Mike,
Just use one h1 heading to describe the page.
Thereafter, in ascending numerical sequence, h2 groups - 1 or many as
necessary - then h3, etc.
Navigation should not use headings. Navigation is just that, links to other
sections on the page or external to other pages or external resources.
Use unordered lists for your links (just me preference) as they are lists or
internal or external resources --
<ul>
<li><a href ...></li>
<li><a href ...></li>
...
</ul>
and format their appearance in CSS.
You may also wish to include jump (skip) to menu and/or (as appropriate)
skip to content off-screen links (don't use display: none as this can cause
probs but set them as negative absolute offsets so they disappear from the
visible page but are immediately available in screen readers and other AT)
Mike Pepper
Accessible Web Developer
www.seowebsitepromotion.com
Administrator
www.gawds.org
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Mike Foskett
Sent: 07 July 2004 10:27
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WSG]headers
Peeps,
I thought I knew what I was doing with headers, now I'm getting confused.
My XHTML docs are structured like this:
<title>Page name - Site name</title>
<h1>Site name</h1> [not visible & 2nd part of the
<title> - Placed behind an image of the same]
<h1>Content (Page name) heading</h1> [visible & 1st part of the
<title>]
[optional text]
<h2></h2> [all sub headings in the
correct order]
<h1>Navigation</h1> [not visible]
[list of links]
<h2>External links</h2> [not visible]
<h3>link heading</h3>
[text & link]
<h3>link heading</h3>
[text & link]
<h3>footer links</h3> [not visible]
[list of links]
Note: [not visible] means you cannot see it but neither "visibility:hidden"
nor "display:none" are used.
I liked the idea that <h1> marked the top of page, content, and nav.
It made sense when viewed and navigated at 500% font-size.
It also made sense with screen readers jumping from heading to heading.
Is this approach considered incorrect?
Should there be only one <h1>?
Is starting the navigation at a <h1> considered poor structure?
Should I rethink the heading structure from a multiple page, or site, view?
Please clarify
cheers
mike 2k:)2
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