First Line

Context: you want to make the first line of a page in your Digital Garden useful

Forces:

  • you have many pages in your digital garden
  • a new reader might feel overwhelmed

Solutions:

  • make the first line of every page a good intro/summary to the page (in combination with the page name. (See Designing Good Page Names.)
  • if the page is a response/reaction to another page, include that in the first line
    • if you're following a structured taxonomy like IBIS, use the appropriate Class in the first line
  • use the first line of a page as its Description in various meta tags. (See (2022-08-28) Twitter Cards for FluxGarden.)
  • include (at least) the first line of the page in its RSS feed.
  • include the first line of the page in previews of the page (FrontPage, Recent Changes, mouse-overs, etc.)

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