Layout & accessibility

Project gallery: Do headings explain the page's reading order?

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Editorial review assigned to Ryan Schober · Review pending

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The direct answer

Headings should organize the content rather than merely make text large. A reader scanning the structure should find the main subject and its supporting decisions in a sensible order. For this project gallery, the practical test is whether the example opens a correctly labeled detail and relevant next step.

Do headings explain the page's reading order?

Start with a visitor looking for work relevant to a planned project. The heading structure check concerns gallery labels, project destinations and whether the imagery is actual work or an illustration. A manufacturer image or fictional demo can look like a completed client project unless the page clearly identifies it. Visual polish does not establish provenance.

Shared gallery templates must retain the project’s service and location associations rather than borrowing the first branch’s labels.

Check it on this page

Choose a gallery example that matches a service question, open its details, and distinguish completed work from illustrative imagery.

  • Read the heading outline without relying on font size.
  • Check whether repeated cards and expanded sections belong under the appropriate section.
  • Follow an in-page link and inspect the heading under the fixed header.

Repeated sections made a polished page harder to use

Visual reviews identified oversized sections, competing actions and spacing that drifted between page areas. The finding described the visible layout at the inspected sizes, rather than a measured conversion loss.

For this project gallery, the check focuses on gallery labels, project destinations and whether the imagery is actual work or an illustration. Inspect the reading order and the next action on the actual page instead of approving individual components in isolation.

Repair the source, then check the published result

Use heading levels to express the document structure and CSS to control appearance. Recheck section links and assistive navigation after changing a shared template.

Record the heading structure result for this destination, then repeat the customer route until the example opens a correctly labeled detail and relevant next step. If the repair changed a shared component, compare another destination with different approved facts to detect unintended copying.

Explore a relevant example

The linked directory identifies work and demonstrations. Use its labels to distinguish examples of functionality from completed client results.

Further reading

Platform guidance can change. Consult the current official documentation before making platform-specific changes.

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