How to insert <META> tag using XSLT on client?

Abdul Hameed · August 10th, 2004, 11:29 PM

Dear Reader

I am using the following procedure to insert <META> tag in .html. But I cannnot see the <meta> tag in VIEW -> SOURCE. Please help me how can I XSLT on client, to insert <META>. so I can see <META> tag in VIEW -> SOURCE?

Please help me in this regard. I will be thankful to you for this kindness. Thanking you in anticipation.
------------- Problem starts here -------------
<!- example.xml -->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<tagMeta>
  <metaKey>
    <keyContent>
        How to dynamically insert META Tag in an HTML document
    <keyContent>
  <metaKey>
<tagMeta>

<!- example.xsl -->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
    <head>
        <meta name="keywords" content="<xsl:value-of select="/metaKey/keycontent"/>
    </head>
  <body>

  </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

<!- example.html -->

<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Load XML
var xml = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xml.async = false
xml.load("example.xml")

// Load XSL
var xsl = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xsl.async = false
xsl.load("example.xsl")

// Transform
document.write(xml.transformNode(xsl))
</script>

</body>

reply soon please

joefawcett · August 12th, 2004, 06:03 AM

Your path should be:

/tagMeta/metaKey/keyContent

or for a relative path as your at the root already:

tagMeta/metaKey/keyContent

(Note capital C in keyContent)

--

Joe (MVP - xml)

janise · September 19th, 2004, 12:24 PM

I don't know JavaScript, but to me this row didn't look correct:
<meta name="keywords" content="<xsl:value-of select="/metaKey/keycontent"/>
As obviously there is one '>' missing.

But I don't succeed this without JavaScript too, because it says that I cannot use the variable "<xsl:value-of select=''>" in arguments... :(

So, is there a way I can dynamically set, for example, page content description?

Thanks,
Janis