Including name/email in HTML head

79wjd · July 28, 2016

Is there an expected style for including the name of a website's author/email in meta tags in the header?

I want to 'sign' the website I wrote so I can use it as an example of work I've done, but I'm not sure if there's an 'agreed upon' style that most people try to follow.

Mr_KoKa · July 28, 2016

<meta name="author" content="John Kovalsky">

The only one I know of. You can use html comment for anything though :]

vorticalbox · July 28, 2016

<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="description" content="Vorticalbox's awesome website">
<meta name="keywords" content="Blog, News, Chicken Dippers">
<meta name="author" content="Vorticalbox">
</head>

79wjd · July 28, 2016

8 minutes ago, Mr_KoKa said:
<meta name="author" content="John Kovalsky">
The only one I know of. You can use html comment for anything though :]

7 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:


<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="description" content="Vorticalbox's awesome website">
<meta name="keywords" content="Blog, News, Chicken Dippers">
<meta name="author" content="Vorticalbox">
</head>

I know how to do it, but I didn't know if there was a style that most people follow/expect.

Also, would it be a bad idea to include my email in it as well? I was thinking:

<meta name="author" content="coded by xxxxxx, xxxx@email.com">

vorticalbox · July 28, 2016

8 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:
I know how to do it, but I didn't know if there was a style that most people follow/expect.

Also, would it be a bad idea to include my email in it as well? I was thinking:
<meta name="author" content="coded by xxxxxx, xxxx@email.com">

If i were to add a publicly visible email I would be sure it was specifically created for such. I took that code from w3schools, so long as it is valid html I wouldn't matter what order you put them in.