how many h2 tags should I have? - MYBF

Jenny · #1 (**permalink**) 15-04-08, 03:54 PM

Hello, I have read stuff about the heading tags but I'm not too sure how many H2 tags I should have in total on a page. Is there a limit?

Thanks, Jenny

Contract Hire · #2 (**permalink**) 15-04-08, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenny

Hello, I have read stuff about the heading tags but I'm not too sure how many H2 tags I should have in total on a page. Is there a limit?

Thanks, Jenny

No there is no limt as such that I know of, but of course there would be no need to have more than say 10-15.

For example normally the header text for each article on a wordpress site is normally a h2.

What I will say though is make is in a higharchial structure so you have the main header for your page normally the same main header for all pages the text with the company name for example.

Then you have a sub heading (h2) which is what the page is about lets say animanls.

Then within that a sub heading again (h3) which is a more detailed explaination of whats to follow, lets say dogs. Then you would have another even more detailed sub heading (h4) lets say blue dogs and another (h4) saying red dogs. After this you would then go back to a (h3) to cover cats lets say. Like in my example below.

I hope that helps you.

Information Website (h1 text for main site text)

Information About Animals (h2 text telling you what the page is)

Dogs (h3 text with detailed header)

Blue Dogs (h4 with even more detailed header text)

A load of text Talikng about blue dogs that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about blue dogs that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about blue dogs that would be in normal p tags.

Red Dogs (h4 with even more detailed header text)

A load of text Talikng about red dogs that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about red dogs that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about red dogs that would be in normal p tags.

Cats (h3 text with detailed header)

Red Cats (h4 with even more detailed header text)

A load of text Talikng about red cats that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about red cats that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about red cats that would be in normal p tags.

Blue Cats (h4 with even more detailed header text)

A load of text Talikng about blue cats that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about blue cats that would be in normal p tags. A load of text Talikng about blue cats that would be in normal p tags.

Noiseair · #3 (**permalink**) 28-09-08, 07:15 PM

A most useful and informative post to me - being a non techy, I will go away now and work on your advice!

Many thanks

Contract Hire · #4 (**permalink**) 01-10-08, 07:53 PM

No problem mate glad it was useful for you.

Eagle · #5 (**permalink**) 03-10-08, 09:24 PM

I don't use any! Not that I'm aware of anyway... how do I correct it?

James · #6 (**permalink**) 22-10-08, 12:16 AM

An h2 tag is a HEADING tag and should therefore be used for headings on your page, it is second only to h1 tags which should be used ONLY ONCE for your MAIN heading.

If you are using a style sheet then firstly create some styling attributes for your h2 tags...

Code:

h2 {font-size: 13px;
    color: #000000;
    font-weight: bold;
   margin-bottom: 0}

then simply decide which text you would like to have..

Code:

<h2>and wrap h2 tags around it like this</h2>

A page that is using both h1 and h2 tags should look something like this...

This is my main H1 heading for my page

This is my h2 heading
this is my content this is my content this is my content this is my content
this is my content this is my content this is my content this is my content
this is my content this is my content this is my content this is my content

This is another h2 heading
This is more content This is more content This is more content
This is more content This is more content This is more content
This is more content This is more content This is more content

regards
James.