Template:Meta Tag

This is the "Meta Tag" template. See Template:Meta Tag/doc for instructions. It should be called in the following format:

{{Meta Tag
|name=
|pageid=
|metagen=
|title=
|title_mode=
|title_separator=
|keywords=
|description=
|robots=
|googlebot=
|type=
|image=
|image_width=
|image_height=
|image_alt=
|locale=
|site_name=
|author=
|section=
|published_time=
|poster=
|posted=
}}

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Description

This template adds SEO metadata to the page it is added on. These metadata fields are read by search engines and other web crawlers.. It uses the WikiSEO MediaWiki extension to work.

Pages using this template are added to Category:Meta_Tag.

Usage

{{Seo
|keywords                 = 
|description              = 
|image                    = 

|og-type                  = 
|og-image                 = 
|og-site_name             = 
|og-locale                = 

|article-author           = 
|article-publisher        = 
|article-tag              = 
|article-section          = 

|fb-admins                = 
|fb-app_id                = 

|twitter-card             = 
|twitter-site             = 
|twitter-domain           = 
|twitter-creator          = 
|twitter-image-src        = 
|twitter-description      = 

|title                    = 
|titlemode                = 
|titleseparator           = 
|google-site-verification = 
}}

Important parameters

• keywords - Add search engine keywords here, separated by commas. Example: the sims, sims, wiki
• description - The meta description for the page. Keep it short, concise, and effective. In articles, including the first few lines of the lede often makes for a good description. Defaults to The Sims Wiki is a website about The Sims that anyone can contribute to. Content includes The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The Sims 4, and more. if left blank.
• image - The name of the main image of the page, usually the one that best describes the subject. Do not include the "File:" prefix (so for a file like File:Bella Goth.png, type Bella Goth.png. If left blank, defaults to the wiki's logo.

Optional parameters

Unless you know what you're doing, it's best to leave these parameters alone.

• title - Changes the <title></title> HTML attribute. This will change the name of the tab, but not the name of the article. Leave blank in most cases.
• titlemode - Choose between append, prepend, or replace (default). Leave blank unless you know what you're doing.
• google-site-verification - Only needed for Google Webmaster Tools. Don't use if you don't know what this is for.

Open Graph protocol

• og-type - Changes the Open Graph type of the object. If left blank, defaults to website.
• og-image - The image to use for the Open Graph protocol. If blank, defaults to whatever is specified in image, else defaults to the wiki's logo.
• og-site_name - The name of the larger web site the object belongs to. Defaults to The Sims Wiki.
• og-locale - The locale of the object, in the format language_TERRITORY. Defaults to en_US.

Open Graph type "article"

• article-author
• article-publisher
• article-tag
• article-section

Facebook Insights

• fb-admins
• fb-app_id

Twitter Cards

• twitter-card - Defaults to summary. Best to leave it blank.
• twitter-site - The username of the associated Twitter account. Defaults to @thesimswiki.
• twitter-domain - The name of the website. Technically deprecated. Defaults to The Sims Wiki.
• twitter-creator - The username of the creator of the content.
• twitter-image-src - The image to use for Twitter Cards and link embeds. If blank, defaults to whatever is specified in image, else defaults to the wiki's logo.
• twitter-description - The meta description of the page. Defaults to whatever is specified in description, otherwise defaults to The Sims Wiki is a website about The Sims that anyone can contribute to. Content includes The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The Sims 4, and more.

Template Meta Tag displays metatag info collected by Form:Meta Tag. The tags are written to pages in the Meta: namespace which are transcluded into an article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page Name	name	Name of the article to be tagged.	String	optional
Page ID	pageid	Article page ID number.	Number	optional
Meta Title	title	Enter Meta Title edit text	String	optional
Title Mode	title_mode	Select to replace, prepend or append the default meta title.	String	optional
Title Separator	title_separator	Select a hyphen or colon to separate the Title and the Title Edit	String	optional
Description	description	Short summary description (256 chrs max).	String	optional
Keywords	keywords	Enter up to 8 search term keywords separated by a comma. Example word1, word2, keyword phrase	String	optional
Robots	robots	Select robot instructions. Default Index, Follow Auto value	String	optional
Googlebot	googlebot	Optional Googlebot instructions	String	optional
Meta Generator	metagen	Optional meta formats	String	optional
Page Type	type	Select a page object type: Article, Audio, Book, Video	String	optional
Image	image	Enter a .jpg filename or upload a new .jpg image.	File	optional
image_width	image_width	Enter preferred image width (640px default) Default 640 Example 640	Number	optional
Image Height	image_height	Enter the preferred image height (480px default) Default 480 Example 480	Number	optional
Image Alternate	image_alt	Enter alternate text to display if the image is missing.	String	optional
Author Name	author	Enter the author's name	String	optional
Publisher	site_name	Enter the host web site name. Default {{SITENAME}}	String	optional
Publish Date	published_time	Auto-filled from the article's revision date.	Unknown	optional
Section	section	Enter a the article's section (ie: Reference, Local, State, National)	String	optional
Locale	locale	Enter language_Territory (en_US) Default en_US	String	optional
Poster	poster	Auto filled with username	String	optional
Post Date	posted	Auto-filled. Admin edit only.	String	optional