obviously the h1 tag is for your main header. if my main header is an image should i surround it in an h1 tag... now this appears to work but is it good practice?
the only reason i thought of this is how people say to keep a header image inside an img tag instead of as a background in CSS file because it is content.
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DaveyBoy posted this at 10:16 — 30th May 2006.
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Isn't the whole point of the header tag so that the search engine can read the words that are placed between them? So if it's an imagine i don't think you're really benefitting from it.
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Megan posted this at 12:49 — 30th May 2006.
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Some people use an image replacement technique where the content within the tags is text but the CSS is set to display: none and add an image background.... it's something like that anyway. Do a search for "CSS image replacement"
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steve40 posted this at 19:01 — 30th May 2006.
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You can use an image, I don't. The only way is to fill out the "alt" tag with your web-site name. Most search engines will read this, including Google.
But it is best not to use an image, unless it is just a background.
PS# Google reads the alt tag, as an alt text not a page header. It is best to make your header, a header not an image.
If you want an image in the header use a smaller logo to the right, or left of the header text.
Busy posted this at 20:42 — 30th May 2006.
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here is a thread about using the tag with a CSS image viewable (with code) http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?t=33417
<?bhb if(broken){ echo("It wasn't me
"); } ?>
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timjpriebe posted this at 17:55 — 31st May 2006.
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I do this all the time. For an example, check out this site:
http://www.churchesofchristonline.com/
Here is the pertinent HTML:
<div id="pageHeader"><h1><span>Churches of Christ Online.com </span></h1>
<h2><span>Getting Church of Christ Organizations onto the Web </span></h2>
</div>
'
And the corresponding CSS:
#pageHeader{
background: url(images/header.jpg) no-repeat top left;
background-color: #666699;
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
float: left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
#pageHeader span
{
display: none;
}
'
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steve40 posted this at 18:38 — 31st May 2006.
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Here is the way WDG says to handle a img header, Just like I said.
The Webmistress posted this at 09:35 — 1st June 2006.
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Why would you want to? H1 is for text, the main heading of your page - images should be for your logo etc.
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DaveyBoy posted this at 11:48 — 1st June 2006.
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I'm assuming that they wanted to have an anti-aliased look to the text but have it inside the heading tags too.
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timjpriebe posted this at 12:37 — 1st June 2006.
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Daveyboy's hit the nail on the head. Plus, if they have style sheets turned off for some reason, the page title is still right where I had the image for the page title.
My understanding is that this is a very common thing for CSS layouts.
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 14:29 — 2nd June 2006.
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Edit: nevermind. See Megan's post in the thread Busy linked.