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Re: Max amount of h1 tags

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From: Angela French
Date: Feb 8, 2012 9:30AM

My own personal opinion is this: there should be one primary topic per web page. This primary topic is reflected in the h1. The rest of the content on the page are subsets of that content, thus h2, h3, etc. I feel that if another h1 is desired, then it is probably a separate subject and should be relegated to a separate page. To me it is more a matter of proper semantics and ensures a good understanding of the page structure for all users, regardless of technology used.
Angela French

>Per WCAG it states a max of 2 h1's per page. What harm is there if you use
>more that 2 per page? Meaning what effects does this have on end user
>technology?
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