Thanks @simon_Lloyd, now I see what he is after...

So please let me know if I am on the wrong track. You are trying to increase your SEO by adding <h2> elements. If that is the case then the JavaScript approach obviously will not work because that is only seen in your browser under the DOM and the search engines only read the raw stream.

If it is not the case CSS is the easy answer.

Ok, so there was some confusion over what I was trying to do.

Initially, I was trying to add h2 tags around board names on the main page, which I did with the help of Simon.

Next, I was trying to add h2 tags on the inner board pages around topic titles. For instance:

"Google's Birthday: 15 Years Old!"
Tech Forum

I eventually figured it out. It was located in the threadbit and not the forumdisplay template, which is strange to me but I got it working.


@tbworld

Yep, you were right about the Javascript not being readable by search.

Yep you should have mentioned "inner forums" that's forumdisplay template and the others associated with it.

Glad you're sorted but a word of warning, don't make your site too ugly by getting blinded with trying to get your google rankings up otherwise your site wont be appealing, you'll lose visitors and your rankings will drop anyway.

Use this tool http://www.seositecheckup.com/tools it will help you spot areas in which you can improve (don't get hung up on the H tags)