How should I build my site map?

help with site map

[amythepoet]

HI,

I would like to make headings for my site map by using <h1> tags, etc ., but when I look at it, it looks terrible.

Let's say I want one catgory called red widgets and one called blue widgets

with subheadings under each one, how should I go about it please.

Thanks, I am ready to pull my hair out!

[encyclo]

If the problem is just the default style of the

h1

elements, then you can override it with CSS.

If you only have two categories, then I would use a two-column layout, using

h1

,

h2

etc. elements combined with a definition list [htmlhelp.com] for each section.

[amythepoet]

I have 7 categories and want each category to be the same point size, if I use h1 and h2, then the size of the letters decreases, correct?

Rigth now, I am using (<li> for the little urls underneath the h2 headings, it looks o.k., but not terrific

[encyclo]

if I use h1 and h2, then the size of the letters decreases, correct?

The default styles, yes, but you can set any font size you like with CSS, for example:

h1 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:13px;
font-weight:bold;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

[amythepoet]

Ok, I will fool around with it tomorrow

Thanks so much

but do I understand correctly that there should only be onel h1 and h2?

[tedster]

One h1 element (the primary heading) in most cases - yes. A well organized document usually has one primary heading or title.

But using several h2 elements (secondary headings) is only sensible. Think of an outline of a document, using a title or headline (h1) and then an outline structure made of sub-headings (h2), sub-sub-headings (h3) and so on.

[amythepoet]

Yes, thank you. I have made the outline now with one h1 heading and then the subheadings are h2, I think it looks fine for now.

I will try and see about using the style sheet though this week.

Thank you again