<meta property="og:description" ERROR

[mediamole]

Just letting you know there are bugs in META data tags 2014 creates for og description.

If you review the source code one of the og:descriptions is putting "" at end of line making the line invalid

Have checked on a number of 2014 sites so can confirm not a typo! I've even checked on SellerDeck sample site which is attached in a screenshot. http://www.sellerdeck-managed-services.co.uk/

[mediamole]

Simple fix there are "" within the nested BLOCK IF statements. Just leave the quote at end to sort

[brucet]

Thanks for reporting this. I have raised a bug (ref SD-5187) and will get it fixed in a release.

I can confirm that this does not affect the functioning of the tag. The description is still recognised and correctly used when the page is shared on Facebook.

[brucet]

This issue has been resolved in v16.0.1

[Buzby]

Can someone advise on how to fix this please?

[brucet]

The fix is in comment #2 above from Garry at Mediamole - thanks, Garry

[Buzby]

Hi Bruce,

I had realised post #2 was a fix, however I am a retailer and not a website designer so it really doesn't make sense to me.

I had hoped Sellerdeck would translate Mediamole's fix for the users that are not fully up on web design.

Which template?
What line of code?

Perhaps a line of the code with the bug, and a line with the fix.

Any above would help.

Many thanks

Jason

[brucet]

OK, sorry. So the steps are:

1. Select 'Library' from the 'Design' menu
2. Click the 'Layouts' tab
3. Scroll down to the 'Meta Tags' layout type and expand it
4. Double-click the 'Standard Meta Tags' layout to open it
5. Click the >< icon at the top left to toggle Advanced View (it's the one that looks more complicated)
6. Look for the following line of code:
   <meta property="og:description" content="<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable name="MetaDescription" />"</actinic:block><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable name="PageTitle" >"</actinic:block>" />
7. Replace it with:
   <meta property="og:description" content="<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable name="MetaDescription" /></actinic:block><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable name="PageTitle" ></actinic:block>" />
8. Then find this line:
   <meta property="og:description" content="<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable name="MetaDescription" />"</actinic:block><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable encoding="strip" name="AboutUs" />"</actinic:block>" />
9. And replace it with:
   <meta property="og:description" content="<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable name="MetaDescription" /></actinic:block><actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22MetaDescription%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%22" ><actinic:variable encoding="strip" name="AboutUs" /></actinic:block>" />

In both cases all you're doing is deleting the double-quote after the last variable in the string

I hope this helps