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ryan auclairMon Dec-17-01 05:29 AM

  
"meta tags"


          

I'm writting a program that will generate a basic page to download a software according to the given info. I type in the software filename, size, full software name etc and it generates the page and uses the information to make meta tags and also askes for more meta tags if I want to add one. Since ever I added the meta tag feature, the page messes up. At first, the background color din't show up, then the title did not have it's formatting, then the title on the window was not there, depending on where I put the meta tags. I tried everything. Where do I put it? I tried before, after the </html> tag, tried before after the title tag etc etc. Can someone show me an example of a page that would have a working title (on top and in the page itself) and background color? It's crazy. I never knew html was a fussy language. I thought I can just anything anywhere and it would work. Right now here's what I got:


<html><title>Reliexec Download: soft ware example</title><body bgcolor="black" link="white" vlink="gray" alink="black">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="soft,soft ware example,12,computer,meta tag1, meta tag 2, more, bla bla"
<font size="7" color="orange"><u><b><center>soft ware example<br><br></b></u></font>

<table border="1" cellpadding="5"width="100%"><tr><td><font size="4" color="yellow">filename</td><td><font size="4" color="yellow">soft.exe</td></tr><tr><td><font size="4" color="yellow">version</td><td><font size="4" color="yellow">1.0</td></tr><tr><td><font size="4" color="yellow">size</td><td><font size="4" color="yellow">12KB</td></tr><tr><td><font size="4" color="yellow">time</td><td><font size="4" color="yellow">3 seconds at 4KB/sec</td></tr><tr><td><font size="4" color="yellow">system requirements</td><td><font size="4" color="yellow">computer</td></tr></table><center><br><br><a href="soft.exe"><img src="download.jpg>"soft.exe"</a>


It was generated by my program. Right now the title just wont show up. It's black, it's suppost to be orange, and big. All the proper tags for the formatting seem to be before the title so I can't see what it's fussing about. If I take off the meta tags, everything works.

Other question: When I submit my site to a search engine (very hard to do the$e day$), will it only look for the meta tags that were there when it was submited, or will it update as I put more? And if I put meta tags on each page (describing that one page), will it work better? And so that this info can be of use, anyone know where I can submit my site for free, that works? Those buttons that say: "submit your site to 40 000 search engines" just don't work. They just put a number like that to draw attention, tried them all! Thanks!



Ryan

  

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makaiguyMon Dec-17-01 09:35 PM
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#1. "RE: meta tags"
In response to ryan auclair (Reply # 0)
Mon Dec-17-01 09:36 PM

  

          

Ryan -

Some specifics seen in a quick scan of your code above:

You don't have a closing bracket on your META tag.

You don't have a HEAD section of your code. TITLE and META belong in the HEAD section of the code.

Although many browers are capable of displaying a page that breaks some of the rules, you can't count on it. Seek out one of the many html tutorial sites and learn some of the basics. A websearch in just about any search engine for "html tutorial" will find you several good ones.


  

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