Base Meta: Page Title And Meta Tags

This module is discontinued and should be replaced by their refactored and extended successor, the module "SEO Meta Tags" available at https://backdropcms.org/project/seo_meta or https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/seo_meta

The Base Meta module allows you define page title tag and meta tags for search engines:

• for each page provided by node, views or taxonomy term you can set page title tag instead used by default;

• keywords, descriptions and robots tags - you can set on per page/node basis or as defaults for all pages where meta tags not exactly defined;

• for each page you can re-define canonical URL;

• you can set different base URL for using in all canonical URLs instead default (actual) site domain.

Installation

• Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions at https://backdropcms.org/guide/modules

• Visit the configuration page under Administration > Configuration > Search and metadata > Base Meta module settings (admin/config/search/base_meta) if you need set default values.

Usage

• any node Create/Edit form received additional topmost vertical tab named 'Page title and meta tags' - checkbox 'Define tags for page of this node' allow you to fill opened fields as required;
• meta tags for pages provided by moduletaxonomy can be set by using tab in admin area: Administration > Configuration > Search and metadata > Base Meta module settings > Taxonomy pages or visit URL <your_domain_name>/admin/config/search/base_meta/taxonomy, then select vocabulary which contain terms needed, select any available term name for opening add/edit meta tags form;
• meta tags for pages provided by module views can be set by using tab in admin area: Administration > Configuration > Search and metadata > Base Meta module settings > Views pages or visit URL <your_domain_name>/admin/config/search/base_meta/views and select any available page name for opening add/edit meta tags form.

License

This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.

Current Maintainer

• Vladimir (https://github.com/findlabnet/)

Credits and motivation

• Inspired by projects "Metatag" and "Page Title" in the quest for simplicity.

• Some people cannot adopt CMS without such (even very basic) functionality.