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Re: Logo as an h1??

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Mar 2, 2017 8:46AM

I don't see a reason or purpose to wrap a logo in <h1>.

Joseph


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> Hello everyone :) Headings/logo question - we've had an accessibility consultant
> tell us that the logo on our sites should be wrapped in an <h1>. That was a popular
> practice years ago, but we no longer use it, haven't for years.
>
> If the H1 is supposed to be the primary topic of the page you're on, how is
> announcing the company name that's in the logo, as an h1, make any sense??
> That's really not the topic of the page. We have H1's on the pages that are actually
> relevant to the subject of the page and having the logo as an h1 would mean there
> would be 2 H1s on the page - one that makes sense, and one that really doesn't.
> That doesn't' seem to aid accessibility, in my opinion.
>
> I'm inclined to push back on this recommendation, and I think I can make the
> argument, but I thought I'd ask those more experienced in this forum.
> Thanks!
>
> Diane R Tomlins
> HCA Healthcare
> Accessibility SME
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