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Prompt the user to confirm publishing a post without a title

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[Pri] Medium [Status] Needs Design Review [Type] Enhancement Posting/Editing
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Description

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Update: This issue needs further design review.
Internal discussion: pcdRpT-3gS-p2

Posts can be published without a title, however, in most cases, this might be performed by the user by mistake. Not having a title has downsides, especially related to SEO, as the title is used in several parts of the post like to form the Permalink and social meta tags.

An enhancement to incorporate in the publishing flow is to display a confirmation dialog when the user tries to publish a post without a title. The description of the dialog will inform the user about the benefits of setting a title, and will display two options:

  • Set title: This option will stop the publishing flow and will focus on the title's text input.
  • Skip: This option will continue with the publishing flow.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the publishing flow and the internal design discussion referenced as pcdRpT-3gS-p2. Confirm the dialog wording and interaction design before locating the title input and publish action. Done means a no-title publish prompts with “Set title” and “Skip,” with each option producing the specified behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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