How to dynamically change meta tags when using MasterPage in ASP.NET and C#.If you have lots of dynamic pages instead of static, you
could be losing out on how your pages are indexed.
Dynamically changing META Tags with MasterPages (C#)
How to dynamically change meta tags when using MasterPage in ASP.NET and C#
If you have lots of dynamic pages instead of static, you
could be losing out on how your pages are indexed. For example, if you
use lots of querystrings, the chances are that all pages (or instances
of that page) have the same meta tags (title, description, keywords).
To overcome this, we can set up our site so that we can set these meta
tags dynamically (upon certain actions). If using a MasterPage, this
can get a little trickier, but can still be done. This tutorial shows
how.
Firstly, on our MasterPage, we give our meta tags and the page title an ID, and runat attribute:
This is the Default Page Title...
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Next, we put the following code in MasterPage code-behind:
public string MetaTitle
{
get
{
return PageTitle.Text;
}
set
{
PageTitle.Text = value;
}
}
public string MetaKeywords
{
get
{
return PageKeywords.Content;
}
set
{
PageKeywords.Content = value;
}
}
public string MetaDescription
{
get
{
return PageDescription.Content;
}
set
{
PageDescription.Content = value;
}
}
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The Default.aspx (content page) looks like the following:
<%@
Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master"
AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default"
Title="Untitled Page" %>
Upon loading of this page, the new Page
Title, Description and Keywords meta tags should be displayed. You can
check this by viewing the browser window title.
This small area of the page is a content page, the background is the master page.
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We migrated our web sites to Server Intellect
over one weekend and the setup was so smooth that we were up and
running right away. They assisted us with everything we needed to do
for all of our applications. With Server Intellect's help, we were able to avoid any headaches!
Then in the code-behind of Default.aspx we have the following, which will set the meta tags:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MasterPage myMaster = (MasterPage)this.Master;
myMaster.MetaTitle = "This is the new Page Title, which is set upon Page_Load";
myMaster.MetaDescription = "This is the new Page Description, which is set upon Page_Load";
myMaster.MetaKeywords = "new, page, keywords, set, upon, page, load";
}
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