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Joomla - Article Metadata
In this chapter, we will study about Article Metadata in Joomla. Metadata describes details of the article in short. It makes it easy to work with a particular data.
Joomla - Article Metadata
Following are the simple steps used to set the Joomla article metadata −
Step 1 − Go to System → Global Configuration as shown in the following screen.
![Joomla System Settings](/joomla/images/joomla-systemsettings/joomla-systemsettings-step1.jpg)
Next, click on Global Configuration, you will get to see the following screen. Fill the fields with appropriate values.
![joomla article metadata](/joomla/images/joomla-articlemetadata/joomla-articlemetadata1.jpg)
Below we have mentioned the details of the fields present in the Joomla Article Metadata section.
Site Meta Description − Overall description of the website is written here. This will be used by the search engine.
Site Meta Keywords − Keywords and phrases are written to describe your website. Both should be separated by comma.
Robots − Robot instruction.
Content Rights − Writing the rights of the content which is being used by others.
Show Author Meta Tag − The Author Meta tag is shown during viewing the articles.
Show Joomla! Version − It displays the currently used Joomla version.
Toolbar
Following are the toolbar options in the Metadata −
Save − Saves your metadata settings.
Save & Close − Saves the metadata settings and closes the current screen.
Cancel − Cancels the metadata settings in Joomla.