Commit f0bfe6ed authored by Marcia Ramos's avatar Marcia Ramos Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Docs: update docs style guide for headings and anchors

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- Use sentence case in headings. Do not capitalize the words of the title, unless
it refers to a product feature. For example, capitalizing "issues" is acceptable in
`## What you can do with GitLab Issues`, but not in `## Closing multiple issues`.
- Our docs site search engine prioritizes headings, therefore, make sure to write
headings that contextualize the subject and help to take the user to the right
document. For example, `## Examples` is a bad heading; `## GitLab Pages examples`
is a better one. It's not an exact science, but please consider this carefully.
### Anchor links
Headings generate anchor links automatically when rendered. `## This is an example`
generates the anchor `#this-is-an-example`.
Keep in mind that the GitLab UI links to a large number of docs and respective
anchor links to take the user to the right spot. Therefore, when you change a
heading, search `doc/*`, `app/views/*`, and `ee/app/views/*` for the old anchor
to make sure you're not breaking an anchor linked from other docs nor from the
GitLab UI. If you find the old anchor, make sure to replace it with the new one.
Important:
- Avoid crosslinking docs to headings unless you need to link to a specific section
of the document. This will avoid breaking anchors in the future in case the heading
is changed.
- If possible, avoid changing headings since they're not only linked internally.
There are various links to GitLab documentation on the internet, such as tutorials,
presentations, StackOverflow posts, and other sources.
- Do not link to `h1` headings.
Note that, with Kramdown, it is possible to add a custom ID to an HTML element
with Markdown markup, but they **do not** work in GitLab's `/help`. Therefore,
do not use this option until further notice.
## Links
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