<meta name="generator" content="Serif WebPlus X8 (16,0,4,32)">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=960">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="wpscripts/wpstyles.css">

Which means all other meta tags are dependent on information you enter within Site and Page properties

You can remove the Webplus meta in Site properties > HTML Header and uncheck the "Include software name ....."

You can edit css for virtually everything and you can add your own css file which will overwrite the Webplus css.

You can add new meta tags via HTML Fragments.

You can dynamically change and add new features and behaviours with javascript and jquery.

Before anything, get a good grasp of the basics, use the Webplus help, and practice on a test site.

Thanks again

You might be wondering why I want to do this - I don't like the AI generated summaries that Google puts on my search results - I hoped that by having a 'Description' tag I could improve them.

Google not only uses info from meta tags but from headings 1, 2 etc. from each page.

In your test site you have not entered anything in Site Properties > Search terms, nor in Page Properties > Search Terms. You have entered "This is a custom description" in the Navigation tab of page properties. That's why nothing shows.

From the top tool bar goto Site properties > Search Terms and enter Description and Key Words.
On your pages goto Page Properties > Search Terms and enter Description and Key Words.
Don't forget to also complete Indexing, and possibly Validation (if it still works)

Your original file is attached and you can see what I have added. Preview and view source code.

HMM- you are right, the results are curious - I need more time to think. I don't get a <meta> Description tag at all.
Will be back later.

OK - I have constructed a 2 page website 'Test Site.wpp' containing an 'Index Page' and a 'Blank Page'
In the blank page 'Page Properties' pop up I filled in the 'Description' box, and pressed 'OK'

I would have expected this to put a <meta> description tag into the header HTML

Looking at 'View Page HTML' there is nothing there other than the default HTML.

So I believe I am right that there is a bug.

To explain why I get a non-editable <meta> tag in my main website is a little involved. I wished to add several <meta> tags to my page headers automatically, so I used 'Site Properties' 'Google Analytics' HTML window to not only add the Analytics HTML but tags such as page width, no snippets AND description, assuming I would be able to edit it afterwards. That's why it appears.

Err - do you mean my whole web site xenophon.wpp? It's 244Mb? You can open the page www.xenophon.org.uk/blankpage.html, and then all browsers have a facility to look at the HTML?

It's not the html we need to see, it's what you've entered and where in Webplus.

Do a new 2 page project and preview it. If you get the same issues attach the 2 page project to your next post.

Serif X8

Image 1 Page View of a blank page with Page Description popup with 'Description' filled in, then I pressed OK

Image 2 View Page HTML Source of that page. <meta name=”description” content=”Insert description”> in blue, non editable

To attach a file you will need to quote a post and a browse button will be seen under the input frame.

What will also work is using the ‘Post reply’ link above the ‘Subscribe’ link on the right-hand side near the top of the page (next to the ‘RSS topic feed’ link to the right of the orange RSS icon). What doesn’t work for this is the ‘Quick reply’ message box at the bottom of the page, because there’s no ‘Attachments’ file browser and no option to display one.

Alas - there appears to be a bug in WebPlus (which can now never be corrected) such that anything entered into the 'Page Properties' 'Description' box doesn't actually appear in the HTML <meta> tag.

Just coming back to an earlier post of yours. There is NO bug in page properties in all the versions of Webplus from 4 - 8, and it's never been mentioned in all the previous forums when there were thousands of members. Alfreds response about using page site properties is absolutely correct.

What version of Webplus are you using?

Why don't you do a one page test site that demonstrates that the description does not appear and attach it to your next post. That way I or others can try and determine your issue. To attach a file you will need to quote a post and a browse button will be seen under the input frame.

Thanks for this - I had not explored 'HTML Fragments' before. You can certainly insert a <meta> Description tag into the header, but unfortunately it comes above the default non-editable one, and I presume that it is the last tag that is acted upon? The default tag comes immediately above /head, so there is no editable space under it.

Not necessarily. Why dont you try it and see what results you get.