RE: Use of the <h1> element

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Smith [mailto:matt@kbc.net.au]
> Sent: 12 May 2004 01:21
> To: WAI Interest Group
> Subject: Use of the <h1> element
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings All
> 
> I have three questions regarding the <h1> element that I 
> would like to put to you:
> 
> 1) Use of the same <h1> content throughout a collection of 
> pages.  If a Web site 
> or collection of pages covers one topic, even if by this a 
> topic can be 
> something like "Fred's Family Web Site", would it be 
> reasonable to say that all 
> pages should have the same <h1> content, with an <h2> to 
> denote specific page 
> content?

I think that semantic consistency throughout a site is as important as consistency of navigation and layout but I don't recall seeing it stipulated in any guidelines or best practice paradigms.

Julian

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Received on Wednesday, 12 May 2004 03:43:40 UTC