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RE: Heading levels

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Jun 26, 2006 9:00AM

The functional accessibility evaluator [1] allows any heading
level before the last H1 element (Note: H1 are reserved for
titling pages and the last H1 is considered the sub page title
of a page [2]). After the last H1 the heading should use
hierarchical structure. H2 should also be used to label
navigation bars[3], so there maybe h2 before the first H1 element.

Jon

[1] Functional Accessibility Evaluator
http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu

[2] HTML Best practices: Unique titles
http://html.cita.uiuc.edu/nav/title.php

[3] HTML Best practices: Navigation bars and menus
http://html.cita.uiuc.edu/nav/menus.php


---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:28:10 +1000
>From: "Andrew Arch" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Heading levels
>To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
>Oops - typo - I meant to say that many folk would suggest
there should only
>be one H1. There can be many H2s.
>
>Sorry, Andrew
>
>