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Paul Nilsson
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Posted on 23/09/2011 08:49:48
I want tho set the Meta Description if it is empty.

Whith this I can change the text of the description:
pageView.Meta.MetaTags.Remove("Description");
pageView.Meta.MetaTags.Add("Description", "text");
But before I change it I need to know if it's empty.
Where can I see if there is a description?

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Paul Nilsson
Posted on 23/09/2011 08:50:10
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Imar Spaanjaars Dynamicweb Employee
Imar Spaanjaars
Posted on 23/09/2011 09:03:49
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Hi Paul,

MetaTags is just a Hashtable and you can check its contents directly. Something like this would work: 
string description = String.Empty;
if (PageView.Meta.MetaTags["Description"] != null)
{
  description = PageView.Meta.MetaTags["Description"].ToString();
  if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(description))
  {
    PageView.Meta.MetaTags["Description"] = "Your new value";
  }
}

Hope this helps,

Imar
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Anders Ebdrup
Posted on 12/03/2014 21:03:34
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Hi Imar,

 

Do you know if the property "MetaTags" is still public and avaiable for manipulating the meta tags?

 

Best regards, Anders

 
Mikkel Ricky
Posted on 13/03/2014 09:36:57
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The MetaData property is not public (anymore), but you can use the Add method on PageView.Meta to add metatags:

Public Sub Add(ByVal metatag As String)
Public Sub Add(ByVal name As String, ByVal content As String)

Best regards,
Mikkel

 

 
Anders Ebdrup
Posted on 13/03/2014 09:40:59
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All right, but that means, that it will not be possible to manipulate with the current description. I will try to find a work around :-)

 

Thanks Mikkel!

 
Mikkel Ricky
Posted on 13/03/2014 10:19:28
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The value of the metadata "Description" is Pageview.get_Value("OverrideDescription") if it's set. Otherwise, i.e. in most cases, it's Page.get_Value("PageDescription"). The same goes for "Title" and "Keywords".

 

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