I’ve decided to try a new experiment for my blog posts. Normally, I get an idea that I want to write about and I’ll use that idea as the Title of the post. However, as I write, I usually end up editing the title ever so slightly.
As a result, by the time I’m done with the post, I have to go back and change the “permalink” box (between the Title and Body of the post) before I actually Publish the post (I’m talking about WordPress here…).
So this time, I didn’t enter a Title before I started typing but will go back and add one just before I publish. My goal? To see if I have to edit the Permalink if I wait until the end to enter the title.
Right now, I don’t see the title of the post in the Permalink, so I’m going to go back and add it, then type a bit more here and hit “Publish”…
All right. The title has now been entered — and I don’t see the Permalink changing. Ugh.
WordPress, there’s a nice feature to add. Instead of setting the Permalink as soon as somebody starts hacking away at a post, why not wait until the post is published before setting it (or at least the part where the Permalink inserts the title of the blog post — if the person has chosen to use this as part of their Permalink)?
Just an idea… And this post shall not have the Title in the Permalink.
UPDATE: It did work! WordPress did add my Title when I hit the “Publish” button. So there’s a new tactic to add to your arsenal; don’t enter your final post Title until you are actually ready to publish and know what you want it to be. That way, your Title and Permalink will match (unless you want them to NOT match…).
