sarawilcox
commented
3 years ago Hi @AJSMITH1512, here's the current guidance: https://service-manual.nhs.uk/accessibility/content#set-page-titles
Is the following text clearer? I'll run it by a few content designers this week, and will check it with the team and Ben too before asking the AWG to approve the change.
Set page names and page titles For: Content, Development, Testing
The page name:
- is in the
<H1>tag in the<body>of the page, for example: "Achalasia" - shows at the top of the content
The page title:
- is in the
<title>tag in the<head>section of the page - consists of the page name and the website name, like this: Page name – Site name, for example: "Achalasia – NHS"
- shows in the browser window and search results snippet
- is the first thing a screen read will read out
If you can, use templates to keep things consistent and use your content management system (CMS) to add the site name after the dash.
Good page names:
- help users find what they want and recognise they're in the right place
- are unique, concise and descriptive
- put important keywords near the beginning
@davidhunter08 or @AdamChrimes, for info. This content didn't work well for content designers so I'm going to rethink and chat with Adam and Dom on Friday.
edwardhorsford
What
As part of the review of our accessibility pages, the guidance for content on setting page titles (linked here) needs to be reviewed.
Also, we may want to review where this guidance sits.
Current guidance
Why
The guidance needs to clarify how page titles differ from page names.
We see that quite a lot of people can't find this guidance.
Done when