Meta tags versus http-equiv meta tags

[Doug Stewart]

I originally created my site in FP2002, specifying my meta tags (title,
keyword, description). Why I upgraded to FP2003, when I do a PAGE PROPERTIES,
I have two choices for inputing tags. If I do it under the GENERAL option, it
puts them in as straight meta tags. If I do it under the CUSTOM option, it
puts them in as meta http-equiv tags.

What is the difference between the two. Should I go through all my pages,
strip out all the metta http-equiv and put in straight meta tags?

 

[David Baxter]

???

Can you post some examples? or a URL?

 

[Doug Stewart]

Yes. If you do a VIEW SOURCE for www.france-property-and-information.com, you
will see both at the top of the page.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

See:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...thor/dhtml/reference/properties/httpequiv.asp

to learn about the differences.

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Here is a better link:
http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/metatags.detail.html

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[David Baxter]

I see this and they look fine to me:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252">
<title>French Property, Services and Information</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="French property">
<meta name="description" content="Information on France, living in
France, and French Property. Everything from weather to wine to tax.">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">

Yes. If you do a VIEW SOURCE for

www.france-property-and-information.com, you