regular setup stuff like doctype
or head tags. There is no head section! So I thought this page was made from a
template, maybe the doctype and head tags could be found on the template. Well
I didn't find them there either. What do you do when your site doesn't have the
regular site start codes? Funny thing is the site seems to work on the web in
all the browsers ok. How can that be???
Pam

Are you working with a CMS like WordPress, or Joomla?

A page that doesn't have those elements is a badly horked page....

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"pamela Swanson" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I am having the same problem. I wanted to insert my meta tags - went to the
code for the index page and couldn't find the regular setup stuff like
doctype
or head tags. There is no head section! So I thought this page was made
from a
template, maybe the doctype and head tags could be found on the template.
Well
I didn't find them there either. What do you do when your site doesn't
have the
regular site start codes? Funny thing is the site seems to work on the web
in
all the browsers ok. How can that be???
Pam

You should put your meta description into the editable region in the head of
each page. Make the description specific to each page.

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"Louie" <reply (AT) newsgroup (DOT) com> wrote

I know that meta tags, especially keywords, do not carry the weight they
used to in seo but I do want to include meta tags in a site. Meta
description in particular. I'm wondering if the tags should be in the
template or individual page. I'm thinking having them in the individual
pages would be best but if that's the case where should they be inserted?

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

You should put your meta description into the editable region in the
head of each page. Make the description specific to each page.

Thanks Murray. I already did it, it just took a while for me to get it
straight in my mind. I get thrown easily

Good luck, Louie!

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"Louie" <reply (AT) newsgroup (DOT) com> wrote

You should put your meta description into the editable region in the head
of each page. Make the description specific to each page.

Thanks Murray. I already did it, it just took a while for me to get it
straight in my mind. I get thrown easily

Thanks to all that responded. I am working in DWcs4 and think I might have
deleted the header then overwriting the template to update it? All my other
sites have the headers just the way they are supposed to.