Meaningfull Website headers

Headers have been used as a means of hierarchically organizing written ideas for
centuries. However, the way headers are supposed to be used—both in writing
and structurally within markup—is only recently coming into widespread understanding
for those people working with markup.
As any reader even somewhat familiar with HTML knows, header markup consists
of an “h” followed by a numeric value, and there are six values, h1–h6. These
headers have a conventional visual representation in Web browsers, with h1 being
bold and large and h6 being bold but quite small; this visual representation is up
to the browser manufacturer to implement.
HTML specifications are not concerned with visual presentation parse. HTML
and especially XHTML are concerned with structure and semantics. Instead of
presentation, markup is concerned with the meaning of the elements. A header
level 1, h1, inst about being bold and large. Its about being the most significant
heading on the page.
Structurally speaking, think about the text in this chapter. There is a chapter
header—that would be a header level 1. Then, you have subheads, which would
be header level 2, and so on. Because this book has style applied, there are specialty
headers, such as the header style used for each secret. Using CSS, you can
take the standardHTMLh1–h6 level headers and style them with the same finesse.


Reserve h1 headers for the most significant header on the page. Its
also recommended by many developers that you don't use more than one
h1 header. Some who argue the issue claim that its simply more
semantically correct to only have one instance of an h1. There are also
concerns that because many search engines look at h1s for cataloging
purposes, intentional misuse of h1s has become popular.
Avoid “widowed” headers. With the exception of h1, you should have at
least two subheads for each section. This is a classic concern in making
information balanced and readable and has become conventional in
print. While you can deviate from the norm, typically your content will
be more understandable when broken up into sensible sections.


Avoid stacking headers. Always have text between headers. The purpose
of headers is to separate text into discernible sections.
Use clear language. Writers are always wondering why their editors
are changing the titles the writer has so painstakingly crafted. Ive
come to learn that the reason is while I'm trying to be witty or clever
with my titles, I m not telling the reader what the content is about.
Clear use of language within headers is, as with any other text,
imperative.