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Hi,

I want to add page titles, meta descriptions and meta keywords to my templates. How can I achieve this without having to use the {embed} tag. I do not want to embed anything, I just want to add a title and the rest to every page.

Thanks.

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I am not sure if this is the correct or best answer, but I have been really enjoying it.

Check out using template partials (http://johndwells.com/blog/homegrown-plugin-to-create-template-partials-for-expressionengine).  If you do it correctly you can use one embed for each template.  A great article to help follow DRY in EE.

Okay I will take a look at it.

Hi EnergyFreak,

Take a look at this article from Lisa which will give you the basics

EE blog : SEO: Meta Tags

There is also an addon which I use my self called SEO lite which does it well

Let us know if that helps

Hi John,

This looks like my best option for now. I just have a question on the usage of it. If you don’t mind answering them?

1. I am creating dummy pages (entries) to be able to add some seo to my pages (titles, desc, keywords) and not publishing them. Afterwards I am taking their id and using {exp:seo_lite entry_id='1'} to add it to the template I want. Is this a good way of doing it? Or do you recommend something better?

2. If a user creates an entry from SAEF, how would SEO Lite function?

Thanks for your help.

Hi, EnergyFreak. Questions regarding 3rd party add-ons should normally be directed to the author of the add-on,  or in this case, the Community Help forum. Moving there for additional community support.

There’s no reason why you can’t add a relevent channel entries tag to your template(s) as well, eg:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel_name" limit="1" disable="categories|member_data|pagination"}
<title>{title} - {site_name}</title>
<meta name="description" content="{my_custom_field}" />
{/exp:channel:entries}

I think I understand how to use SEO Lite now, thanks for the tip though.