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View and edit head content
You can view the elements in the
view, or the Code inspector.
View elements in the head section of a document
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Select View > Head Content. For each element of the
window in Design view.
Note: If your Document window is set to show only Code view, View > Head Content is dimmed.
Insert an element into the head section of a document
Select an item from the Insert > HTML > Head Tags submenu.
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2 Enter options for the element in the dialog box that appears, or in the Property inspector.
Edit an element in the head section of a document
1 Select View > Head Content.
Click one of the icons in the
2
3 Set or modify the properties of the element in the Property inspector.
Set the meta properties for the page
A tag is a element that records information about the current page, such as the character encoding, author,
meta head
copyright, or keywords. These tags can also be used to give information to the server, such as the expiration date,
refresh interval, and PICS rating for the page. (PICS, the Platform for Internet Content Selection, provides a method
for assigning ratings, such as movie ratings, to web pages.)
Add a meta tag
Select Insert > HTML > Head Tags > Meta.
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2 Specify the properties in the dialog box that appears.
Edit an existing meta tag
1 Select View > Head Content.
Select the Meta marker that appears at the top of the Document window.
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3 Specify the properties in the Property inspector.
Meta tag properties
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Set the meta tag properties as follows:
Specifies whether the
Attribute
information ( ).
http-equiv
Specifies the type of information you're supplying in this tag. Some values, such as
Value
and , are already well defined (and have their own individual Property inspectors in Dreamweaver), but you
refresh
can specify practically any value (for example,
Specifies the actual information. For example, if you specified
Content
, , or
beginner intermediate
section of a document by using the View menu, the Document window's Code
head
head
section to select it.
head
tag contains descriptive information about the page (
meta
creationdate
for Content.
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content, a marker appears at the top of the Document
description
, , or ).
documentID level
for Value, you might specify
level
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) or HTTP header
name
, ,
keywords
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