Heading "H" Tags and Titles

Basic Information About "H" Tags

Heading "H" tags (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and H6) were developed to help provide information on the structural hierarchy of a web page. This is done in order to facilitate accessibility as well as standards.

Headings are especially important to those with disabilities as screen readers use headings to help navigate through a page. The different types of headings specify the outline of the page. H1 tags would be ranked first and should be used for main headings. H2 headings would come next, then the H3 and so on.

Headings reflect the organization of content on the page.

• H1 tags are generally used only one and are designated as the title of the page.
• H2 tags would be used as main headings.
• H3 would be sub headings of the H2 titles

Search engines use headings to index the structure and content of a page.

Users skim your pages by its headings. It is important to use headings to show the document structure and the relationships between different sections.

How to Create "H" tags in TerminalFour (T4)

Creating "H" tags in T4 is easy.

• Highlight the text you would like to change to a specific "H" tag.
• Go to the "Format" menu.
• Select "Formats -> Headings -> The heading you wish to use.

The image above shows how to access the "H" tag options in the T4 page editor.

Links to Further Resources

For further reading on H tags see these other pages:

• Structuring Your Website for Accessibility: Avoid These Header Tag Mistakes
• Heading Tags (H1, H2, H3, P) in HTML