Custom Abstracts

scott.hovey · Post by **scott.hovey** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:35 pm

Is it possible to have custom meta data returned as an abstract? For instance, under search setting you can select description, which returns the description content .

Post by **mark** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:24 pm

You can't choose arbitrary meta data to use for abstract, just meta description right now. But in the new version that's expected to be released later today you can adjust the walk settings to get the meta description from a different meta field using the "Data from Field" option.

scott.hovey · Post by **scott.hovey** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:53 pm

Can you cite an example of how this might work?

Post by **mark** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:01 pm

Under all walk settings, in Data from Field, set Search to
.*
Leave replace empty. Set Meta to the name of the meta tag you want to use for description. Set Field to Description.

scott.hovey · Post by **scott.hovey** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:36 pm

Thanks, I think I follow:

Translates to: On any search look to selected meta field and return that value as the description.

How would the replace function work? Replace the searched value with the replaced value?

Post by **mark** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:49 pm

Yes. That lets you do some translation on the found values. See http://www.thunderstone.com/site/vortexman/node113.html for a description of what can be in Replace.

kwood · Post by **kwood** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:31 am

We are testing this feature and the new Abstract formed has parentheses around it.

Here is the META Tag that we are using for Description:
<meta name="alt_description" content="Pattern: OCEANA (PINK CORAL EDGE) by FITZ/FLOYD [FITOCE] Description: CREAM BODY,PINK CORAL EDGE,SHELL MOTIF">

Here is the Abstract returned in the XML file:
<Abstract>
(Pattern: OCEANA \(
<B>PINK</B>
CORAL EDGE\) by FITZ/FLOYD [FITOCE] Description: CREAM BODY,
<B>PINK</B>
CORAL EDGE,SHELL MOTIF,)
</Abstract>

And here is how the Abstract is displayed in the search results:
(Pattern: OCEANA \(PINK CORAL EDGE\) by FITZ/FLOYD [FITOCE] Description: CREAM BODY,PINK CORAL EDGE,SHELL MOTIF,)...

Why are these parentheses surrounding the Abstract and how can we remove them?

Post by **mark** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:14 am

A little more info's needed. Please indicate how you're trying to use this (what you're filling into which settings fields). The url of the html page witht he description listed above. Under list/edit urls, find that url and see what's stored for the meta data.

kwood · Post by **kwood** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:38 am

We want to specify a different description to use for the abstract for our site search.

Under All Walk Settings ~ Data From Field
The following fields have these values:
Search: .*
Replace:
Meta: alt_description
Field: Description
Which Field: Description

We have set up a test environment with a smaller number of pages, so here is the URL of the test page that we are using in this example:
http://www.replacementsauctions.com/thu ... FITOCE.htm

Here is the data from the list/edit urls:
Title: FITZ/FLOYD OCEANA (PINK CORAL EDGE) at Replacements, Ltd
Description: (Pattern: OCEANA \(PINK CORAL EDGE\) by FITZ/FLOYD [FITOCE] Description: CREAM BODY,PINK CORAL EDGE,SHELL MOTIF,)
Keywords: OCEANA,(PINK,CORAL,EDGE), FITZ/FLOYD, dinnerware, tableware, dishes, Replacements
Meta data: -None-

Post by **mark** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:38 pm

Change the .* to .+