Extended info meta problem

[EdHarrison]

I use extended info pages simply for larger product images, webmaster tools has a warning of duplicate meta descriptions as all these are using the index meta description - so I have 79 duplicate metas - is there a way to resolve this?

You would think the meta would if anything be taken from the product, or editable but in comes from index.html

[NormanRouxel]

I think Extended Info pages return a PageType of null. So try putting a BlockIf around your meta code containing:

<actinic:variable name="PageType" /> != ""

Also, Extended Info Pages generally use their own Overall Layouts so you could simple delete unwanted code from these (or comment it out).

[EdHarrison]

Thank you Norman, sadly I must admit I was not sure how to implement that so I decided to ask support.

Support pointed me to a KB article from 2010 which involved making three new variables that allow editing manually of the meta in extended info pages. This to is beyond me and does not achieve the solution of simply not inheriting meta from the index.

What frustrates is in 2010 SD knew of this, it is still a fix from the KB and the advertising says SEO friendly!

Google really frowns upon duplicate content, it is a big warning in my webmaster tools, I noticed my rankings suffering in the last two years and have recently made a real effort to get back on track, it is an up hill struggle with SD at the moment....

[NormanRouxel]

not inheriting meta from the index

Where would you like the Extended Info pages Meta to come from?

[EdHarrison]

I would be happy if there was no meta associated with extended info pages as I use them only for large product images

If the fields were there they could be left blank, I think SD should have made the pages with meta fields like section and product pages.

[NormanRouxel]

Then look in Product Details / Extended Information and note down what's in Extended Info Page Design. Look that up in Design / Library / Layouts / Extended Info Layout and replace:

	<actinic:variable name="MetaTags" />

With e.g:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="MSThemeCompatible" content="yes" />
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

[EdHarrison]

Thanks Norman, still a bit beyond me, I'm embarrassed to admit, hopefully support will have a solution.