## Including meta tags

Meta tags are sections of HTML added to a page that provide additional information about the content on the page. They do not affect the appearance of the page in a Web browser, but provide information about the page for use by search engines and other automatic internet-based tools.

The most common meta tags provide the following features:

Meta tag name | Description
DESCRIPTION | A description of the page.
KEYWORDS | A list of keywords related to the page.
GENERATOR | The name of the software used to create the site.
REFRESH | Loads another page automatically.

### To add a meta tag

- Open the Page menu and choose Meta Tags....

The Meta Tags dialog box shows a list of the meta tags already defined, and allows you to edit them or define new tags:

By default Freeway provides you with a GENERATOR meta tag with the value Freeway Pro.

### To define a new meta tag

- Click the New... button in the Meta Tags dialog box.

You are prompted to enter the name and value for the tag.

- Enter the appropriate meta tag name in the Name field, and type the value in the Value field:

- Click the OK button to add the meta tag.

The meta tag will be displayed in the Meta Tags dialog box:

### To edit or delete a meta tag

- Select the meta tag in the Meta Tags dialog box.
- Click the Edit... or Delete button.

### To load another page automatically

The Meta Tags dialog box also allows you to define system meta tags. The most useful of these is the REFRESH tag which causes the Web browser to reload the page after a certain delay, or load a different page automatically.

- Open the Page menu and choose Meta Tags....
- In the Meta Tags dialog box click the System (HTTP-EQUIV) button to display the System meta tags.
- Click the New... button and type `REFRESH` in the Name field.
- In the Value field type the value. For example:

`5;URL=newpage.html`

where 5 is the number of seconds to wait before redirection takes place, and `newpage.html` is the URL of the destination page:

Contents