How to fix landmark one main on OpenCart
Add a single `<main>` landmark element (or `role="main"`) to every page so that screen-reader users and assistive technologies can skip directly to the primary content.
Steps for OpenCart
- Open your theme's main layout file, typically `catalog/view/theme/<your-theme>/template/common/header.tpl` (OpenCart 2.x) or `header.twig` (OpenCart 3.x+).
- At the bottom of the header template (just before the main content inclusion), add `<main id="main-content" role="main">`.
- Open `catalog/view/theme/<your-theme>/template/common/footer.tpl` (or `.twig`) and add the closing `</main>` tag near the top, before the `<footer>` tag.
- Add a skip link as the first element after `<body>` in the header template.
- Refresh the OpenCart cache and verify with axe DevTools.
<main id="main-content" role="main">
<!-- All unique page content goes here -->
</main>
<!-- Skip link (add just after <body> opens): -->
<a href="#main-content" class="skip-link">Skip to main content</a>
<style>
.skip-link {
position: absolute;
left: -9999px;
top: auto;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.skip-link:focus {
position: static;
width: auto;
height: auto;
}
</style>What is landmark one main?
Every web page should have one clearly marked "main content" region — the part of the page that is unique to that page, as opposed to the header, navigation, and footer that repeat everywhere. In HTML this is done with the `<main>` element (or by adding `role="main"` to a wrapper `<div>`). This marker is called a **landmark**. Screen readers and keyboard-only users rely on landmarks to jump around the page without having to tab through every single link and menu item first. The `landmark-one-main` rule fails when a page has zero `<main>` elements, or when it has more than one.
Without a main landmark, visually impaired shoppers using a screen reader (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver) cannot use the "skip to main content" shortcut — they are forced to listen to every navigation link on every page before reaching your products or checkout. This is a WCAG 2.1 Level A failure (Success Criterion 1.3.6 / ARIA Landmark Regions), meaning it carries legal accessibility risk in jurisdictions with web-accessibility laws (ADA, EN 301 549, EAA). Beyond compliance, a poor experience for assistive-technology users directly hurts conversions and brand trust. Fixing it is typically a one-line HTML change.
See the complete Landmark one main guide for every platform and the full background.
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