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From: Raman Gulati
Date: Sep 8, 2002 9:16PM


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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Foliot - bytown internet" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 3:11 AM
Subject: RE: Headings


> 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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