NSM Better Meta & Using EE Layouts

Question

What is the propper way to use NSM better meta and layouts?

At the moment, my layout has the NSM tag in the head, I've wrapped some channel entry tags around it. Not sure if this is the correct way to use it?

{exp:channel:entries require_entry="yes" limit="1" dynamic="yes"}
{exp:nsm_better_meta:template entry_id="{entry_id}"}
{/exp:channel:entries}

I also have another problem, how do I deal with the homepage? I can't seem to pull any nsm data through.

The homepage entry_id is 1, with a status of hidden.

When I was using embeds I used...

{embed="/includes/head" title_prefix="Site" hide_site_title="y" entry_id="1"}

But with layouts I can't use those parameters.

Answer 1

Set a layout variable for the entry_id, then instruct NSM Better Meta to use that if it exists.

In your entry template:

{layout:set name="entry_id" value="{entry_id}"}

(This would have to be within a channel:entries loop obviously.)

Then in your layout template:

{exp:nsm_better_meta:template{if layout:entry_id} entry_id="{layout:entry_id}"{/if}}