How should the article title and SEO title be used in Busa CMS?

Short answer: put the on-page heading in the article Title, and the browser / search title in SEO title. If SEO title is empty, Busa CMS websites that use the standard metadata helpers fall back to the article title automatically — you do not need a separate site-side fallback for that case.

Which field holds which version

Fallback when SEO title is unset

In the Busa CMS SDK metadata path, the document title is resolved as:

seoTitle ?? title

So:

1. If you set SEO title → that string is used as the absolute browser title.
2. If you leave SEO title blank → the article title is used.
3. You only need custom website configuration if your front-end does not use these CMS metadata helpers and builds <title> itself.

Practical pattern

• Title: Launch checklist (clean H1)
• SEO title: Launch checklist for Busabase workspaces | Your Brand
• Leave SEO title empty only when the article title is already good enough for the tab and SERP.

How to verify

1. Open the article in CMS → set Title and leave SEO title empty → preview / view page source → <title> should match the article title.
2. Set a distinct SEO title → reload → <title> should match the SEO title, while the on-page heading still shows the article title.

If your deployed site still shows a generic site name only, check that the front-end calls the CMS metadata helper (or equivalent seoTitle ?? title logic) rather than a hardcoded default.