MODX :: Metatags manager removed from pages in v1.0.2?

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unclespencer Reply #1, 2 years, 4 months ago

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I was just about to look at using the META tags and Keyword manager but the tab is no longer visable on the "Edit Resouce" page.

In a post from Ryan http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,37260.msg224958.html#msg224958 he mentioned that Meta might be dropped from a future release.

Anyone have any further information?

TO make things work i'm just using Template Variables but wondered if there was an official reason for the Meta TAB not being avaible in the latest version

thanks

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rthrash Reply #2, 2 years, 4 months ago

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Our legacy predecessor didn't have TVs, which are a much better way to manage meta tags as we've said for a long time. Revo will not ever support any similar functionality. The built in Meta tags and Keywords is just crufty and inelegant if I'm being honest.

TVs with @INHERIT and ManagerManager are infinitely better and more flexible.

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unclespencer Reply #3, 2 years, 4 months ago

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Thanks Ryan,

already started off with the TV and @INHERIT ...

Whats the reason under "Elements", "Manage META and Keywords" for the keywords elements remaining? Has that been left so that they can be connected up into a TV?

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rthrash Reply #4, 2 years, 4 months ago

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You can still turn on the tab in Tools > Configuration > Interface & Features tab, 3rd option, and was not left in with the intention of connecting to TVs. 1.0.2 serves as an official notice of future deprecation, meaning it's not gone yet but it will be in the future (as it is now with Revo).

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heavensbest Reply #5, 2 years ago

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Maybe there is a better place to ask this.

Also, maybe I'm not understanding the TVs very well.

But it seems weird to have a TV for keywords and one for descriptions. The only reason is if I put in the head of my templates the following code

<meta name="keywords" content="[*keywords*]" />  <meta name="description" content="[*description*]" />

And then on some of my pages I want a nofollow or noindex, then I either have to create a new template, another TV for that, or something crazy snippet/TV combo. If I just use another TV for the nofollows, then there is extra HTML in the head that is useless. ie.

<meta name="keywords" content="" />  <meta name="description" content="" />

Like I said though, I may not understand TVs or even modx enough to know how to properly do this.

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heavensbest Reply #6, 2 years ago

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Is there a proper way(ie. no extra html) to do this besides like this:
http://www.sottwell.com/how-template-variables-work.html
or like this:
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/META_tags#Template_Workaround
Because I seems like I would always have that Meta tag on all my pages, even if I didn't have keywords.

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sottwell Reply #7, 2 years ago

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The meta tags were removed. TVs are a much cleaner and more flexible solution.

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heavensbest Reply #8, 2 years ago

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So how do I do meta tags for pages that I don't want keywords and descriptions, but a nofollow. and vise-versa without having extra html?

What I see is that pages with descriptions and keywords will look like this.

<meta name="keywords" content="these, are, my, keywords" />
<meta name="description" content="Here is a description" />
<meta name="robots" content="" />

And then for pages with nofollow it will look like this.

<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<meta name="robots" content="nofollow" />

I guess it just seems to me that there is extra html that is being inserted on to the page, a lot like what dreamweaver does. Am I wrong on that thought?

Is the only way to properly do this is to use a snippet to check if the TV has a value and then output the metas? Like:

<?php
if($modx->getTemplateVar("tv_keywords") != "")
{
  echo "<meta name='keywords' content='". $modx->getTemplateVar("keywords") ."' />";
}
?>

I know the syntax may not be right, but you get the idea.

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sottwell Reply #9, 2 years ago

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That's the way I would do it.

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futurist Reply #10, 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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I understand this is an old thread, but I am having trouble getting this to work properly on an Evo 1.0.5 site with a TV that has its default value set to @INHERIT. I need the snippet to output a meta element only if