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avatar brianteeman
brianteeman
18 Jul 2017

While trying to work out what these two fields in an article are for I have determined that "external reference" is used for the <meta name="xreference" content=" tag and that "key reference" is just a db field that someone could use if they had a use.

Surely then (assuming I am correct above) the fields should be swapped around on the form so that all three metatags are together

current view

screenshotr17-51-26

avatar brianteeman brianteeman - open - 18 Jul 2017
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avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 18 Jul 2017

So many options that no one knows what they are and if they think they do then they will be surprised as they dont do what you think they will do and they are named incorrectly

avatar PhilETaylor
PhilETaylor - comment - 18 Jul 2017
avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 18 Jul 2017

Thanks @PhilETaylor but they are either repeating what i wrote above OR completely irrelevant

avatar franz-wohlkoenig franz-wohlkoenig - change - 19 Jul 2017
Category Templates (admin) UI/UX
avatar franz-wohlkoenig franz-wohlkoenig - change - 19 Jul 2017
Status New Discussion
avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 20 Aug 2017

Looking further its even more odd/wrong

Both fields have the same name

name="xreference"

avatar franz-wohlkoenig
franz-wohlkoenig - comment - 20 Aug 2017

i had also tried figure out what these Fields are about. For my Knowledge i didn't understand this Fields Descriptions.


This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/17173.

avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 20 Aug 2017

I know what they are for although I don't see the need for both of them and because they have the same name it's a problem to use them

avatar franz-wohlkoenig
franz-wohlkoenig - comment - 23 Aug 2017
avatar DaveOzric
DaveOzric - comment - 16 Feb 2018

So many options that no one knows what they are and if they think they do then they will be surprised as they dont do what you think they will do and they are named incorrectly

I know what they are for although I don't see the need for both of them and because they have the same name it's a problem to use them

So what are they for? Can't we get a rel=canonical or something that is actually useful in here instead?

avatar DaveOzric
DaveOzric - comment - 16 Feb 2018

It sure would be nice to have a rel=canonical field to add a link to original content instead of mystery fields that have no explanation.

avatar brianteeman brianteeman - change - 24 Mar 2018
Status Discussion Closed
Closed_Date 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2018-03-24 09:58:52
Closed_By brianteeman
avatar brianteeman brianteeman - close - 24 Mar 2018

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