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Re: Max amount of h1 tags

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From: Steve Flaukner
Date: Feb 8, 2012 10:12AM

OK on FAE. I came across a page that has 8 h1's. FAE kicked back but could
find nothing in WCAG.
On Feb 8, 2012 12:07 PM, "Jared Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Steve Flaukner wrote:
> > I should of typed FAE.
>
> You should be very careful with many of the recommendations of FAE.
> They often have little to do with guidelines and more to do with
> personal interpretations and opinions. This is one of many case where
> the tool is suggesting a failure or issue where there isn't one.
>
> Having one <h1> at the beginning of the main content is usually a good
> idea for most pages, but it certainly is not a conformance failure to
> do otherwise.
>
> Jared
>