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- Why is the Page title so important?
- What should the Page title contain?
- Location of the Page title
- Page title Example
- Entering the Page Title
Why is the Page title so important?
Because the Title appears:
- In the very top line of a browser window, immediatly below the top border
- In Search Engine results
- Usually in the top line or tab of your HTML editors design window.
- The title element is required in all HTML & XHTML files
- Usually used when a page is added to favourites
What should the Page title contain?
- The page title is a very short description of the page contents
- It should contain some of the pages keywords
Location of the Page title
The page title is located in the head section of your page, usualy near the top
After:
- the character set
Before:
- Meta tags for keywords & description
- CSS style links and / or page styling rules
Page title Example
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="content-type">
<title>Place your Page Title here</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="Your list of keywords">
<meta name="description" content="Your page descrption, usually similar to the Page Title, but with a longer descriptions">
<link href="your-style-sheet-name.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Entering the Page Title
Adobe Dreamweaver 5 & 5.5
Enter the title in the Title text box in the Document window toolbar
KompoZer
Enter the tile via Format > Page title & Propertise
