Description meta tag cut off after 50 characters

[markstanden +]

I have just been checking how Google has been indexing my site and on viewing the source code of a listing in firefox i see the meta tag content is cut off after 50 characters, i have checked quite a few listings and they are all the same.

<meta name="Description" content="When you create publications, you inevitably do..." />

Can anyone tell me where this is controlled from? 50 characters is not really enough for this meta tag

Cheers for any advice

Mark

[Eric Barnes]

By default the limit is set at 50 and is defined in viewlistings.php:

PHP Code:

$class_tpl->assign('sitedescription', dot(strip_tags($desc), 50)); 


Just change the 50 at the end to your new limit.

[markstanden +]

Thanks Eric,

worked a treat

Mark

[jonten123 +]

Hello,

I could not find this line in viewlisting.php or viewlisting.tpl. Is it still 50 characters by default? Using 4.1.8 designer version..

Thanks!

[seymourjames +]

Thats because you are using the designer version. Viewlisting.php is a core file where you have the source code. You have designer version so the file is encrypted. There is nothing to edit and you therefore cannot make this modification.