Dynamic controls

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Applies to:: All MindTouch Versions
Role required:: Author

Use DekiScript to add dynamic controls to your site, such as show a table of content or add meta descriptions.

Add a table of contents (TOC)

The current version of Expert displays a TOC by default on Topic, How-To, and Reference pages. You can manually hide the TOC.

The wiki.toc call displays the headings on the current page in an outline format. To add a TOC to the current page, add the following DekiScript block:

wiki.toc();

Add an alphabetical site directory

The wiki.directory call shows all topics on your site sorted alphabetically. To add the directory to the current page, add the following DekiScript block:

wiki.directory();

Display the most recent author

The page.author call displays the name of the user who most recently edited the page. This call is great to showcase content creators and encourage other users to maintain content. To display the most recent page author add the following DekiScript block to the page:

page.author.displayname;

Example: This page was edited by Brit VanBlake

Apply meta description

The meta.description call allows authors to add a custom meta description tag to the page in the <head>element. The meta description tag is used by search engines to determine a description or summary of your page. A meta description tag such as the one below may improve your search engine performance:

<meta name="description" content="This will often show up in search results.">

Since you cannot directly modify content in the <head> section of the HTML, modify your meta description by adding the following DekiScript block to the page:

meta.description("This will often show up in search results");

For more information on <meta> tags, review our documentation on meta functions.

Apply meta keywords

The meta.description call allows authors to add a list of custom keywords as a <meta> tag in the HTML <head> section. The meta keywords tag is used by search engines to determine important search keywords. A meta keywords tag such as the one below may improve your search engine performance:

<meta name="keywords" content="API,Documentation,DekiScript">

Since you cannot directly modify content in the <head> section of the HTML, modify your meta keywords by adding the following DekiScript block to the page:

meta.keywords("API, Documentation, DekiScript");

For more information on <meta> tags, review our documentation on meta functions.