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18 December 2006 17:05
The MindManager 6 web exports do not allow you to input the standard
meta tags needed for a web site to be found, indexed and displayed
effectively by the search engines. You can post edit every page but I
gave up doing that. This is the solution. To create new Advanced
Settings in the web export for:
Alternative Title Meta Tag - Description Meta Tag - Keywords
I modified these files in my web export template folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mindjet\MindManager\6\Library\ENU\Web\"style"\"name"\
or you can get to the folder by Save As Web Pages > Customise >
Editing Templates > Open Web Template Folder
First in - GlobalParameters.xml - to get them listed as an option add
these three lines after the first two parameters. You can edit the xml
file with Notepad.
<parameter internalName="WebExport.AltTitle" type="text" defaultValue=""
hidden="false" persistent="true" />
<parameter internalName="WebExport.MetaTagDescription" type="text"
defaultValue="" hidden="false" persistent="true" />
<parameter internalName="WebExport.MetaTagKeywords" type="text"
defaultValue="" hidden="false" persistent="true" />
This defines the variables, makes them visible in the Web Export >
Customise > Advanced Settings - Table (hidden="false") and stores
them with the map (persistent=true).
Second in - GlobalParametersEnglish.xml which provides the text
displayed in the left hand column of the Advanced Settings Table and
the help text at the bottom of the table.
<parameter internalName="WebExport.AltTitle" displayName="Miscellaneous.Alt
Title text" defaultValue="%CustomParameter.PageTitle%" help="Alternative title to
central topic i.e. additional explanatory text" />
<parameter internalName="WebExport.MetaTagDescription"
displayName="Miscellaneous.Meta Tag Description text" defaultValue=""
help="Describe your web site" />
<parameter internalName="WebExport.MetaTagKeywords"
displayName="Miscellaneous.Meta Tag Keywords text" defaultValue="" help="The
text used for search engines" />
To define help phrases and names in English
Finally add them to the web page template - SoPage.htm
<title>%WebExport.AltTitle%</title><meta name="description"
content="%WebExport.MetaTagDescription%" /><meta name="keywords"
content="%WebExport.MetaTagKeywords%" />
To include them in the exported web page.
The values can now be entered in the Save As Web Pages > Customise
> Advanced Settings
Easy when you spend some time investigating how its done!
Of course there is an alternative solution. Map4Web a MindManager add
in includes the meta tags as part of the standard export and the title
can be edited easily in the single export html template. More details
coming soon at the Cabre software web pages.
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