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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: May 2, 2003 4:52AM

Rachel,

Why would you skip the H3 and H4 headers? Headers imply structured logic,
and are numbered in part for that reason. Is there a reason why you would
want to skip them?

JF



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Jessey [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 7:25 AM
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > Subject: Re: Header tag
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > One:
> >
> > Is it OK to have a Web page that has a H1 at the top, then a
> H2, and then
> several H5s?
>
> Yes. It should be perfectly okay to skip heading levels. A high level
> heading should be followed by a lower level heading, though the precise
> level isn't important. You should avoid jumping around willy
> nilly, however.
>
>
> > Is there general agreement on what the different
> > headings mean?
>
> There should be no 'meaning' beyond the fact that they are headings. The
> examples you cited were just sample usage. It is generally
> accepted that it
> is good practice to have the same information in the <h1>...</h1>
> element as
> the <title>...</title> element, but there certainly isn't any agreement
> about it.
>
> The only 'agreement' that I can think of, is that headings should
> no be used
> purely as a mechanism to create larger, bolder text.
>
> Simon Jessey
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