commented out descriptions appear as the real thing ?

  • astoller

    (@astoller)


    17 years, 4 months 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”/>

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    17 years, 4 months 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” />–>

    Thread Starter astoller

    (@astoller)

    17 years, 4 months ago

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

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    17 years, 4 months ago

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

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    17 years, 4 months 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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