Summary Field

Deliberate Description

Summary

The Summary field can display a deliberate description rather than a default description. The instructions below use the Press Release as an example because it is so commonly used, but all Content Types contain a Summary field. Digital Commons Support recommends that all Content Types contain a deliberate description.

Audience

All users of Digital Commons sites.

How To

  • 1

    Summary

    Edit button.
  • 2

    Summary Field

    • Enter text into the Summary field to display a deliberate description ather than the default description.
    Summary field.
    • Example: Local government employees from North Carolina were honored earlier this month at the 2023 North Carolina Geographic Information Systems Conference with the G. Herbert Stout Award.
  • 3

    Save

    • Click Save at the bottom of the Edit page.
    Save button.
  • 4

    View

    • The Summary appears below the title of the Press Release.
    Press Release with Summary.
  • 5

    Blank Summary Field

    • When the Summary field is left blank, an excerpt of the body content, roughly the first two sentences, serves as the summary. Entering a deliberate description is helpful, even when the Summary field is not displayed in a View, because it aids search engine optimization (SEO).
    Blank Summary field.