2. Configuring metadata

Just as configuring entities shapes the many pieces of information the website will deliver, metadata describes the website that deliver that information.

2.1 Metadata definition

Metadata describes pages, folders, and the entire website to instruct the front-end to deliver the experience and performance that editorial teams designed. Metadata allows editorial teams to store information, for example, to control SEO performance or connect the website to social media.

Metadata values can be set at the root level. All subfolders and pages inherit those root values, but editors can overwrite them for each folder and page. When overwritten in a folder, all subfolders and pages under that folder inherit metadata values from the parent folder.

To add, for example, the SEO metadata section, in the Page Builder:

1. Go to the Metadata definition page
2. Add the SEO new category by entering the following JSON:

   {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
           "pageTitle": {
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Page Title",
           "localized": true
           },
           "pageDescription": {
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Page Description",
           "localized": true
           },
           "keywords": {
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Keywords",
           "localized": false
           },
           "canonicalUrl": {
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Canonical URL",
           "localized": true
           },
           "robotsNoFollow": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "title": "Robots No Follow",
           "localized": false
           },
           "robotsNoIndex": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "title": "Robots No Index",
           "localized": false
           }
       }
   }
3. Select Save.
4. Verify that in the Metadata tab, within the page or folder detail page, the new category SEO is available.