How to fix landmark no duplicate main on Squarespace

Steps for Squarespace

1. Squarespace controls most of its page structure automatically. Open Pages › (your page) › Edit, and check whether you have added any Code Blocks (Insert Point › Code) that contain a '<main>' tag — if so, change it to '<section>' or '<div>'.
2. Go to Design › Custom CSS or Website › Pages › (page) › Advanced › Page Header Code Injection and search for any 'role="main"' or '<main' strings; remove duplicates.
3. If using a Developer Platform (Local Development) template, open the template's '.region' or '.block' files and consolidate to one '<main>' in the base layout.
4. Re-test the live page with the axe DevTools or WAVE browser extension to confirm no duplicate main landmarks.

<main>
  <!-- All unique page content lives here — product listings,
       article body, cart, etc. -->
</main>

<!-- ✅ Only ONE <main> per page. Everything else uses
     <header>, <nav>, <aside>, <footer>, <section>, or <article>. -->

<!-- ❌ Do NOT add a second <main> or role="main" anywhere else on the same page -->
<!-- <div role="main">…</div>  ← remove this if <main> already exists -->

What is landmark no duplicate main?

Every web page should have exactly one "main landmark" — the region that holds the page's primary, unique content. This is created by using the HTML `<main>` tag or by adding `role="main"` to any container element. When a page accidentally includes two or more of these landmarks (for example, because a theme template wraps content in `<main>` and a widget or app adds another one), assistive technologies become confused about where the real content starts. The WCAG rule `landmark-no-duplicate-main` flags this exact situation.

Screen-reader users rely on landmarks to skip repetitive navigation and jump straight to what matters on a page — this is a foundational accessibility technique. When two `<main>` landmarks exist, screen readers may announce the wrong region, navigate to the wrong place, or skip content entirely, making your store effectively unusable for a significant portion of shoppers with disabilities. In many jurisdictions (USA, EU, UK, Australia) selling online to the public creates legal obligations under accessibility laws such as the ADA, EAA, and WCAG-based regulations; duplicate landmarks are a clear, auditable WCAG 2.x violation that can appear in demand letters and audits. Fixing it also signals clean, well-structured HTML to search engines, which can marginally support crawlability and indexing.

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