
Editing web pages with Contribute
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Creating content
Page titles are also very important for people who need to use assistive
technologies such as talking browsers. The page title is announced whenever a
talking browser user moves between pages. If the title doesn't describe the content
of the page, or it is meaningless (for example, "home page" or "untitled"), or if the
same title is used for every page, the site will be unusable. If you do not use the title
element properly your pages may fail the W3C WAI accessibility guidelines.
Guidance on composing suitable page titles
Think about:
How you would like your page to appear in search engine results •
How you would like your page to be recorded in a user's browser bookmarks/•
favourites
If the page title was to be read out by a screen reader, what you would like it to •
say
You need to provide as much information as possible, but not too much otherwise
search engines may choose to ignore it. Try to limit your page titles to 64 characters.
It is also good practice to include primary and secondary information, for example
"Page title composition – Web publishing good practice guide" or "Middle East
Report – World Affairs – CNN News".
Editing a page title
You can change the title of your page after you have created it. With the page in edit
mode, click on Format on the menu and choose Page Properties. The dialog box
opens at the Title/Encoding category.
Make your changes and click OK.
File names: good practice
When choosing a name for your le, you should follow the University's standard
conventions. You will nd full details at http://www.recordsmanagement.
ed.ac.uk/InfoStaff/RMstaff/RMprojects/PP/FileNameRules/
FileNameRules.htm
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