Information for Faculty | Bowdoin College

Resources for Staff | Bowdoin College

Information for Students | Bowdoin College

Information for the Community | Bowdoin College

Parents and Families | Bowdoin College

From Here | The Campaign for Bowdoin | Bowdoin College

Directory | Bowdoin College

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

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February 2025

January 2025

Bowdoin College

Title / URL	Issues
Information for Faculty \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/faculty-gateway/index.html	1
Resources for Staff \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/staff/index.html	1
Information for Students \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/students/index.html	1
Information for the Community \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/community/index.html	1
Parents and Families \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/families/index.html	1
From Here \| The Campaign for Bowdoin \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/fromhere/index.html	1
Directory \| Bowdoin Collegewww.bowdoin.edu/directory/index.html	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

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Where this issue has occurred