•Creating Meta-Tag Keywords in an Article
•Creating Meta-Tag Keywords with Multilingual Function
Meta-tags allow search engines to sort through the billions of articles available online by providing information about the content of various sites and articles. Meta-tags help narrow down the search results by utilizing the keywords that directly relate to the topic. You can create and configure several, if not hundreds, of keyword meta-tags to help search engines direct customers to your website. You can use multilingual keywords to enhance and increase the visibility of the articles to users in different countries throughout the world.
Hint Before you can use certain meta tags, you must first add them to the META Tags list. For more information, refer to Adding Meta Tags to the META Tags List. |
Information Multiple languages can be configured upon request during the initial set up of the system. |
When creating an article, it is important to create specific keywords to help users and search engines to efficiently identify the content of the article. To create keywords for an article:
1.Open Content Management from the Desktop.
2.Select the Articles tab.
The Articles|Search page appears.
3.Search for and select the article that you want to work with.
The Articles|Basic page appears.
4.Enter a concise article description in the 'Description' field.
This description will be shown in the 'Description' column under the select article section of the Article|Search page.
5.Click 'Add META Tag'.
A meta tag row appears.
6.Select the meta tag that you want to use from the 'Name' dropdown.
7.Enter the value of the meta tag in the 'Value' field (if you selected keywords from the 'Name' dropdown, enter the keywords that you want associated to the article, such as music, theatre, play).
For more information on the acceptable meta tags and their the 'Value' format that should be used, refer to w3schools.com - meta name properties.
8.For every meta tag that you want to add, repeat the process from Step 4.
9.Click 'Apply'.
A window confirms that the article was updated.
10.Click 'OK'.
Information For example, if the article was an article relating to Elton John, the keywords could be: Elton John, rock, singer and music. |
To configure keywords with the multilingual function:
1.Create meta-tag keywords for the article using the article.
2.Open General Configuration from the Desktop
3.Select the Lists tab.
The Lists|Search page appears.
4.Click 'Create New'.
The Lists|Basic page appears.
5.Complete the list's 'Name' and 'Description' fields.
For more information, refer to General Configuration - Lists.
6.Select the Entries tab.
The List|Entries page appears.
7.Enter one of the keywords that were defined in the article's Article|Basic page in the 'Key' field.
8.Click 'Add Entry'.
The keyword is added to the list.
9.Enter the keyword into the 'English' field and any translated keywords into the appropriate language fields.
Information Multiple languages are configured upon request during the initial set up of the system. |
10.To add additional keywords, repeat the process from Step 8.
11.Once you have entered all of the keywords, click 'Create'.
12.Open Registry from the Desktop.
13.Navigate to the Registry::EN::BusinessObjects::TSarticleBO::Article::Keywords node.
14.Click next to the 'Lists' field.
The Lists pop-up appears.
15.Search for and select the list that you just created.
You can find the list by typing the list's name in the available field.
16.Click 'OK' to close the window and add the list to the node.
17.Click 'Apply' to bind the list to the node.
18.Navigate to the Registry::EN::BusinessObjects::TScontentBO::Article::Keywords node.
19.Click next to the 'Lists' field.
The Lists pop-up appears.
20.Search for and select the list that you just created.
You can find the list by typing the list's name in the available field.
21.Click 'OK' to close the window and add the list to the node.
22.Click 'Apply' to bind the list to the node.
Mulitlingual keywords have now been bound throughout the system.