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Review Page Landmarks in the Website Handoff
Verify header, navigation, main, complementary, and footer regions across shared templates.
**Published: September 11, 2026**
Landmarks let people move among major page regions without traversing every link. Their value depends on consistent, valid structure across templates.
Map template regions
Identify banner, primary navigation, main content, search, complementary panels, and footer. Use native elements where their semantics fit and give repeated navigation or complementary regions distinct names.
Avoid structural noise
Do not turn every container into a landmark. Each route should have one clear main region, and its principal content should sit inside it. Keep names stable across related templates.
Sample the built site
Inspect home, article, listing, form, search, and error templates with a landmark navigator. Confirm region order, unique labels, heading context, and correct behavior when optional panels disappear.
Further reading
Use accessibility acceptance checks
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Document landmark rules once, then test every template that implements them.