Landing pages

The landing pages are generated based on the markdown files in the landing-pages.en repo. Note the following:

• Landing pages markdown syntax rules are different from other AdobeDocs repos.
• Validation rules for landing pages are different from other AdobeDocs repos.
• Preview and manual activation for landing pages is not available. At this time, changes roll out to all environments.
• The term “landing page” is sometimes confused with “home page,” which is the first article in a guide’s TOC.

Linking syntax

Link to a guide

Use this syntax when linking to a guide or tutorial.

+ [Title](<repo-name-no-language>#<toc-anchor>)

Examples:

+ [Analytics Media Guide](analytics-media#using)

+ [Analytics Tutorials](analytics-learn#tutorials)

Link to an individual page

+ [Article title](<repo-name-no-language>#/<git-relative-path><filename.md>)

Example:

+ [AEM 6.5 Release Notes](experience-manager-65#/help/release-notes/home.md)

External links

Example:

+ [Admin Guide](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/admin-guide.html)

Heading anchors

The anchors in a heading, such as ## Guides {#lists-documentation} help determine which CSS design element is used for that section.

{#template-class} is the format.

• For template, we support either lists or tiles.
• For class, use a string to specify the section, such as documentation (guides), tutorials, release, or resources.

Note that there is also a tier value based on the filename: home.md is one tier, a filename with -tutorials is another tier, and all other files are in another tier. Tiers are part of the design consideration.

How descriptions are generated

When we link to a guide…

When a guide is linked to (<repo-name>#<toc-anchor>), we fetch the description from the user-guide-description field in the TOC.md file.

When we link to an article…

When an article is linked to (<repo-name>#/<root-git-path/article-name.md>), we fetch the description from the landing-page-description field in the article if it exists or the description if it does not exist.

When we use an external link…

We add a description directly after the link, on the same line followed by a space. This is especially useful for links to external sites.

Example:

+ [Admin Guide](https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/admin-guide.html) Use the Admin Guide to administer users and products.

Use description overrides sparingly. These descriptions may not localized.

Turn on or off descriptions

Use {descriptions=off} or {descriptions=on} (no #) to turn on or off description display for subsequent content.

If descriptions are turned on, we fetch the description from the user-guide-description value in the target TOC.md file for a guide link, or from the description value in the target article if an article is linked to, as described above.

Breadcrumb metadata

The following metadata is used only in landing-pages.en.

• breadcrumb-name: is the text that appears in the breadcrumb.

• child-repos: is the list all the repos that use this landing page for its breadcrumbs. A repo can be assigned only to one (1) landing page. That’s because each article can have only one breadcrumb. However, note that a link to a guide or tutorial can appear on multiple landing pages.

  If a repo is not listed in any landing page as a child repo, the default breadcrumb uses the Home page.

• parent-landing-page: is used only if there are multiple landing pages. Currently, we use this only for the experience-manager-tutorials landing page.

Changing the breadcrumb title for a guide

Add breadcrumb-title to the TOC.md file metadata to provide a different breadcrumb name than the guide title. This is especially useful to shorten longer guide titles.

Adding text to landing pages

The template design allows description text only after the H1 title. Any content added to H2 sections and below will be ignored.