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From: Barry Hill
Date: Jun 27, 2019 2:04AM

I've seen a few pages where the logo has a heading tag and I don't like it. For me, the logo is not a heading. You wouldn't have a logo as a heading in a printed document, so why have one in a web page?

Cheers

Barry


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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 9:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] guidance on headings hierarchy

Hello Catherine,
Logo should be a graphic with alt text at the top of the page, no heading.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>;


On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:17 PM Catherine Roy < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Looking for a little guidance on headings hierarchy. Unfortunately, I
> am not at liberty to share the page that I'm going to describe.
>
> I have a main content and a left column with some menu items.
>
> For the main content, I have a heading that basically repeats the
> title of the page. Followed by a few paragraphs of explanatory text
> for the initiative in question. After which, a couple more headings to
> introduce a dashboard and some project partners.
>
> In the left column, I have two headings that introduce some links like
> a menu. So, originally, this is the structure I had set up:
>
> For the main content
>
> The first heading is a H1 (title of the initiative), the second
> heading is an H2 (Results to date for the dashboard) and the third
> heading is an
> H2 (Our partners) as well.
>
> So:
>
> HA Initiative (H1)
> Results to date (H2)
> Our partners (H2)
>
> In the left column, the two headings (Resources & Latest updates) that
> introduce links are both H3.
>
> So:
>
> Resources (H3)
> Latest updates (H3)
>
> My problem is that the page originally had the logo in the left top
> corner as an H1.
>
> And from my understanding, although it's not compulsory, it's always
> best to have just one H1 in the page.
>
> What is best practice here? Personally I would prefer that the logo
> not be a heading at all but simply an image with an alt text. But I
> know that some people have no problem with having more than one H1 in
> the same page.
>
> How would you structure your hierarchy with this content?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Catherine
>
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