Prints the page meta description that is displayed e.g. on search engine result pages.

Description

Primarily, the tag prints the short description specified in the search engine optimization form of the Web Designer extension.

The length of the meta description is not limited but search engines take into account only the first 255 characters.

You can set the maximum length by using the maxlength attribute.

If the page doesn't have a separate meta description specified in the form of the Web Designer extension, the meta description is set based on the current scope and contents:

  • The meta descriptions of the brand and product category are based on the content field ({BrandDescription} / {CategoryDescription})
  • The product page uses the short description
  • The news page uses the news summary
  • On the content page, the description is left blank, and search engines use the contents from the beginning of the page as the meta description.

Syntax

{MetaDescription(
    maxlength: int
)}

Scope

Required scope: globaali

Tags with global scope can be used on any template and in any tag.

Attribuutit

maxlength:

Sets the maximum length of the content to be printed. All content formatting is removed and the text to be printed is wrapped in <p> tags.

Allowed values:the number of characters as an integer. E.g. maxlength: 255

after/before:

By using the after and before attributes you can define content that is output either after or before the tag's output.

Allowed values:The HTML and Interface markup

E.g.

  • before: '<p>Tämä merkkaus näkyy ennen tagin omaa sisältöä.</p>'
  • after: '<p>Tämä taas näkyy tagin oman sisällön jälkeen.</p>'

If the tag does not produce any content, neither the content of the after and before attributes will be output.

escape:

Adds an escape character before quotation marks in the output.

The attribute makes it easier to process the tag-produced content when using JavaScript.

Allowed values:true/false. The default value is false.

or:

Defines alternative content that is displayed if the tag itself does not produce any content.

Allowed values:The HTML and Interface markup

E.g. or:'Sisältöä ei löytynyt.'