We have several examples of Headings to share and we’re splitting them up across three pages so the structures we’re displaying don’t get confusing. There will be instances where we break the rules so that we can offer examples of the broken rule.
Examples from the Book
From Jeff’s sites
If you’d like to see the examples we highlighted in the book from Jeff’s websites, you can access those here:
- Jeff’s book page at JeffAdamsWrites.com (link opens new tab): This page contains a single Heading 1 for “Books” and then several Heading 2 to break up the books into categories like “non-fiction,” “romances,” and “young adult.” In some cases, Heading 3 is used to further categorize books, such as “novels and novellas,” and “short stories” under romance.
- An episode from BigGayFictionPodcast.com (link opens new tab): This page uses Headings 1 through 4. Heading 1 is the title of the episode, which also serves as the title of the page. Heading 2 is used to designate the major areas of the page, “Show Notes” and “Transcript.” Within the transcript, you’ll find Heading 3 and 4 used. Heading 3 divides the major areas of the show: “Intro,” a discussion/review section (in this case on graphic novels), the author interview, another books review, and the “Wrap-up.” The discussion on graphic novels is divided with the use of Heading 4 to indicate which book is discussed.
In each of these cases, there are other Headings on the page, such as the “Check out other episodes” and “Comments” section on the podcast’s episode page. Both sites have content in the sidebar. The Headings for those are controlled by the theme and actually break the rules for how Headings should be organized. This is an example of something Jeff doesn’t have the skill to change and since it is not a major barrier (because at least there are Headings there), it is something he’s not trying to change at this time).
Continue to the next page for an example that doesn’t use proper Heading structure.