Create usable codebase for metatags module

It's still currently in planning and architecting stages, so there is no code to try at this time.

Stupid spam.

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Changed title for better use in the dashboard, changed issue type to task if the devs are up to design/porting help from the community.

Subscribe, this is probably the only thing keeping me from being able to start building client sites in D7.

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Please advise if there is anything that can be done to help with this.

Subscribing...essential for the transition to D7.

Issues like this are really, really not helpful for me, the developer, but I'll leave it open for the meantime. I'm already very aware that this will be a module everyone wants, but this is a rewrite, we don't have a D7CX pledge, so be patient. Also consider the role of meta tags are not really that important for SEO purposes anymore. If you have someone telling you that your site "must" have this module, they're wrong. Drupal does a great job out the box.

Rather than adding '+1 subscribe' and it causing a new e-mail to me every time, please consider subscribing to the metatags issue queue so you can get direct updates on how everything is progressing.

Hey Dave,

I can certainly see how this issue would be annoying to you. Having a bunch of us tell you we need the module certainly doesn't help you get it done.

And, you're definitely right about meta tags and seo, they're just not useful. For me, the problem is clients who, no matter what you tell them, are insistent on using customizable meta tags on their site in the hopes of increasing their SEO performance.

From the looks of this que, there are several people who have paying clients waiting for this module. Would a chipin do anything for you in terms of shortening your time-line to an initial release? I would personally be willing to contribute.

Sorry again for dirtying up your inbox...

subbin' so it shows up in my drupal dashboard. I don't want constant emails either :D

but thanks for the info about how meta tags are not useful. Is there a good article available that will help me convince clients? ;)

"Also consider the role of meta tags are not really that important for SEO purposes anymore. If you have someone telling you that your site "must" have this module, they're wrong"

Only the keyword meta tags are disregarded.

Meta description is used often, and most importantly, no index and no follow for taxonomy pages so that pages with teasers, aka duplicate content, are not included in the search index.

This module is one of the most important for D7, including SEO purposes.

> This module is one of the most important for D7, including SEO purposes.

Yes, i agree to this statement.
In the hope of an soon first version.

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peterherman

@Dave:
Thank you for your great work! I also wainting for a testing/ working release but a rewrite is a lot of work...

Could Acquia put a paid developer some time on this module?

It is essential for drupal marketing!

This is the single only module holding me back from upgrading to D7. Thanks for all your work, I can't wait to see a release!

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I built a d7 site about a month ago using the attached hack to get meta descriptions onto the pages. Would've shared sooner had I known how bad people were holding out for this. Should be pretty self explanatory.

James Benison Thanks a lot.
Is there any other simple way (without using CCK field) to add description and keyword meta tags for the front page only?

How to and where to add these two lines? How to show them only for front page.

<meta name="description" content="description description description " />
<meta name="keywords" content="keywords 1, keywords 2 " />

Once we get Meta Tags module for Druapl 7, can remove above code from the theme.

As we are not using description meta in D7, google search result is showing a long description, taken from the first paragraph of the front page. Within a week we lost top 20 ranking in google search by searching a main keyword of our site.

It was bad idea to upgrade d6 to d7 without nodewords or Meta Tags module for Drupal 7.

Nice hack James!
I will gladly use this approach

nihonsei

in your current theme folder, copy page.tpl.php --> page-front.tpl.php.

in this file add manually meta info that u want.

save and flush cache.

@James Benison on #20:

Just a small suggestion. I was getting an random error on user pages and more or less any page that didn't have the Description Field...

If you move the "$metaDescription = array();" out of the "if" statement and place it before the "if" statement, this will correct the error.

$metaDescription = array();
if(isset($p['content']) && 

Thanks for the code!

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Is there a time frame for this release?

For those like me desperately waiting for the metatags module - there's a quick solution http://drupal.org/project/metatags_quick

Nodewords is very importand to sites - meta description is very importand because then we can use marketing to have more clicks from SE. The most importand thing in nodewords is meta tags for 404 pages and for additional pages like user/* , comments/* etc - you can use ther noffolow, noindex, noarchive and this is ne of the most importand factor in good seo strategy.

Please do d7 port :)

Have a look at http://drupal.org/project/metatags_quick :)

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metatags_quick module is great and working fine. Thanks.

@nihonsei: I appriciate your contribution in this issue queue and to this project.

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Current code-base is actually semi-useable for editing individual entity meta tags. It needs work and polish and also default configurations which is being hard pushed this next week.

I still warn anyone that using the current code is highly volatile and I'm not yet supporting updates for any schema changes.