Page sections, subsections, headings, and subheadings

Divide your page into logical sections and subsections, and then use headings and subheadings to label these accordingly. Use single-point horizontal rules to separate each section and subsection.

At the beginning of a section, place a single-point horizontal rule to signal its beginning. If you are going to name this section for reference from other parts of the page or site, place the NAME tag before the rule. This way, when a user jumps to this name they will see the careful spacing you have created and not just the section heading at the very top of the window. Place a <BR> tag between the rule and the section heading.

Place the section heading next. Format this text as bold only. Place a <BR> tag after the text, and another <BR> tag on the next line to separate the section heading from the beginning of the text or initial image in the section. The following example shows how to format section headings.

<A NAME="BasicElements"></A><HR>
<BR>
<B>Basic Elements</B><BR>
<BR>



For subsection headings, all of the same design principles apply with one small difference. Instead of formatting the subsection heading text with bold, use italics only. This example shows how to format subheadings.

<HR>
<BR>
<I>Sunspace</I><BR>
<BR>


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Created: 08/26/96
Revised: 09/09/02

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