Article Meta Tags to Add Keyword and Description Meta tags To The Pages Generated in Easy Blogs

Article meta tags modification to use the Easy Blogs template to control your meta tags. This feature automatically inserts the meta tags that you insert in the "Blog entries - meta tags" section of the software.

You can now add codes to your templates that will insert default keyword and description meta tags to all the pages of your blog.

The 'default pages' of your blog include:
- archive pages
- links page
- about me page
- static pages
- hidden pages
- recent entries page
- free form pages

But, in order to have the keyword tags automatically filled with information that you provide, you will need to code your blog templates using this tutorial.

But, before we begin, if you're not sure which template you are currently using in your blog, go to Options and view the settings in the right hand screen.

options template
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To begin your modifications:

Step 1. Open the Easy Blogs software and on the side menu, click on "Template Editor."

Note: If you are already in the software, click on "All my Blogs," on the side menu to get to this screen.

template editor
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Step 2. Click on "Open".

template editor

Step 3. A window opens in the Easy Blogs Folder where the templates are stored. Find the template that you have previously chosen and downloaded for your News Blog in TUTORIAL I : Downloading Your SBI Customized Template. Double click on the template starting with "sbi."

template folder

Step 4. Click on the Default Layout button on the left.

Notice that the "Default Layout" is indicated in the box to the right which says, "Default Template" (circled in red below).

Default tab

Step 5. Find the following coding at the very top of the page:

Default Codes

Step 6. Right after the line of code that reads: <HEAD><TITLE>[%thispage.title%]</TITLE>

Insert the following 2 lines of code:

When done, it will look like this:

Default new codes
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Step 7. Now. be sure to do the same for your home page. Click on the "Home Page" Tab on the left.

Click on "Start of Page"

Depending on which version of the template you have, you may need to remove existing keyword and description meta tags . If you find the following:

BE SURE TO DELETE AND REPLACE WITH
<meta name="keywords" content="[%thispage.metatag.keywords%]">
<meta name="description" content="[%thispage.metatag.description%]">

That's it you are done. Be sure to click Save in the top menu bar to save your insertions.

Step 8. Now. be sure to do the same for your article pages. Click on the "Article Pages" Tab on the left.

articles tab
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Click on "Start of Page"

Depending on which version of the template you have, you may need to remove existing keyword and description meta tags . If you find the following:

BE SURE TO DELETE AND REPLACE WITH
<meta name="keywords" content="[%thispage.metatag.keywords%]">
<meta name="description" content="[%thispage.metatag.description%]">

Note: IF you want to add more than just meta tags to your article pages including adding Adsense, autodiscovery and/or comments, see the tutorial, How To Code The Article Pages of Your Template To Include Meta tags and Google Adsense in the Body Of Your Article...plus add comments and autodiscovery to your articles, too!

Step 9. Now, you have to setup your customized meta tags content. Go to Options and find the button, Custom Variables.

custom variables
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Here you will insert your primary and some secondary keywords in the "Default Keywords Meta Tag" box and a descriptive sentence containing your site's themed primary keyword phrase in the "Default Descriptions Meta Tag" box.....just like you do when using Page Builder!

Custom variables

Click Save in the top menu bar and close.

Remember that these meta tags go into a lot of pages. When you use a "Default Page" they get these meta tags inserted. This is convenient way to get these tags filled in. When you create an "Article Page" Easy Blogs uses the meta tags that you fill in on the "Blog Entry" window.

Easy Blogs will look on your "Blog Entry" page for these tags to be filled in first. If EB doesn't find an entry in the "Meta Tags" section or your "Blog Entry" it will use the "Default Meta Tags."

What does that mean? When creating articles you can use the "Default" tags if you like. Or, you can fill in the "Meta Tags" section in the "Blog Entry" section for better search engine optimization. Either way you need to do this procedure to make sure every page you publish has the meta tags filled in.

**ATTENTION**
All template modifications require that you: a) re-publish, re-generate your pages in the blog software b) re-upload ALL pages of your blog to your SBI site. Be sure to do this after you complete the steps of this tutorial.

That wraps up Article Meta Tags SBI Rss Tutorial. To get the full tutorial look here.

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