October 2nd, 2023 × #accessibility#headings#SEO
A11y Treats - Heading Design
Discussion on proper semantic usage of h1 through h6 headings for accessibility, SEO, and screen reader navigation.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about headings on your website, why you should care, how to structure your headings, and what tooling is there for testing your website?
Show Notes
- 00:26 Welcome
- 01:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
- 01:41 Why do we care about Headings?
- How-to: Accessible heading structure - The A11Y Project
- 03:12 Heading design provides an outline for your website
- 08:45 Using H1 classes?
- 10:28 Is the logo an H1?
- 13:03 Giving an ARIA level
- 17:14 Can headings be visually hidden?
- 21:00 Benefits of good heading design
- 22:27 Tooling
- Heading outlines - ADG
- HTML Standard
- Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
- HeadingsMap - Chrome Web Store
- HeadingsMap – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
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