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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-49891

Description meta data missing from frontpage

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    • Testing Instructions:
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      Only test in bootstrap base and clean themes

      1. When your front page summary is not set, open the site home page
      2. View the page source. Make sure the description meta tag is not present
      3. In admin settings set the front page summary to something, then open the site home
      4. View the page source. Make sure the description meta tag is there
        <meta name="description" content="X" />
      5. Open a page in the frontpage context and a page in another context (such as frontpage settings and a course)
      6. Make sure the meta description is not present
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      Only test in bootstrap base and clean themes When your front page summary is not set, open the site home page View the page source. Make sure the description meta tag is not present In admin settings set the front page summary to something, then open the site home View the page source. Make sure the description meta tag is there <meta name="description" content="X" /> Open a page in the frontpage context and a page in another context (such as frontpage settings and a course) Make sure the meta description is not present
    • Difficulty:
      Easy
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_27_STABLE, MOODLE_28_STABLE, MOODLE_29_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_30_STABLE
    • Pull from Repository:
    • Pull Master Branch:
      MDL-49891-master-2
    • Pull Master Diff URL:
    • Sprint:
      Team Beards Sprint 9, Team Beards Sprint 10
    • Issue size:
      Medium

      Description

      The meta data description (for search engines) should be set to the front page summary to allow basic SEO. This is a regression from 2.7 since bootstrapbase was made the default.

      <meta name="description" content='$SITE->summary'>

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          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-44934 Making Moodle Search Engine Friendly: add meta description tag for all Moodle pages

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
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              Assignee:
              johno John Okely
              Reporter:
              johno John Okely
              Peer reviewer:
              David Monllaó
              Integrator:
              Dan Poltawski
              Tester:
              Jetha Chan
              Participants:
              Component watchers:
              Bas Brands
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                Updated:
                Resolved:
                Fix Release Date:
                16/Nov/15