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25 Vote

Add ability to edit image Alt Text within Composer

When a user adds an image into Composer, they have the ability to edit the Caption. It would be very helpful to have the ability to edit the Alt Text field right within Composer as well so the user doesn't have to go back to Photo Center to update...

Created 15 Mar 09:53pm by Trey

Composer / Metadata / Photos & Galleries

2 Future consideration
23 Vote

Provide clients with the ability to customize alternate headline settings in Composer

Options would include: Ability to display the alternate headline fields in an expanded state by default and/or so that newsrooms can quickly validate that all necessary fields are populated with the desired copy Ability to make certain headline fi...

Created 27 Jan 10:01pm by Guest

Composer / Compose Tab Editor / Metadata

3 Planned
20 Vote

Improvements to barely-there geolocation (latitude & longitude)

We want to start doing a lot more stuff with regard to locations in our stories. Specifically, we want to be able to geotag specific stories so we could theoretically do things like placing them on a map. We're doing a lot of exciting things with ...

Created 16 Dec 10:53pm by Britton Peele

Composer / Metadata

1 Future consideration
17 Vote

Fill description field with subhead

We would like the description field in the planning tab of Composer to be autofilled from the subhead field and visa versa and the ability to disable this with a radio button (so that description can be extended if needed). With current set up bot...

Created 31 Jan 02:04pm by Paddy Logue

Composer / Create/Edit Story / Metadata

2 Future consideration
16 Vote

Add option to exclude individual stories from Google AMP and/or Facebook Instant Articles

There are many times when iframes and other non-AMP/FBIA friendly embed elements are included in stories. When a story is focused largely on the content of these embedded elements and those elements do not display in those platforms, we aren't giv...

Created 31 Aug 02:42pm by Amanda Baker

Composer / Metadata

1 Future consideration
14 Vote

Ability to edit entries in "SEO Keywords" field

We use the SEO Keywords field to generate a URL. When there is a mistake or something needs to be added, we have to retype the entire string. Please make entries in the SEO Keyword field editable so fixes and additions are easier to make.

Created 18 Jun 03:39pm by T.J. Furman

Composer / Metadata / URL

0 Future consideration
13 Vote

Make "internal memo notes" left in Websked visible in Composer

When you leave a note in the "internal memo notes" field in Websked, it does not display anywhere when you open the story in Composer. Internal memo notes left in Composer do display in Websked, and this is very helpful. An internal memo note atta...

Created 27 Sep 05:52pm by Emily Babay

Composer / Metadata / Workflow & Publish

0 Future consideration
11 Vote

Make line/word/inch measurements in Ellipsis match those values in Websked

As a writer or editor, I'd like to know the accurate length of a story, whether I'm looking in Ellipsis or Websked. Right now the values in those two apps differ. Thanks Ken

Created 28 Jan 05:23pm by Ken Carriere

Composer / Metadata / Workflow & Publish

0 Planned
10 Vote

Allow hyperlink and date/time to be added to "correction" element type in Ellipsis

We'd like to have some more information added along with "correction" element type in story's body. Could we please have these options available for this element type in Ellipsis? 1. Support hyperlink 2. Store the date/time note is added so that w...

Created 28 Dec 02:46am by Guest

Composer / ANS / Metadata

3 Planned
10 Vote

Custom fields for stories

Currently fields you can set for each story seem to be set and it's not possible for user ( or developer who isn't building StoryBuilder for that matter ) to assign any custom fields for a story. It would be nice if user ( or developer ) could d...

Created 12 May 08:23am by Guest

Composer / Metadata

2 Planned