mmmm...Meta Tags - help/guidance needed

[Lost and Confused]

Thanks Delia

[waylander2010]

Hi all,
I was pulling my hair out with the long automated list of category titles and title name in description etc. I wanted my meta tags to be automatic as I found typing in the product and then having to go into the biohazard and do the keywords for every single product to be very time consuming.

I simply wanted to type in product title and have that automatically convert to Meta Tag Title, then out of my product description I wanted the meta tag description and meta tag keywords to be automatically produced.

The problem I found (and I know a lot of people say that keywords and meta tags are worthless these days but I would rather have them than not) was getting the Product description into a list of keywords deliminated with the comma automatically and not one long full sentence. Plus getting rid of the unwanted categories etc.

So this product description: Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV
Became these meta tag keywords: Sony,Bravia,HD,ready,LCD,TC,

I have little knowledge of working php files and I was lucky a friend of a friend sent me the name of a guy who in 5 minutes flat fixed everything.

(The example below is not what I sell but I have used TV's as the example).

So now when I view source I do not have this any-more:

<title>Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV : </title>
<meta name="keywords" content="This is a Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV....,SONY TV, SONY CAMERA, SONY MUSIC CENTRE, SAMSUNG TC, AND ON AND ON UNTIL ALL MY CATEGORIES ARE IN THIS SECTION" />
<meta name="description" content=" *********** Ltd for all your Electrical needs, Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV - This is a Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV " />

Is now:

<title>Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV : </title>
<meta name="keywords" content="This,is,a,Sony,Bravia,HD,ready,LCD,TV," />
<meta name="description" content=" Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV - " />

I know the list of keywords now includes this, and is, etc but now that I know these will be included I just word my description different:

Sony Bravia HD LCD TV.

So I get my keywords done etc and I just now need to concentrate on product input - boy oh boy thanks Acedweb - you saved my a lot of time and effort matey

I had tried everything - I read all the forum messages and tinkered with my meta tags.php file plus all the other files suggested, I set the admin interface section correctly (EG: catalog/product type and Config/product info etc) with varying degrees of success but I still could not get it right - after three days I was given up! So people it can be done.

Cheers V, you are a star matey.

Richie

[acedweb]

Hi all,
I was pulling my hair out with the long automated list of category titles and title name in description etc. I wanted my meta tags to be automatic as I found typing in the product and then having to go into the biohazard and do the keywords for every single product to be very time consuming.

I simply wanted to type in product title and have that automatically convert to Meta Tag Title, then out of my product description I wanted the meta tag description and meta tag keywords to be automatically produced.

The problem I found (and I know a lot of people say that keywords and meta tags are worthless these days but I would rather have them than not) was getting the Product description into a list of keywords deliminated with the comma automatically and not one long full sentence. Plus getting rid of the unwanted categories etc.

So this product description: Sony Bravia HD ready LCD TV
Became these meta tag keywords: Sony,Bravia,HD,ready,LCD,TC,

I have little knowledge of working php files and I was lucky a friend of a friend sent me the name of a guy who in 5 minutes flat fixed everything.

(The example below is not what I sell but I have used TV's as the example).

So now when I view source I do not have this any-more:



Is now:



I know the list of keywords now includes this, and is, etc but now that I know these will be included I just word my description different:

Sony Bravia HD LCD TV.

So I get my keywords done etc and I just now need to concentrate on product input - boy oh boy thanks Acedweb - you saved my a lot of time and effort matey

I had tried everything - I read all the forum messages and tinkered with my meta tags.php file plus all the other files suggested, I set the admin interface section correctly (EG: catalog/product type and Config/product info etc) with varying degrees of success but I still could not get it right - after three days I was given up! So people it can be done.

Cheers V, you are a star matey.

Richie

Thanks for the praise mate. Its what I do. I think this needs to be included as a fix, because most users want the same setup of meta tags.. But then again, the fix works just fine on its own.

[countrycharm]

Thanks for the praise mate. Its what I do. I think this needs to be included as a fix, because most users want the same setup of meta tags.. But then again, the fix works just fine on its own.

Want to share the fix with everyone or is it just for you guys.