Re: Heading structure and alternatives?

Thanks, Marc & Chaals.
The box does appear after the H1, so that part should be ok. The heading in the box (“Read the full text article”) is entered in a field in our content management system so cannot be changed for each page – it’s the same globally.

The question is would an H2 be semantically correct if the development team moves the box to a different location within the body of text (maybe after the first or second paragraph, for example), or would it need to be at the end of the release to be semantically correct?

Our developers were thinking that the link to the full text article was more closely related to a reference (but not quite an “aside”) so weren’t sure if there was a special HTML 5 tag that would enable those using screen readers to know it’s there and be able to easily navigate to it, or if the best practice would be to use the H2.  For these particular pages (press releases), we typically don’t have other headings (just the H1 for the title of the release and in the right rail, the “contact us” heading will be changing to an H2).

Thanks again for your expertise! -amy

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From: Marc Haunschild <haunschild@mhis.onmicrosoft.de>
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 12:53 AM
To: "Pearson, Amy" <apearson@apa.org>, W3C WAI ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Heading structure and alternatives?

Hi Amy,

if you can’t be sure, that the box appears after a h1, the editor must have a possibility to choose the right heading.

-marc

From: "Pearson, Amy" <apearson@apa.org>
Date: Wednesday, 12. August 2020 at 21:00
To: W3C WAI ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Heading structure and alternatives?
Resent from: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Resent date: Wednesday, 12. August 2020 at 20:55

Hi everyone,
I’m hoping you can lend your expertise with a heading structure/alternative question.

We currently have a press release template that includes a box to read the full text article.  At the moment, this is an H3 and we were going to change it to an H2. However, our development team is concerned this is not semantically correct if the box is within the article itself and not at the end.  Example URL: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/08/experiencing-childhood-trauma


Is there an HTML5 tag or specific way we should code the box or heading so that those using assistive technology like screen readers will be able to discern that there is a full text article available for the press release? I’m sure we’ll have other situations like this as we continue to work on improving the accessibility of our sites, so will apply what we learn moving forward to similar situations.

Thank you so much for any guidance you can provide! -amy

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Amy Pearson | Manager, UX Optimization and Compliance
Digital Strategy & Services, Communications
American Psychological Association
750 First Street NE, Washington DC 20002
apearson@apa.org<mailto:apearson@apa.org>

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