Aldrich: Page heading

page heading data definition group

The Page heading Data Definition group is collapsed by default. Expand this to access your heading options.

Choosing the heading type

type data definition field

Selection

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Default

The page title will be displayed as the heading.

Causes the Alignment Data Definition field to display

Marquee

A marquee layout will be used as the page heading.

Causes the Marquee Data Definition field to display.

Article/Post

An article/post style heading will be used.

Causes the Display publication date, Display description, and Display byline Data Definition fields to display,

Hidden

The page title will be used as the heading, but not displayed visually.

N/A

Default heading type

The page title is displayed as the heading.

Alignment

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Left

The page heading will be left aligned.

N/A

Center

The page heading will be center aligned.

N/A

 

Marquee heading type

A marquee layout is used as the page heading.

→ Details: Marquee layout

Article/Post heading type

In some cases, you may want to treat the heading with additional content, such as when the page functions as an article or post (although the Article/Post heading type is not exclusive to this use case).

Displaying additional heading content

Selection

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Yes

Displays the respective content along with the page title.

N/A

No

Does not display the respective content along with the page title.

N/A

Heading element details

Heading element

Data source

Display

Heading element

Data source

Display

Publication date

Publication date metadata field

 

 

Description

Page description

Byline

Author metadata field

Hidden heading type

In some cases, you may want to hide the page heading from visual display. For example, your homepage may have the title ‘Home’, which is semantically correct, but may not be useful for display. Hiding the heading in this case allows other important content to move up the page.

To be continued….

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