Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
You should only use a heading level structure that makes sense. Per HTML5 specification, it is perfectly fine to use multiple level 1 headings. That doesn’t mean it will make sense.
For example this doesn’t make much sense:
<h1> News article </h1>
[...]
<h1> Car crashes into building </h1>
Because the “Car crashes into building” heading relates to the previous level 1 heading. You can only convey relationships between heading levels as they increment. This for example would be correct:
<h1> News article </h1>
[...]
<h2> Car crashes into building </h2>
Ignore any SEO dinosaurs that tell you not to use multiple h1s on a page. I never trust third party advice for “SEO”. Always get advice from the search engines themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIn5qJKU8VM
thanks for the advice, that makes sense. I guess if I choose not to show page titles, the H1 tag is removed? and in which case I might use one within they page itself.
Should I write to the theme developers?
Thanks
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
I guess if I choose not to show page titles
How do you mean choose, by using some sort of theme setting? Which theme is this? If you’re using a commercial theme then it’s probably best to contact the devs.
yes, I’m using the7 which is a brilliant theme. I’ll contacts the devs
Thanks
