where do you put meta tags and keywords

[osfalcon]

can anyone tell me what files have the meta tags and keywords or what file I should insert them in? I have a flash intro page that links to my shop.

 

 

http://www.onchrome.com

 

 

thanks

[Jack_mcs]

Oscommerce doesn't come withmeta tags. You have to install them by installing one of the meta tags contributions like Header Tags.

 

Jack

[thextremer1]

Add the meta tag code for "keywords", "description" and so on, between the head tags, in your index.php page, in the root directory... example: public_html/index.php

[Jack_mcs]

The idea behind adding title and meta tags is to help with the search engines.. Adding the tags to just the index page will not make much of a difference in that regard.

 

Jack

[♥Vger]

Jack is right. Of the various contributions that add Meta Tag capability to your site I personally prefer Header Tags Controller. It's not dynamic, you do have to add the tags yourself - but that's also the benefit, because you can 'tweak' them later on to get better results.

 

Vger

[Guest]

Jack is right. Of the various contributions that add Meta Tag capability to your site I personally prefer Header Tags Controller. It's not dynamic, you do have to add the tags yourself - but that's also the benefit, because you can 'tweak' them later on to get better results.

 

Vger

 

Hiya,

having the same simple problem.

I know that bthis is really simple stuff but where do I go to to add the meta tags again.

I am really a dunce with computers as well.

 

Into file manager and where from there.

 

Many thanks in advance

Danny

[parma]

hey,

 

Open up you catalog/index.php files and search for 'meta'

 

should show the following

 

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo CHARSET; ?>">

<title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title>

 

 

You will have to enter inbetween the coding above.

<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="your keywords">

<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="your description">

<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="your email">

 

To check it worked properly go to this site to analyze ur Meta tags

 

http://www.submitexpress.com/analyzer/

 

Good Luck

[♥Vger]

I'm sorry, but the idea of adding meta tags manually to the static root level pages won't do anything for Search Engine Optimisation. None of the cPaths to Product Info pages will have meta tags (except for what you set up for the non-dynamic elements of the homepage) - and it's product Meta Tags that you want Search Engines to pick up on.

 

So, you need to install either dynamic meta tags or header tags controller, and I've already posted above which of those two I think is the best option.

 

Vger

[Guest]

I'm sorry, but the idea of adding meta tags manually to the static root level pages won't do anything for Search Engine Optimisation. None of the cPaths to Product Info pages will have meta tags (except for what you set up for the non-dynamic elements of the homepage) - and it's product Meta Tags that you want Search Engines to pick up on.

 

So, you need to install either dynamic meta tags or header tags controller, and I've already posted above which of those two I think is the best option.

 

Vger

 

Thanks for the quick response.

i know this sounds a little wet, but i have no iea about adding the dynamic meta tags.

I am all new to this and i am a step by step guy.

 

Thanks for the advice.

Is it fairly straightforward to do?

 

If so-how do i start?

Dan

[♥Vger]

Start by following the links above to Community --> Contributions, then look at the Most Popular Downloads and you'll see 'Header Tags Controller' listed at number 4 on that list. Download the file to your computer, unzip it, and then take a good look at the Install instructions.

 

Vger