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Re: Multiple H1 tags in an HTML5 web page

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From: Greg Gamble
Date: Mar 10, 2014 2:53PM

What about a blog page? A page with several different stories or unrelated articles?

Doesn't a blog entry deserve an H1, if it's in an appropriate <article> or <section> element?

Same for a page with multiple stories or articles.

And I'm questioning only HTML5 pages. I don't see this issue with non HTML5 pages, where the document outline is top down with no resetting.


Greg


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Multiple H1 tags in an HTML5 web page

2014-03-10 22:16, Greg Gamble wrote:

> Well, considering the cats already out of the bag ... If the relevant
> content in a section deserves an H1, as per the current specification
> (spec), how would this be a problem for a user?

Deserves in which sense? Just because it is a top-level heading in the context of a section does not mean it "deserves" to be H1. Over the centuries, such headings have been regarded as 2nd, 3rd, etc., level headings, according to the nesting og sections.

> I'm talking about a user with current technology.

Almost all current user agents deal with an H1 element as the top-level heading of the page. Any claims to the contrary need hard evidence, as this has been the meaning and treatment of H1 since the early days of the web.

Yucca