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1. astoller
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Hi

   Can you explain why the 1st tag below appears as the actual page description even though it is surrounded by comment tags.The 2nd tag I wanted to be the actual description, but it does not appear that way on the browsed page.
   Thanks
   Arthur

   <!--<meta name="description" content="Party costumes: Hen parties, stag nights and all outfit for all events" />

   <meta name="description" content="Games for Hen parties and stag nights"/>

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   even though it is surrounded by comment tag...

   Well, actually, it is not surrounded.
   It has only the opening tag and missing the closing tag: -->

   It should be:
   <!--<meta name="description" content="Party costumes: Hen parties, stag nights and all outfit for all events" />-->

3. astoller
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   So as it stands, is the tag then considered to be a real description tag?

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You don't read carefully!
   You did NOT comment it out. Period. You thought so, but you didn't.

5. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 5 years ago #

   So as it stands, is the tag then considered to be a real description tag?

   As it stands, with half of a comment, the entire page is invalid and you're lucky it displays at all.

   Invalid page code has undefined behavior. It's not considered to be a real anything unless it's valid in the first place.

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