There is no requirement that the H1 be the first thing on the page. There is a requirement that if heading tags be used that the H1 be the first heading tag used on the page. You can find that spelled out in the HTML Mobile standards, the ISO standards and in the WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 3.5 Guidelines.
I hope this helps. Lee Roberts http://www.roserockdesign.com http://www.applepiecart.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
