Controlling Title and Metatags when using MasterPage

[musosdev]

Hi guys

I'm using a MasterPage for my website rebuild (vs2005, .net2, c#).

I want to be able to control the Title element, both on the MasterPage and
the Content pages. For example, on each page I want the following to appear
for the Title..

SITENAME - some page related title

Obviously, I could just code each page to have "SITENAME - " in, but I'm
trying to find a way of being able to do something like..

this.Title += "some page related title"

... where the "SITENAME - " part has been added by the MasterPage. Can't get
this to work though.. any ideas? If I add to the <title> element of the
MasterPage, then it gets over written by the content, and i end up with

"Untitled Pagesome page related title"

and if I add Page.Title in the MasterPage .cs, then that overrides the title
for the ContentPage, so I end up with

"SITENAME - "

Arrrrgh! Help much appreciated! :o) While were on the subject, how can I
change metadata (keywords, description, etc) for each Content page? Can I
just do that directly from the .cs?

Cheers
Dan

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your post.

Based on my understanding, the questions are:
1) How to change page title of a content page while using master page?
2) How to add meta keywords from content page?
If I've misunderstood anything, please feel free to post here.

I think you can change the page title in the master page's PreRender event:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PreRender += new EventHandler(MasterPage_PreRender);
}

void MasterPage_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Page.Title = "Master - " + Page.Title;
}

As for the meta keywords, there're several ways to achieve this, you can
find more information here:

#Master Pages: Tips, Tricks, and Traps
http://odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[musosdev]

Walter,

Thanks for the reply - just what I was looking for.

Cheers
Dan
"Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your post.

Based on my understanding, the questions are:
1) How to change page title of a content page while using master page?
2) How to add meta keywords from content page?
If I've misunderstood anything, please feel free to post here.

I think you can change the page title in the master page's PreRender event:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PreRender += new EventHandler(MasterPage_PreRender);
}

void MasterPage_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Page.Title = "Master - " + Page.Title;
}

As for the meta keywords, there're several ways to achieve this, you can
find more information here:

#Master Pages: Tips, Tricks, and Traps
http://odetocode.com/Articles/450.aspx

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post here if anything is unclear.

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Dan,

Appreciate your update and response. I am glad to hear that the problem has
been fixed. If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact us. It is always our pleasure to be of assistance.

Have a nice day!
Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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