Feature request: Kicker
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First of all, thank you for a great plugin.
This is a feature request for the possibility to also do kickers (see http://www.easymedia.in/kickers-newspapers-use-even-today/).
A simple but working solution would to have a drop down menu after the additional heading field. It's default value could be "Subheading", which gives exact the same behaviors as today. But there should also be a "Kicker" alternative, which but the subheading above the title in the output.
I have no idea what a kicker is but I'm keeping this open because you've
totally tickled my curiosity. Let me give this a read and a think and get
back to you as soon as I can. Thanks so much for the suggestion.
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First of all, thank you for a great plugin.
This is a feature request for the possibility to also do kickers (see
http://www.easymedia.in/kickers-newspapers-use-even-today/).A simple but working solution would to have a drop down menu after the
additional heading field. It's default value could be "Subheading", which
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"Kicker" alternative, which but the subheading above the title in the
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@TBarregren This would actually make for an interesting addition. The subtitle would be below the title and the kicker would be above, correct?
Closing due to lack of reporter feedback. Feel free to open and discuss when ready. Thanks.
Followed up here: #97
Sorry I didn't answer in October. I was bogged down with work at the time and then forgot it. :-/ Anyway…
In news papers and some magazines there are three titles that can be combined:
Kicker: This a short heading above the main heading. It is used to give a context for the main heading, e.g. a topic, a reference to an ongoing event. It could also be used to explain a (too) clever heading. Here is an illustration: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidningsrubrik#/media/File:D%C3%A5rrad.png
Headline (a.k.a. hed): This is the main heading (title in WordPress parlance).
Deck (a.k.a. dek and standfirst): This is a subtitle. Its purpose is to clarify the heading and indicate the angle of the piece. It is often used for a quote from the text, which helps to specify the angle of the article. It can also be a direct continuation of the heading. Here is an illustration: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidningsrubrik#/media/File:Nedryckare.png
Kicker and deck are always used along with the main heading and never used at the same time. Thus, following combinations are valid:
- Kicker followed by a headline
- Headline only
- Headline followed by a deck
A simple way to solve this could be selector next to the subtitle field. By default it says that the subtitle is a deck, but you can also choose to make it a kicker. The HTML could be the same, except that the kicker is placed before instead after the heading.