Meta functions

meta.author(content) : xml

Add the author's name to the page.

meta.author("John Doe");

meta.copyright(content) : xml

Add a copyright statement to the page.

meta.copyright("Copyright 2014 MindTouch");

meta.custom(name, content) : xml

Add a custom meta tag to the page.

meta.description(content) : xml

Add a plain language description to the page.

meta.googlebot(content) : xml

Add control statements for Google's search engine to the page.  Googlebot understands any combination of lowercase and uppercase value.  You can use multiple values by separating them with a comma

meta.googlebot("noarchive"); // Prevents a cached copy of the page being available in the search results
meta.googlebot("nosnippet"); // Prevents a snippet from being displayed in the search results
meta.googlebot("noindex"); // Prevents the page from being included in the index
meta.googlebot("nofollow"); // Prevents Googlebot from following any link on the page
meta.googlebot("noodp"); // Blocks the open directory project description of the page being used

meta.googlebot("noindex,nofollow"); // Two values

meta.keywords(content) : xml

Add keywords for search engines to the page.

meta.keywords("API,REST,Web Services");

meta.rating(content) : xml

Add simple content rating to the page.  The rating meta tag is used to declare a parental control for the page, similar to movie ratings. 

meta.rating("safe for kids");  // G
meta.rating("general");        // PG
meta.rating("14 Years");       // PG-13
meta.rating("mature");         // R
meta.rating("restricted");     // X

meta.refresh(delay, redirect) : xml

Add an automatice reload/redirect to the page.

meta.refresh("30");  // Refresh the page every 30 seconds
meta.refresh("15","http://www.mindtouch.com");  // Redirect to mindtouch.com after 15 seconds

To disable the meta refresh function add the query parameter: ?metarefresh=false

meta.robots(content) : xml

Add control statements for search engines to the page. Can be used instead of meta.googlebot.