How to fix landmark banner is top level on Wix

Steps for Wix

1. Wix generates its own HTML structure and places the site header in a top-level container automatically — you cannot directly edit the HTML.
2. Open the Wix Editor and check that your Header section is set as the page-level Header (not placed inside a section or a box that has been assigned a landmark role via the Accessibility Wizard).
3. Open Settings → Accessibility Wizard and step through it to ensure the header role is not duplicated or nested.
4. If you use Wix Blocks or custom elements that add a `<header>` tag inside content, edit those components to use a neutral `<div>` instead.
5. Use the axe DevTools extension on your published site to confirm the fix.

What is landmark banner is top level?

Every webpage has a special "banner" landmark — the main site header that typically contains your logo, navigation, and tagline. Screen readers and assistive technologies use landmarks like banners to let users jump quickly around a page without reading everything. The rule is simple: the banner landmark must sit at the top level of the page (directly inside `<body>`), never wrapped inside another landmark region like `<main>`, `<aside>`, `<section>`, or `<article>`. When it is nested, assistive technology can't find it in the expected place, and some tools won't announce it as the banner at all.

Roughly 7 million Americans use a screen reader, and many more rely on keyboard or switch navigation. When your banner landmark is buried inside another landmark, those users lose the ability to skip directly to the header or understand the page structure — a core WCAG 2.1 requirement (Success Criterion 1.3.6 / 4.1.2). Failing WCAG landmarks is an accessibility legal risk: ADA and similar laws in the EU, UK, Canada, and Australia have led to lawsuits and settlements against e-commerce stores of all sizes. Fixing it also demonstrates technical quality to search engines that increasingly evaluate page structure as a signal of content organisation.

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