Headind tags

**AlanChism** · 20 October 2011, 06:02 PM

hello
I know this may sound dumb but I need to insert heading tags in all of my pages and I don't have a clue how that is done with WD 7. Could one of please point me in a direction. Thanks AC

**gwpriester** · 20 October 2011, 10:22 PM

There's an article on this subject on the Xara Users site http://board.xara-users.info/viewtop...&t=393&start=0

**Big Frank** · 21 October 2011, 02:32 PM

It's not a dumb question at all and it's quite important for SEO. But in addition, it's really simple to do.

Write your heading
Code:
```
This is my story
```
Wrap your heading with H1 tags*
Code:
```
H1This is my story/H1
```
Highlight the opening H1 and click the placeholder icon
Click the button [HTML code (body)]
Enter <h1> into the placeholder field followed by [OK] and [Apply]
Highlight the closing /H1 and click the placeholder icon
Click the button [HTML code (body)]
Enter </h1> into the placeholder field followed by [OK] and [Apply]
Preview your page and you'll see the H1 and /H1 tags have disappeared
Right-click on the Preview page (not on an image) and click View Source and you'll see that in the source code your heading will have <h1> before it and </h1> after it

That's all there is to it. Do the same for H2, H3 and H4 tags.

If you copy and paste your H1This is my story/H1 header to other pages you'll have a H1 tagged header ready for editing.

* my use of H1 and /H1 wrapped around a heading is a convention I have used simply for ease of identification later. There's nothing to stop you using other characters and/or use different colours to quickly identify where you have used header or other tags in a placeholder, e.g.

H1This is my story/H1

**vehbi** · 21 October 2011, 02:44 PM

Thanks for this great info, Beretgascon...
Do the heading tags really work for SEO? I have been informed several times that it is no use any longer. Let's assume that it works, how does the WD7 adjust the font size of the heading, location etc? Automatically?

**Big Frank** · 21 October 2011, 05:05 PM

The font size is still determined by you, the author, in the normal WYSIWYG environment. All this process does is wrap HTML header tag around the text.

As regards their use in SEO, you can still find people who insist that proper keywords in a HTML document are required for SEO. The way I use keywords is simply as a reference of what my page content and description should contain. Too many keywords and I know I'm in danger of diluting my page content. In the same way, the importance of header tags may have been downgraded in recent times, but the structure and layout of your content is important to SEO, and there's no better way to reinforce that than by using the right markup. I believe good SEO is a combination doing the right things well and not doing one thing excellently.

The subject's much bigger than that, but that's my take on it, compressed

**AlanChism** · 22 October 2011, 12:13 AM

Hi and thank you all for your replies.
Thank you especially beretgascon for the detailed tutorial and it worked! If you weren't an ocean away, I'd buy you a stake dinner. Thanks BIG AC

**gwpriester** · 22 October 2011, 01:16 AM

If I were Frank, I'd prefer a steak dinner. A stake dinner is what you serve a werewolf. And from what I hear, it gives a bad case of heartburn.

Sorry Alan, I couldn't resist.

**AlanChism** · 22 October 2011, 02:05 AM

OK I get it. What can you expect, this isn't like shifting gears in a truck.
However I think I spoke to soon. the heading isn't centered on the page like I want it and I am not able to choose the font size. What am I doing wrong? AC