Ideas for Arc XP

Prevent use of multiple H1 and H2 paragraphs in a story for SEO purposes

Current use-case: As a journalist when I'm writing a story, headlines are formatted as H1 and sub-headlines as H2.

Our SEO expert recommends that there is only 1 H1 and 1 H2 text field for one article.

Wished behavior: As an admin I would like to be able to prevent journalists from using H1 and H2 formatting styles for a story outside headline and sub-headline. It means that the corresponding formatting icon in the 'Compose' tab of Composer (within a story) only shows formatting styles from H3 to H6.

This requirement would prevent human mistakes and facilitate training to newsroom users as it avoids describing something NOT to do.

  • Guillaume Lefebvre
  • May 4 2020
  • Future consideration
Categories New Functionality
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  • Troy Blevins commented
    13 May 14:53

    Hi all,

    I wanted to see if there's an update on this. This is something we're hoping goes away in Composer 2.0. The editor should NEVER choose an H1 in their body copy. This is purely for the headline.

    Thanks!
    Troy

  • Mike Katona commented
    22 Feb 17:28

    This is VERY IMPORTANT. There should not be any option to access H1 in body. PLEASE.

  • Troy Blevins commented
    22 Feb 17:23

    Hi there, just seeing another update. We're noticing in Composer 2.0 that H1 is still being offered as an option in the body of the story. Can this option please be removed? H1 should only be reserved toward the headline field of the story.

    Thanks!

  • Troy Blevins commented
    April 06, 2022 17:41

    Hi there,

    I'm looking to see if there may be an update on this Arc Idea. It would be great to have the ability to set which heading styles can be used within the body of the story to prevent negatively impacting SEO.

    Thanks!