Knowledge Base

This article provides a guideline for adding and changing content to a website. We will discuss a few very simple steps to follow when adding content to buttons, headings, menu items, links and text fields. If you’re not familiar with Elementor yet, please read this article or request a demo.

It’s important to make sure the text and the words are not too long. This is for two reasons: effectiveness and responsiveness.

• Make sure the text provides enough information to indicate what the page is about (if it’s a heading) or where it links to if you click it (if it’s a button).
  
• A heading should just be enough to interest a reader to read more.
  
• Text inside a button should be short and clear (max 2 words) 
  
• E.g. for a button that links to a contact form the text “contact” should be enough. If you make it 'Neem contact op' for Dutch for example, this is too long and the text will be put on two lines, increasing the size of the button / making it look weird.
  
• Visitors are more eager to click on clear and small buttons. This is also the case for menu items. It should be clear and short.
  
• If the text in a heading or button is too long, the layout on different screen width can break. Please consider that e.g. a heading with a lot of text will break up in multiple lines on smaller screens, or fall of the screen completely:
  

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Before you go further, make sure you know how links in Elementor work. If not, read this article.

To add a link through the Elementor Editor there are two main options: add the link as text or add an internal URL. Most of the links should be added as internal URL, but on every website there are cases where you should add the link manually.

• Textlinks (manually adding an URL) should be used when linking to:
  
• an anchor / specific block on a page (like /rooms#presidential-suite)
  
• an external website
  
• the booking engine
  
• a PDF file
  

Make sure to never use the base url (https://example.com/rooms#presidential-suite) when you link to a page within the website. Always solely add the part after the slash: /rooms#presidential-suite

• Internal link should be used in all other cases.
  
• Open in a new tab when you're linking to: 
  
• an external website
  
• the booking engine
  
• an PDF tile
  

3. Text fields

• When you add/change content inside a text field there is just one important thing to consider: Is this a summarising text field, or is this text field supposed to tell a story. You can see the difference quite easily by looking at what the main focus of the element is.
  
• E.g. a text element with a background image is not supposed to have a lot of text inside.
  
• Make sure to add the longer and story-telling text in the “text focussed” elements.
  

• Keep it short, clear and explicit. Be concise and also take translations in consideration.
  
• Check the different screen widths, also for translations
  
• Make adjustments where needed
  
• Think about the rules of thumb described above when adding links.