Add the assembly to the Master Page and reference the MetaData dll
<%@ Register TagPrefix="metaControl" Namespace="MetaData.Render" Assembly="MetaData.Render, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=198d2f392e054e3e" %>
Example: In the head
<metaControl:SharePointMetaTag runat="server" ID="metaTag1" MetaName="DESCRIPTION" MetaAttributeName="Content" PublishingPagePropertyName="PageDescription" DefaultAttributeContent="
The DefaultAttributeContent is where the editor has not completed the field as we've made them non manditory
namespace MetaData.Render
{
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
// using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
///
/// A webpart to render MetaData information onto a published page
///
[ParseChildren(false), ToolboxData("<{0}:MetaTag runat=\"server\" name=\"\"> "), PersistChildren(true),
AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal),
AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal),
DefaultProperty("Name")]
public class MetaData : WebControl
{
///
/// Name to render out
///
private string name;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the MetaData class.
///
public MetaData() : base(HtmlTextWriterTag.Meta)
{
}
///
/// Gets or sets the Tag name to render out
///
[Bindable(true), Category("Appearance"), DefaultValue(""), Description("Sets the MetaTag's name attribute.")]
public string Name
{
get { return this.name; }
set { this.name = value; }
}
///
/// Render the control
///
/// Render this writer
protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
// Render control only if there is a tagname specified
if (!this.name.Equals(string.Empty))
{
base.Render(writer);
}
}
///
/// Add attributes to Render
///
/// The writer to add the attributes to
protected override void AddAttributesToRender(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
// Write the name attribute
writer.AddAttribute("name", this.name);
// Write the value attribute
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
base.RenderContents(new HtmlTextWriter(sw));
writer.AddAttribute("value", sw.ToString());
}
///
/// Render the content out
///
/// The writer to be rendered
protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
// this control does not render any contents
}
}
}
