View and edit head content, Set the meta properties for the page – Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual
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View and edit head content
You can view the elements in the
head
section of a document by using the View menu, the Document window’s Code
view, or the Code inspector.
View elements in the head section of a document
❖
Select View > Head Content. For each element of the
head
content, a marker appears at the top of the Document
window in Design view.
Note: If your Document window is set to show only Code view, View > Head Content is dimmed.
Insert an element into the head section of a document
1
Select an item from the Insert > HTML > Head Tags submenu.
2
Enter options for the element in the dialog box that appears, or in the Property inspector.
Edit an element in the head section of a document
1
Select View > Head Content.
2
Click one of the icons in the
head
section to select it.
3
Set or modify the properties of the element in the Property inspector.
Set the meta properties for the page
A
meta
tag is a
head
element that records information about the current page, such as the character encoding, author,
copyright, or keywords. These tags can also be used to give information to the server, such as the expiration date,
refresh interval, and PICS rating for the page. (PICS, the Platform for Internet Content Selection, provides a method
for assigning ratings, such as movie ratings, to web pages.)
Add a meta tag
1
Select Insert > HTML > Head Tags > Meta.
2
Specify the properties in the dialog box that appears.
Edit an existing meta tag
1
Select View > Head Content.
2
Select the Meta marker that appears at the top of the Document window.
3
Specify the properties in the Property inspector.
Meta tag properties
❖
Set the meta tag properties as follows:
Attribute
Specifies whether the
meta
tag contains descriptive information about the page (
name
) or HTTP header
information (
http-equiv
).
Value
Specifies the type of information you’re supplying in this tag. Some values, such as
description
,
keywords
,
and
refresh
, are already well defined (and have their own individual Property inspectors in Dreamweaver), but you
can specify practically any value (for example,
creationdate
,
documentID
, or
level
).
Content
Specifies the actual information. For example, if you specified
level
for Value, you might specify
beginner
,
intermediate
, or
advanced
for Content.
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