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From: Al Sparber
Date: Jun 25, 2006 10:50AM

Can someone provide a plain language explanation of why non-sequential
headings might be considered inaccessible? For example, the following
scenario fails in an online automated checker.

<h1>Creating Multi-Level CSS Menus</h1>
Intro

<h2>Adding the markup</h2>
Intro

<h3>Adding the Root-Level Markup</h3>
Steps

<h3>Adding the Sub-Level Markup</h3>
Steps

<h2>Creating the CSS</h2>
Intro

<h3>Creating Rules for Root-Level Menu Items</h3>
Steps

<h3>Creating Rules for Sub-Level Menu Items</h3>
Steps

It seems perfectly logical to me, but apparently this is not correct?

--
Al Sparber
PVII
http://www.projectseven.com

"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that
repairs are scheduled for next Tuesday".