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Reputation: 3302

Should a bigger text above h2 be h2 also?

If I have a promo hero stuffs before the first header of a page as in the attached image, then should the heading text of the hero stuff be done with a header element as in h1/h2 etc. or just normal p text? I need it to be WCAG 2.0 AA accessible.

What do you guys thinks? The text "Study" is h2 for me. Should "Postgraduate …" be h2 also?

Screenshot of webpage showing a banner "Postgraduate …" above the heading "Study"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 160

Answers (1)

Adam
Adam

Reputation: 18807

You have to consider what your heading hierarchy will look like:

If you chose to use a h2 for both:

  • Web site title
    • Postgraduate information evening
    • Study

Or if you chose not to

  • Web site title
    • Study

Then you have to think about some questions:

  • Are "Postgraduate... " and "Study" the same level of information?
  • Does navigating thru the heading hierarchy give coherent user experience?

I would say that if you consider that "Postgraduate information evening" is the information that they would seek when they land on this page, then you can give it a h2 to improve user navigation. But if it's just an article promoted inside the "Study" hierarchy, it doesn't have to be as it does not improve user experience.

My opinion is : if the text links to another page, then it doesn't have to be in the heading hierarchy.

Upvotes: 1

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