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meta name="generator" content="7.3.5.244" appears in the head of an adobe muse based static site. What does the "7.3.5.244" mean/do?

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In this case, is a version number. Specifically, it is the version of Muse used to generate the site. Version 7.3 is the current version.

More generally, the HTML specification allows the content attribute of a <meta> tag to contain anything describing the generator. A version number is common, but the name of the product is often included for clarity. For example:

<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.5.1" />
Cody Gray - on strike
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  • Thanks for the prompt response Cody Gray & isherwood. If I want to add a meta name="description" content="Some Description of the Site Here" can I just place it in the head of a Muse generated sites too? – user2367756 Jun 05 '14 at 20:32
  • @user Yes. You can even remove the `generator` attribute if you want. There's nothing special about a Muse-generated site, it is just an HTML page. – Cody Gray - on strike Jun 06 '14 at 07:00
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The value must be a free-form string that identifies one of the software packages used to generate the document.

HTML5 spec

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