It is possible to add a description to a topic, map, or unstructured document by using a dedicated metadata element.
This description is used for indexing purposes, and appears under the title of search results.
When the content is processed by Fluid Topics, a new <meta name="description"></meta> element is added to the header of the HTML page available to crawlers. Its value corresponds to the description set in the content.
For example:
<html>
<head>
<title>Time Machine Price List</title>
<meta name="description" content="This document lists prices for our ready-for-sale time machine models.">
...
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
These properties are transformed into the ft:description metadata element by Fluid Topics.
For topics with no ft:description metadata element, the default value of the HTML description field corresponds to the first 320 characters of the topic HTML body. Default content does not generate any ft:description metadata element.
The way to define this information depends on the content format:
-
To set a description for Author-it content, add the
ft:descriptionmetadata element to a topic or document. For more information, see Add metadata to Author-it content. -
It is also possible to use a control file for other authoring formats.
It is possible to consult the ft:description metadata element of a document in the Metadata journal.
- There is no need to declare the
ft:descriptionmetadata element in the Search page configuration interface. - Remember to enable crawling for the tenant in the Web Search Engines administration interface.