How To Hide Category Headers In Curated

Hey everyone, Seth with Curated Success here.

In Curated, categories help you structure your newsletter and present your curated content to your readers in an easy-to-read format. As you collect content, you can categorize it.

Then, as you build a new issue, the links you import will automatically be sorted into the category order you’ve established, creating sections of your newsletter. If you don’t have any links for a category, the category header will not appear in the issue.

Bonus: you get category-level metrics that help you understand which categories in your newsletter get the most engagement (clicks).

But did you know you can hide category headers in the published issue while still using them to build your newsletter?

Reasons you might hide category headers:

• You don’t like headers (maybe you just want a list of links with commentary and the categories aren’t necessarily public-facing)
• You want some categories / sections that aren't content categories to feel different
• You have one category and would prefer not to use a header for it

How to hide ALL category headers

In Curated, you can set the default category header style to “Hidden”.

1. Click the gear icon to the top right of any page and click Settings
2. Scroll down to the Issue Content section and click Look and Feel
3. Set the Header Style to “Hidden”

Now any new category you create will default to the “Hidden” header style. You'll still need to change the header style for any existing categories you had before you made this change.

Partner Update is a Curated newsletter that’s set their default category header style to “Hidden.” In their published issue, there are no category headers, but they're still able to use categories as they are building out an issue to keep the building process easy.

How to hide INDIVIDUAL categories

You can hide some category headers while keeping others visible.

1. Click the gear icon to the top right of any page and click Settings
2. Scroll down to the Issue Content section and click Categories
3. If no categories exist, create a new category by clicking New Category
4. Click Look and Feel to the right of the category you want to hide
5. Set the Header Style to “Hidden”

For an example of this, all you need to do is scroll to the bottom of Opt In Weekly. The signature section is its own hidden category.

Have questions about this? Let me know at support [at] curated.co.

 

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