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How to add meta tags on a master page for ASP.Net MVC 2

Answer 1

+1 A:

Yes, you could also add page specific meta tags by adding another ContentPlaceHolder for meta tags:

<head>
    <title><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="TitleContent" runat="server" /></title>
    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MetaTagsContent" runat="server" />
</head>

Then in your non master-page (like index.aspx) you could just

<asp:Content id="MetaTags" ContentPlaceHolderID="MetaTagsContent" runat="server">
    <meta name="Description" content="your content" />
</asp:Content>

This would be much easier, in my opinion, to control the meta tags

BuildStarted 2010-10-02 19:04:31

Answer 2

+1 A:

you don't necessarily have to fill all your views with this stuff, that's why you have a master page. I would do like this:

in Site.master:

<% Html.RenderPartial("meta"); %>

in meta.ascx

    <%
    string controller = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Controller"];
    string action = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Action"];
    string content = "default description";
    if(controller == "Home") content = "home specific";
    //or like this
    if(controller == "Home" && action == "Index") content = "bla bla";
//this way you can put the same description for a specific group, you decide
    %>
    <meta name="Description" content='<%=content %>' />

Omu 2010-10-03 06:41:06

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