Using Meta Tags for Content Management

There are a few ways to find files in your project where meta tag values have been directly applied. Let's check some of them out.

How to View Meta Tags Used via the Analysis Ribbon

  1. Open the Analysis ribbon at the top of Flare Desktop.

  2. Select Used Items > Used Meta Tags. All of the meta tags used throughout the project are listed. In a real situation, this report might be dozens or hundreds of pages long. In our case, it's just one page of information. You can see the meta tags listed on the left, followed by the associated meta tag set (if any), content, file, title, and folder.

  3. Click the Content column heading. The order is alphabetically rearranged so that you can see meta tags by the value.

Tip If your results are several pages long, you can click View All in the local toolbar to list everything on one page. Keep in mind that the more files you have, the longer this will take to load.

How to Use the Find Text Feature

  1. Select the Home ribbon.

  2. Click Find and Replace (the face of the button, no the drop-down).

  3. Make sure the Find Text tab is open in the window pane.

  4. Let's find all files where Emily and Jeff have been designated as the authors. An easy way to know the correct text to search is to open one topic where you know both authors have been selected. In the Text Editor view, select and copy the meta tag markup (or part of it), which in our case might be this:

    <meta name="Authors" content="Emily,Jeff"

  5. Paste this text in the Find field of the Find and Replace Files window pane.

  6. Make sure (whole project) and All Files (*.*) are selected, and under Options select Find in source code.

    Note If you want to perform an advanced search for meta tags, you can use wildcards or regular expressions as well (see Wildcards and Regular Expressions).

  7. At the bottom of the window pane, click Find All. The files are listed in the Find Results window pane at the bottom of Flare Desktop.

How to Use the Find Elements Feature

  1. In the Find and Replace in Files window pane, select the Find Elements tab.

  2. Let's look for all files that are using the description meta tag. In the first drop-down, make sure Tag is selected, and in the second drop-down select or enter meta.

  3. Click Add Row and select Attribute.

  4. In the Name drop-down, select or enter name. In the Value field, enter description.The Preview field shows what Flare Desktop will be searching for.

  5. Click Find All. The files are shown in the Find Results window pane.

  6. Now let's say we want to find all the files assigned to both Emily and Jeff. In the Name drop-down, select or enter content. In the Value field, enter Emily,Jeff.

  7. Click Find All. The files are shown in the Find Results window pane.