SEO Fields

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Your Sitecore items may contain fields specially designed for search engine optimization (SEO), which require special treatment in translation. You can specify which fields are considered SEO fields, so that you can send out those fields separately for translation. You can limit these fields to specific templates, or you can specify fields that are relevant to all templates. You can also specify how the fields are identified in the XML translation files that the Connector sends to your translation provider, to facilitate proper handling by the translators.

When sending out content for translation, the user can indicate whether to include only SEO fields, or only standard fields, or both. For detailed instructions, refer to the Lionbridge Connector for Sitecore User Guide.

To configure SEO-field settings:

  1. In the Content Editor, in the content tree, navigate to /sitecore/system/Settings/Lionbridge Settings/Lionbridge Connector Settings/.

  2. Click the Lionbridge Connector Settings item to select it and open it in the content area.

  3. Scroll down to the SEO Fields section.

  1. Specify the following options:
Option Description
SEO Flag Optional. You can specify a custom value for the SEO_Flag attribute, which identifies SEO fields for translation. By default, the Connector specifies the SEO value for the SEO_Flag attribute tag in any standard fields you specify as SEO fields, in the SEO Fields section and/or SEO Field Names field, described below. The SEO_Flag attribute is displayed in the XML files that the Connector sends to your translation provider.

* For example, a standard field is displayed as:

<FieldContent FieldName=“Title”>…</FieldContent>

* For example, an SEO field is displayed as:

<FieldContent FieldName=“Title” SEO_Flag=“SEO”>…</FieldContent>

This setting changes the value of the SEO_Flag attribute for the SEO fields. For example, if you configure this as Metadata, then your SEO field is displayed as:

<FieldContent FieldName=“Title” SEO_Flag=“Metadata”>…</FieldContent>

This may be useful if your translation provider is looking for a particular attribute value to identify SEO fields or other metadata for translation.

**Note:** If you modify the value in this field so that it is blank, you configure the value for the SEO_Flag attribute to be empty. In this scenario, the Connector does not add the SEO_Flag attribute to SEO fields, and they are displayed exactly like standard fields.
SEO Fields Use the arrows to move fields in a specific template to the Selected list. This marks those fields as SEO fields for translation. These fields are identified in the XML translation files with the SEO_Flag attribute, which has a default value of SEO. However you can specify a custom value for this attribute in the SEO Flag field, as described above.
SEO Field Names Enter the comma-separated (,) names of fields to mark as SEO fields for translation. The Connector marks these fields as SEO fields for translation in all templates.These fields are identified in the XML translation files with the SEO_Flag attribute, which has a default value of SEO. However you can specify a custom value for this attribute in the SEO Flag field, as described above.
  1. Click the Save button in the top-left corner to save your changes.