metadata tag

   Purpose

This tag is used to provide meta information in the generated HTML output. It combines the information global metadata field in the Settings - Global Settings page, and any page specific metadata entered when editing content.

This tag will also, by default output a <base> tag for use with relative links.

   How to use?

Usually the tag is placed within the <head> section of the page template at an appropriate spot for meta tags.

   Available parameters

  • showbase=false - (optional) if specified, no <base> tag will be generated. in the output.
  • assign - (optional) assign the output of this tag to the named smarty variable.