How to Fix Issues with Headings

Owned by Danielle Turner (Unlicensed)
Apr 30, 2020
2 min read

  • From the left sidebar main menu of your Siteimprove Dashboard, click on Accessibility; this will open the Accessibility submenu

  • From the Accessibility submenu, click on Issues; this will open a table that lists all accessibility issues for you to review

  • From the filter options at the top right of the table, click on Priority Issues; this will expand the Priority Issues filter submenu

  • From the filter options, select Issues with Headings; this will filter your results to display only issues with headings

    •  Note: Some examples of heading issue descriptions include:

  • Heading is missing text

  • No headings on page

  • Structure headings

  • From the list of heading issues on the table, select the heading issue you want to fix by clicking on its description; this will take you to an overview page listing all the pages on your site affected by this heading issue

    • Note: At the top of the page, you will see the Description of the heading issue as well as a suggestion on How to fix it

  • Scroll down the overview page until you see the table listing all the pages affected by that heading issue

  • Click on the title of one of the affected pages; this will take you to the Page Report for that page

  • You will now see every instance of that heading issue highlighted on the Page Report

  • Go to the page affected by the heading issue in your Content Management System (CMS)

  • Fix the heading issue and republish the page

    • Note: Once the fix is live, you can re-check the page in Siteimprove to make sure the alt text issue was fixed correctly