diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 067bbb85..c230a214 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -302,16 +302,18 @@ class HTMLReader(BaseReader):
return result + '>'
def _handle_meta_tag(self, attrs):
- name = self._attr_value(attrs, 'name').lower()
- contents = self._attr_value(attrs, 'content', '')
- if not contents:
- contents = self._attr_value(attrs, 'contents', '')
- if contents:
- logger.warning("Meta tag attribute 'contents' used in file %s, should be changed to 'content'", self._filename)
+ name = self._attr_value(attrs, 'name')
+ if name:
+ name = name.lower()
+ contents = self._attr_value(attrs, 'content', '')
+ if not contents:
+ contents = self._attr_value(attrs, 'contents', '')
+ if contents:
+ logger.warning("Meta tag attribute 'contents' used in file %s, should be changed to 'content'", self._filename)
- if name == 'keywords':
- name = 'tags'
- self.metadata[name] = contents
+ if name == 'keywords':
+ name = 'tags'
+ self.metadata[name] = contents
@classmethod
def _attr_value(cls, attrs, name, default=None):
diff --git a/pelican/tests/content/article_with_metadata_and_contents.html b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_metadata_and_contents.html
index b108ac8a..5bd9f16d 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/content/article_with_metadata_and_contents.html
+++ b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_metadata_and_contents.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+
Multi-line metadata should be supported