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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Sep 8, 2002 2:47PM


Tom,

I don't think a recurring Logo would qualify as a heading, regardless on
where it's located. So, to my thinking, your option (2) is the way to go.

Logos help brand a page, but generally they do not contribute to the logical
structure of the document beyond the branding exercise. A Heading groups
the subsequent content (paragraphs) into a logical unit, thus your page
could conceivably have three or four <h2>'s if that's the logical division
of data (and conceivably 2 or more <h1>s if truely appropriate - although I
can't think of an example off hand). I know that JAWs allows users to
"extract" headings into a "list" which they can then use to navigate though
any given page; in that case why would they want to "visit" the logo?

Anyway, just my $0.02

JF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Gilder [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: September 7, 2002 9:37 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Headings
>
>
> Hi there
>
> I'm just wondering about people's views on headings in pages. Most
> content pages (as in not the home page) on the Web tend to have
> basically two headings - a logo and a page title. These are often in
> different location
>
> The question is this: in a situation like this, what element should be
> the <h1>?
>
> It seems to me there are basically three options to this...
>
> 1) The logo is a <h1>, title is a <h2>
> 2) Logo isn't a heading at all, title is <h1>
> 3) Both heading AND title are <h1> (two <h1>s in the same document?)
>
> ...so which do you believe is best, and why?
>
> I don't believe there is a "correct" answer to this as such, and I
> really don't think this is a major issue that needs to be discussed
> endlessly, but I would be interested in people's opinions.
>
>
> Cheers
> --
> Tom Gilder
> http://tom.me.uk/
>
>
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